Ferrari have been brilliant so far to manage the hype, with scarce leaked information and the "allocation process". I wonder how they will manage the price dilemma - too low, they would leave money on the table and encourage speculation; too high, some interested people will decline (it could be my case even if I don't like it...), and the car will risk suffering significant depreciation. And I have no idea where the right balance is, I can only think of what I'm ready to spend. €100K more than a regular 488 GTB seems already high to me, the 458 Speciale is claimed to be a more "special" car (last NA V8) and with similar age and mileage, there is not a €100K difference between a 458 Italia and a 458 Speciale. Which means that had the initial difference between the Italia and Speciale been €100K, the owner of the Speciale would actually have lost more than the owner of the Italia. Whereas with the somewhat low initial price of the Speciale, the owner of a Speciale has lost about nothing in depreciation (or even made some little money) while the owner of a similarly used Italia has lost about 20% - and I believe this is better for the brand.
Good point, especially since the trend is 500 cc per cylinder, even though the 488 doesn't follow this trend exactly since it's oversquare (bore > stroke): https://blog.caranddriver.com/why-0-5-liter-cylinders-will-soon-dominate-automotive-engine-design/
I remember last year I got an email about an hour or two before it was released on their webpage. Isn't that how it works?
Maranello local time: 40 minutes past Noon or 12.40 AM. Nothing will happen until 14.00-14.30 (02.00-02.30 PM), that means after the lunch break. I just know almost nothing about this "new" 488 GTB Modificata (and there isn't so much to know), but I know a lot of things about the 488 GTB replacement... The best Ferrari (that means the second after the 308 GTB family...), is the next one... ciao
I still think there is no point in revealing anything about this car today. It will just kill the purpose of the live feed event on the 20th. If the car is shown on the website in advance, not many people will go to the dealers just to watch a video. Maybe I'm wrong but I'd suggest that you all should stop refreshing the Ferrari website every 20sec and do something else
