Ferrari of Austin - Here it comes!

I'll take 2 red ones please...











Can anyone let me borrow some money?

 

JP,

That would be great! Do you know where is it going to be located?


BTW: You missed a great ride last a few weeks back. I was hoping to meet you and check out your 430.

-Jim

 

David at Moorespeed migth know where it will be located.
That would be great....

btw....first time here in the TX section. Normally I hang out in the 308/328/Mondial

I make money in Houston.....but spend it all here in Austin.
Cheers.

BTW2....I will be in Spain two weekends from now on a quick biz trip...and just found out about a 25th celebration of the GTO same weekend..in Barcelona with over 60 Ferraris registered.
I hope to bring back lots of pics, posters, etc.


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I think I recall David telling me about this a few months back. I think he said that it was going to be a satellite store for a TX dealer already in business elsewhere. It seems that he may have said that it would be sales but not service at this time. When I moved here in 1997 the population was only about 800,000 and I think I saw that it's now up to 1,200,000 people in and around Austin. I guess that if we are big enough to support a Bentley dealership then maybe we are big enough for a mini Ferrari store. I hope they locate it on the North side of town in the hills.

 

That will be awesome having a Ferrari dealership in Austin! I will really be excited to see it!

 

Old Lotus Shop on 183

 

Wasn't that over by Bone Daddy's?

 

That place looks horrible, so hopefully it will just be a temporary location. That whole lot needs to be demolished.

 

I've been here pretty much my whole life and that location doesn't register with me either.

 

Roger Beasley (the Porsche dealer) just pre-announced Maserati and Frisker franchises. Maybe they are getting Ferrari too?

Oh and I just bought a Maserati Spyder and it is on its way to Austin from Miami as I type. ETA is sometime Saturday.
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Yeah, I had forgotten about that. Last month a friend told me that Roger Beasley was getting a Maserati franchise but I thought he must have been mistaken. That's pretty cool! Austin is coming up in the car world.

Congrats! Nice car.

 

The Roger Beasley Saab store that is next to the Audi store will become the Masserati dealership. They are getting rid of Saab. I think the Porsche dealership is going to remain where it is now. I'm farily certain that the Ferrari franchisee here will belong to someone else.

 

Wonderful news!!

I agree with Mike about the old Lotus of Austin off of 183, the dealership is ugly, and looks run down.

So Pond Springs will have exotic car dealerships? Sounds like fun since it's not too far from me. Lovely how Austin is getting some more exotics. My friends dad didn't want to get a Ferrari because of taking it to the dealership, now we will see what his answer is now, once they reveal it's arrival.

 

Giuseppe Risi - FOH

 

i got a question. before because in austin you werent in any dealers area you could buy new from any dealer in the US right? now everybody here is locked in to buying from these cats. or am I mistaken.

 

Please tell me they're not going to the old 'Lotus store' aka Nelson Trucks and former home to many other used car dealers. That place is a dump and looks like a old gas station converted to a used car dealer on S. Congress.

 

I wouldn't say "everybody here is locked in to buying from there cats," you can buy a car damn near any where. I don't want to speak for every one else but as an enthusiast I'm exited to see a local Ferrari dealer. Austin is growing and expanding greatly and with that comes higher end luxury items offered locally among many other thing.

 

Austin's dealer is currently San Antonio. That's the only place we can buy a NEW Ferrari from? I assume that if the Austin dealer does open up, we would indeed have to order new cars from them.

 

In the Ferrari world you can only buy a NEW Ferrari from the dealer in your region. Used cars is a whole other story.

 

I heard that the Maser dealership was going to be in the OLD Saab location next to the Porsche dealership... With the changes in Saab these days it maybe it is completely going away from the R/B system...

Michael, I like the old Lotus location across from Central Market on Lamar personally. I think the exterior and interior of that building were pretty well done actually. There isn't any parking, but other than that I always liked the place.

 

Any update on this new dealership?

Location?

Timeframe?