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Why Are Ferraris the Most Collectible Supercar?
Real Clear Life ^ | 12 Sep, 2016

Posted on 09/12/2016 5:51:55 PM PDT by MtnClimber

1958 Ferrari 250 Testarossa. (National Motor Museum/Heritage Images/Getty Images)

Aston Martin has been making sportscars for longer, Porsche has won Le Mans more times, Lamborghini is credited with inventing the concept of the supercar, and Mercedes-Benz is credited with inventing the car itself. Yet when it comes to classic car desirability, nothing tops Ferrari.

Of the 10 most expensive cars ever to fall under the auctioneer’s hammer, nine are Ferraris. In fact, cars carrying the prancing horse badge make up 22 of the top 30.

The Ferrari 250 GTO is currently the most expensive car ever sold at auction going under the hammer for $38 million in 2015. (Adrian Dennis/AFP)

For comparison, the best Aston can manage is a DB4 GT Zagato in 16th place, while there is not a single Lamborghini in the current top 100.

But why does Ferrari create such a frenzy? “They are the longest standing and most consistent racing manufacturer,” says James Cottingham. “I’m not surprised at how important the Ferrari brand has become in the classic car market.”


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KEYWORDS: ferrari
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To: MtnClimber

They look good.


21 posted on 09/12/2016 6:31:13 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: xp38

It almost made me sick when they wrecked it.

Fortunately someone actually here on FR told me it was a replica.


22 posted on 09/12/2016 6:33:06 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: MtnClimber
You can't say that... it's a Ferrari!
23 posted on 09/12/2016 6:33:16 PM PDT by Dr.Deth
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To: MtnClimber
Jeremy Clarkson contemplates one of the rare and valuable few.


24 posted on 09/12/2016 6:33:49 PM PDT by xp38
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To: MtnClimber

The engine.


25 posted on 09/12/2016 6:34:11 PM PDT by soycd
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To: super7man

That scene from Ferris Bueller is akin to murder


26 posted on 09/12/2016 6:35:38 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway - "Enjoy Yourself" ala Louis Prima)
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To: MtnClimber
Because in the last few years, the "investor" class came in and started buying Ferraris. Most of them are not car guys, and most of them could really care less about the cars. To them, it was a money/ego thing.


27 posted on 09/12/2016 6:39:26 PM PDT by SkyPilot ("I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6)
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To: MtnClimber

Because it had a big showroom price tag. If they’d slapped a big price tag on a Volkswagon Bug when it first came out, they’d have big price tags today.


28 posted on 09/12/2016 6:39:44 PM PDT by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Vendome

Yes, something inside me died when I saw that scene. But the relief was that it could have been me in my teenage years.


29 posted on 09/12/2016 6:41:00 PM PDT by super7man (Madam Defarge, knitting, knitting, always knitting)
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To: MtnClimber

1984 Ferrari 512 BBi

Auction results, by year: http://www.conceptcarz.com/vehicle/default.aspx?carID=8808&i=8

30 posted on 09/12/2016 6:42:32 PM PDT by TChad
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To: Vendome

That was NOT a real Ferrari in Bueller.

It was a replica based on a 240 Datsun chassis.


31 posted on 09/12/2016 6:58:04 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: TChad

The 512 BBi is maybe my favorite. Followed by the 365 Daytona and 250 GTO.

I have seen the Ferrari 333SP race in the IMSA Series many times. I was at Daytona to see their win in the 24 Hours of Daytona. I also saw the Daytona Race where Max Papis was closing fast in the Ferrari 333SP at the end of the race trying to win. There was not enough time so he came in second. That is where he EARNED his nickname “Mad Max”.


32 posted on 09/12/2016 7:00:54 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: BwanaNdege

“I’d be surprised if that kid still has either the Ferrari or the girlfriend.”

If he’s smart, no. Well, at least not the girlfriend.


33 posted on 09/12/2016 7:04:50 PM PDT by PLMerite (Compromise is Surrender: The Revolution...will not be kind.)
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To: MtnClimber
The 512 BBi is maybe my favorite.

About 15 years ago I saw one parked on the street at night. I couldn't stop looking at it. I swear the thing was alive.

34 posted on 09/12/2016 7:06:49 PM PDT by TChad
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To: MtnClimber

They have an exhibit on Italian cars at the Frist Center in Nashville right now.

Bellissima!

http://fristcenter.org/calendar/detail/bellissima-the-italian-automotive-renaissance-19451975


35 posted on 09/12/2016 7:09:23 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west))
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To: MtnClimber
During my misspent youth I had the supreme pleasure of racing a Ferrari 250 GTO all the way through Denver at about 3:00 in the morning. I was in a very tricked out Alfa Romeo. Nothing could ever compare to the exhaust note of those two Italian engines traveling at between a hundred and a hundred-fifty miles an hour. He would pass me in the straights and I would catch him in the corners. It's amazing how many "corners" Interstate 25 has at those speeds! The event remains a high point of my life. What a great sport he was to open up that Ferrari and let er go.
Yes, I did lose my license for something else shortly after that. :) As I should have.
36 posted on 09/12/2016 7:11:56 PM PDT by Colorado Doug (Now I know how the Indians felt to be sold out for a few beads and trinkets)
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To: LibWhacker
I took this picture with a 1958 Rolleiflex 3.5E onto Fuji Provia 100.


37 posted on 09/12/2016 7:13:51 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (This posting is a microaggression.)
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To: Uncle Miltie

The owner has it insured for $30M, which would be the starting price at auction. It’s a V12 1961.

While at this event, the owner walked away for awhile. He returned to find the divot in the hood (above right of the yellow horse emblem) from someone having sat on it for a photograph.


38 posted on 09/12/2016 7:15:29 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (This posting is a microaggression.)
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To: TChad

I saw a yellow one parked in front of the Phoenix Saloon in New Braunfels, Texas, last week. I could only wonder why one would spend that kind of money on a Ferrari other than red.


39 posted on 09/12/2016 7:15:47 PM PDT by MisterArtery
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To: MisterArtery
I could only wonder why one would spend that kind of money on a Ferrari other than red.

A Ferrari should be red, but I liked the wet black one above.

Justin Bieber has a white Ferrari. White Ferraris should be illegal.

40 posted on 09/12/2016 7:24:36 PM PDT by TChad
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