How rare are Ferrari's...

There was a recent thread on this question. I am thinking 120,000 total built if I recall. Do a search for verification.

 

I hear Dinos are much, much more rare.

 

...BUt many of them look like THIS now......
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Yes, but the question referred to Ferraris.....

 

Okay, so Ferraris are rare. But are they sports cars?

Anyone?

 

Yes, with electrically operated hydraulic systems controlling a manual gearbox.....

 

They are not rare at all, I have three of them up on blocks in my yard......

 

they are rare here in greene co.(<2)
now that jason miller finked out and sold his.

 

I don't know about you Tex, but those look pretty well-done to me...

 

There's a lot fewer Amphicars but I don't see a big rush to go out and buy one.

 

Know a guy who put ferrari wheels on his house!! is that rare???

 

Here is a way to figure out roughly the number of road cars produced:

Ferrari used only odd# VINs for road cars up to 75,000. So that equals 37,500. Dinos (including GT4s) had their own set of even numbers. Sources I've read put the number at about 7700. I believe current production is at approximately Vin# 170,000 so add 37,500, 7700, and 95,000 for a total of: 140,200 +/-.

Dave

 

I'd be curious to know how many are still road worthy.

 

This is the closest answer by far.

The 100,000th Ferrari was a 575M, s/n 127690. The highest serial number I've seen recently is close to 172000, so let's just say 172000 is the highest right now. Subtract 127690 from 172000 and you get 44,310, plus 100,000, which brings you to 144,310.

But when 127690 came out, Ferrari never specified if that number included Dinos, racecars, etc. So just round up to 150,000 Ferraris - because if it's not there now, it'll be there soon anyway.

The projection for total cars produced in the world during 2009 is 51,971,328. In 2006, Argentina built more commercial vehicles (168,981) than total Ferrari production since the inception of the company.

In 2005, there were 247,421,120 highway registered vehicles in the United States alone. So that means that if you took every Ferrari every made since the inception of the company, and put them all on the road in the U.S., there would be 1,650 cars for every single Ferrari.

So, yeah, I'd say they're pretty rare. Not as rare as, say, a Bricklin - but they're still rare.

 

...hoping this is in jest - tongue in cheek and all that.

Jedi

 

Carby,

If you consider that the US represents 30-35% of Ferraris sold, then that number is 4700 cars per Ferrari in the US.

Of course...all this is speculation.

 

A couple of years ago, I tried to figure out how many Ferraris there were in the US by taking 20% to 25% of each year's production. I can't find my notes, but I believe I came up with around 25,000 to 30,000.

Dale

 

I can account for one.....


PDG

 

How rare? Honda makes roughly 7 times the amount of cars every year that Ferrari has produced in its entire existence. Assuming that 1/2 of all Ferraris ever produced have somehow survived, that would mean there is around 1 Ferrari for every 14,000 men, women and children on this planet. When you consider concentrations of wealth, people in vast parts of this planet are far more likely to be struck by lightning then ever drive, much less own a Ferrari.

I feel extremely lucky to have even had the opportunity to drive such a magnificent vehicle, much less own one.

 

Nice work. You should also deduct the number of Ferraris gone to the racecircuits in car heaven. That would make them even more rare.

 

Of all of the Ferrari statistics that can be compiled, I believe this to be the most difficult to ascertain.

 

Carbon, what is your guess as to the total number of Ferraris in the USA? For those aiming their business at Ferrari owners, this is a very relevant number.

Dale