You're quite right. That's what comes of not having finished merging all my data and then only looking in one place. It was for sale at : Autofficina in October 2016 (asking £95,000) Millenium Heroes in November 2016 (asking £97,995) GVE London in August 2017 (asking £99,000) R&W Motor Co in April 2018 (asking £94,925 reduced in stages to £89,925 then £79,925 in July 2018) PMS Motors in September 2018 until January 2019 (asking £79,925)
So it was imported from Japan in 2016 and has been for sale since it hit these shores. Which goes towards explaining the lack of maintenance.
Up to a point. It has done 3,000kms but also if you want to sell a car a complete lack of maintenance doesn't help.
I have missed this thread in a while - no alerts received, despite being on my watched list, very annoying - so I apologise if this has been posted already, but I see that RMS' yellow 575 manual went for $247,500. https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/0120/online-only--driving-into-summer/lots/r0080-2002-ferrari-575m-maranello/890819
There does seem to be a bit of manual mania going on, what with that 430 result, but it could just be a few people of a certain age (like me) indulging their gated Ferrari dreams as they have been served notice of their mortality by COVID. I, for one, have never driven my Ferraris as much as in the last 3 months and it has been a hoot all the way.
My 1 hour a day joy ride in my FF has been my savior during these horrible times, Hope it reminds all owners to drive these modern icons..
Terry, Giallo Medena is a favorite of mine too. At least my F355 Challenge is that color. Image Unavailable, Please Login
The Ferrari North Europe press test car 599 HGTE was in Giallo Modena with Giallo stitching inside. It looked the business, one of the nicest looking 599s. We called it the flying banana, but in an affectionate way. So rare to spot a Maranello in Giallo.
Darius- 14009 when I first picked her up in 1978. Giallo Fly. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Wasn't that fun?! FCA doesn't go to Pocono anymore. That's a shame because that's a great track for a novice. My 550 is Blu Pozzi. I like that color but I would be just as happy if it were yellow.
Didn’t you also have a corvette at the track that day as well because I think you took me out in that as well
Now there’s a car whose wheels fill the arches properly. They didn’t quite get that right with the Maranellos.
Three Maranellos coming up for Auction in the UK 18/07/20 LHD Manual 575 https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2020-07-18/cars/ref-158-2002-ferrari-575m-maranello-sb/ LHD F1 575 https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2020-07-18/cars/ref-148-2002-ferrari-575-f1-sb/ LHD 550 https://www.historics.co.uk/buying/auctions/2020-07-18/cars/ref-146-1998-ferrari-550-maranello-dl/
And another, it seems it's LHD Maranello week in the UK. I like the colour combo on this one. Le Mans Blue is nice. https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/1997-ferrari-550-maranello
Still it suprises me how many pop up for sale. I guess many of these arrived on these shores when the values went banana's a few years back and people were importing from countries where values were more sensible. LHD kind of appeals to me on a couple of levels. I'd like to use the car on the continent and it would be cheaper. However it would need to be a lot cheaper than the repsective RHD version especially if it originated in Japan and has little in the way of history. The thing is they never seem to remain cheap enough to be worth the punt IMO. It will be very interesting to see what these reach. There's a lot of cash swilling around in the economy right now and a lot of bored people looking for something to do with it. I wouldn't be surprised if these reach a "You paid how much for it!?" level. We'll find out soon. I note the Justin Banks High miler is now down to an asking price of £50K and still no interest. It really is not a nice example.
6k miles red/tan 550 on BaT. This should be interesting.... https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1997-ferrari-550-maranello-10/
My F512M is LHD, as was my 550. I bought the 512 in Barcelona and the 550 in Rome. When the euro exchange rate was 1.42 to £1, so a significant discount. But I flew over and checked out those cars' histories. I would be warier of buying a LHD in the UK because it's so hard to know a history. On the flip side, there are bargains around and these cars were designed as LHD.