You always see it whenever a new model comes out regardless of car. I noticed it when the 430 came out and that's how I picked up my 996TT for a song. Most people have the obsession with latest and greatest so I'm expecting it to happen again.

 

You are not comparing apples to apples here. Sure with a mass produced car, it always happens. The 996TT was way overproduced and that's why the values tanked. The 993 Turbo has held up very well and the 996TT was it's successor. Look at the 993 Turbo S...solid. It's all about production numbers and You can not compare Porsche and Ferrari in this situation. Porsche is a mass produced car... ferrari is not.

When the 430 came out, did 360 values tank? No. When the 430 came out, the market was "strong" and the price wasnt that much more than the MSRP of the 360. Yet the 360 didnt drop like a rock...if anything it held it's value quite well for a long time.

Now you have a crap economy, where people are getting rid of their cars b/c they simply cant afford them and have other priorities. That's why the values are in the crapper....NOT b/c the 430 replacement is on the way. It's all about production numbers and the replacement's numbers will be a lot less than that of the 430 b/c of the current situation. There are a lot of 430 owners who will not upgrade to the replacement b/c of price alone. The number of available 430s is slowly shrinking b/c people are taking advantage of the bargain prices and with the current production numbers of 09 (ridiculously low), the 430 is not going to be flooding the markets anywhere near the 996tt or any other mass produced car.

 

^^ i agree they are dropping because people can't afford them

Here's a nice one to grab. These bad boys were upper 400's for a while (why I never figured out with a 290k msrp car) but they were and now 5 months later

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...8&aff=national

 

what woud you rather have ....used 599 or new 430? saying the $'s the same

 

they are two totally different cars so it comes down to what you're going to do with the car and looks. really this is one cheap 599 though most will be in the 240's soon enough really the used newer 430's will be 60k cheaper.

 

Those are some serious steals

 

599 but I won't touch it till it hits the $150s till then its not worth it.

 

The days of being on the dealers so called list is over. Now they are kissing everybodys A** to buy a Ferrari

 

I recently received an email attachment that supposedly is a pic of the new replacement for the F-430. Is this the F-450?

 

the 450 looks handsome!

 

The 450 looks great looks like a new version of the GTO.

 

Car and Drivers top 20 cars to wait for had the F500 out next winter

 

Has your Ferrari been on eBay? What unit are you/were you with?

 

Really? Thats quite a shift!

 

that ferrari reminds of an r8 actually