I had always heard that. Then, one day at the race track the guy in the pit box next to me was in a new 430. So, I asked him what Ferraris he had owned before, he told me this was his first. I asked if he had bought it used, he said he had not, that it was brand new off the showroom floor. I then asked about the maintenance costs, and he said that he had only had 1 scheduled trip to the dealer for routine service, and that was just under $1500. (He owned a paving company in Calgary IIRC).
Now, all that being said, the SPECIAL Ferrari models, the F40/F50/Enzo/LaFerrari/Monza, etc., are DEFINITELY this way. There’s an interview with Jay Leno where he talks about why he doesn’t/won’t own Ferraris. And it’s just this.
The dealers usually have more buyers than new cars. That is why they can do this.
Same with some of the luxury watches etc.
Maybe in Feb 2009 there were new Ferraris available...