Do you think used 458 spider prices will surpass new 488 spider prices?

Theyve gone up 20-25% this year.

I drove the 488 , 458 and the mclaren 650 hard over threee days and came to the same conclusion many others ( and it would appear even ferrari dealers now) that the mclaren with its push rod suspension and carbon tub drives better. It has better brakes and i could drive it 30% harder in real world situations (on a road not a track) than i could either ferrari.

What i concluded thouh was despite all the improvements the 488 lacked the drama of the 458 at 9000 rpm, i want a supercar to sound like a racecar. Neither the mcalren or 488 did. Muted and boring. Fine for posing, driving to the shops, but on hard chat they both sounded boring. And despite being an awful car the hurracan sounded better.

Talking to other people and dealers they seem to think that drivers ones who really drive a car will ignore the 488 and buy 458 because of this. Yes it had more torque but for road driving its too fast, you dont get the aural noise and its so fast it goes between gears before you have had a chance to hear the accelration and feel the feeling of driving fast.

I went to order a 488 and didnt , and the dealers have saying the same, and that there are two camps of people, those who do and those who dont. Those who dont will buy the 488.

So do we think this will mean used car prices surpassing new car prices next year?

Im 2000 miles in over four weeks And know i made the right decision to buy used. Ipe exhaust will only confirm that decision even more when it goes on.
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Was offered 488 spider on 9 month lead time. Would have expected two years.

 

Based on uk prices. Ive been looking for one with the perfect spec for a year.

When i started looking last year the lowest 12 plates were between £145k and £155k 13 were £153 - £160k. Ive just paid £190k for my 13 plate, albiet a massive spec car

Red cars have gone up in prticular and red with cream even further so.

Most dealers have large waiting lists for used red with cream. I know as i was on those lists pretty much all of them , and in some cases 7th or 8th on the list!

And they just keep going up. Marrenello has a 14 plate red with cream for £205k and even 4 - 5 months ago that would have been £170k car.

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So for red with cream leather ( which as it turns out is now super rare as nobody ordered them new) is there any limit to there price ceiling?

I specifically wanted big spec rosso fuoco with lift and full electric seats (not the bloody uncomfortable racing seats everybody seams to love) and it took me a year to find that and in that time they just kept going up and up and up!

 

In the US maybe not , in the uk they just keep goinng and going...

 

I cant believe for road (and not track) driving any sane person would order the racineg seats. I soent four hours in them on a long drive in a friends car and welli was crippled, in agony. Spent four hours in mine the other day with full eelcteic and i could have gone another four hours.

Interestingly in the uk almost all the red with cream cars that have come up in the last tweve months all had racing seats. Which is why ive struggled. Even got to the stage of looking on enay for some electeic seats to rip the racing seats out for something comfy, but then mine came up with normal seats and bought it.

Looking on ferrari used approved 50% of used stock currently has racing seats which is crazy - they are not designed for humans abd humans are not designed to sit in them , maybe just on a race track but anywhere else they are just to uncomfy for anybody over a 34" chest!