Ewan
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I think there is fair degree of misinformation floating about. You don’t need any “Ferrari Points”, whatever they may be, to buy a new Ferrari. Nor do you need to be an existing owner or buy a second hand one first. You simply call the dealer, order the car, pay the deposit, wait maybe 6 months or so for your build slot, spec the car, wait 6 months for it to be built, then collect it and pay the balance. Not really a big deal - all normal for this type of car.I like to Roma a lot (it was supposed to be the Alferi? ).. the issue I have with Ferrari is that their Ponzi scheme has come crashing down and there are a lot of clients who are getting seriously burnt on cars which they didn't really want to own but had to put a deposit on in order to keep up their Ferrari points profile - which enabled them to make £500k on the likes of the TDF. As Ferrari ramped up production and number of new models it was inevitable that the model of buy and flip model would collapse at some point. I don't know how this will impact the Roma but I imagine Ferrari wants to sell a fair few and they may find the normal buyers (who felt compelled to stump up even if they didn't want the car) are thin on the ground so they have to look elsewhere.
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So I called about the Roma. It’ll be about £200k and take about a year. 10% deposit to pay now. And I’ve been invited to a Roma driving day at Blenheim Palace in a fortnight, even though UK demonstrators aren’t coming until Christmas (approximately).
Its only if you want some super rare and hyper expensive very limited edition special that they may decide to vet you beforehand (to limit the speculators). If you just want a normal new Ferrari, you just go and buy it. Simples.
The other discovery I made today is that Meridien Modena stopped being a Maserati new car dealer a year ago! They are now purely a service centre (plus selling some second hand stock). So my nearest main dealer is over 100 miles away, even though I live in central southern England. Come on Maserati UK - sort out the dealer network!!!