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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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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.

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!!!
 
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Ewan said:
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.

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!!!
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Who’s the local dealer then Ewan?

Nearest to me is now Manchester as I refuse to go to Sytner’s since they took over Central BMW and lost two generations and 40 years worth of custom in the space of 10 minutes.
 
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Presumably it’s Graypaul Birmingham, always been helpful when I’ve been in and at some point might actually move in to the new premises across the road.
 
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The reason why dealers are dropping them and no I didn’t know about Meridien is that they had to buy Ghibli and Levantes each month and couldn’t sell them, only if they discounted them.

The business model makes no sense.
 
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Sad thing is it was Meridien that had faith in Maserati in the Bi turbo days and brought them back to the UK.....Never thought I would hear that they were no longer a Maserati dealer.
 
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And with the exciting sound of the new line up of Masers coming over the next few years, I bet a few dealers will regret not being able to have hung on to their distributorship rights.

It now takes me over an hour and a half to reach my nearest dealership. No dealership in Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire - that’s a massive span of the affluent south. Crazy.
 
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conaero said:
The reason why dealers are dropping them and no I didn’t know about Meridien is that they had to buy Ghibli and Levantes each month and couldn’t sell them, only if they discounted them.

The business model makes no sense.
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I heard something similar insofar as Maserati were allegedly making 'unreasonable demands' of their dealers - not just stock investment. It really is encouraging to see the new lineup with the MC20 at the top and 13 models promised in the coming years, but it will all be wasted without a substantial, and viable, dealer network. It would be nice to see the announcement of new dealerships in the UK, and there are one or two groups big enough to take on the brand if the incentives are there. Here's hoping.

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Phil H

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Ewan said:
And with the exciting sound of the new line up of Masers coming over the next few years, I bet a few dealers will regret not being able to have hung on to their distributorship rights.

It now takes me over an hour and a half to reach my nearest dealership. No dealership in Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire - that’s a massive span of the affluent south. Crazy.
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It's a nice run to Exeter though :)

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midlifecrisis

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Maranello in Egham is part of the sytner group too. So maybe the new Maserati did a deal with them, excluding the rest who were loyal dealers previously.
 
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If they want to sell and survive they will need the dealer network......A few scattered across the country will not work and could lose customers and sales.
 
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Ewan said:
And with the exciting sound of the new line up of Masers coming over the next few years, I bet a few dealers will regret not being able to have hung on to their distributorship rights.

It now takes me over an hour and a half to reach my nearest dealership. No dealership in Sussex, Hampshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire - that’s a massive span of the affluent south. Crazy.
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Indeed and with Marshall Peterborough & Oxford having gone, there is no dealer for the whole of East Anglia, Cambridge, Oxford. These two didn't have the lure of Ferrari in their showroom too which definitely makes a difference
 
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conaero said:
The reason why dealers are dropping them and no I didn’t know about Meridien is that they had to buy Ghibli and Levantes each month and couldn’t sell them, only if they discounted them.

The business model makes no sense.
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I have a feeling those are the reasons why Dick Lovett Swindon gave up.
 
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Maranello in Egham is part of the sytner group too. So maybe the new Maserati did a deal with them, excluding the rest who were loyal dealers previously.
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And Sytner is owned by Penske Automotive which has Maserati ties across the pond, so that could tie in quite nicely from the corporate standpoint.

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Indeed and with Marshall Peterborough & Oxford having gone, there is no dealer for the whole of East Anglia, Cambridge, Oxford. These two didn't have the lure of Ferrari in their showroom too which definitely makes a difference
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Is Lancaster in Colchester no longer a Maserati main dealer?
 
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Part of the issue is Ferrari wanting Maserati out of their joint showrooms and premises. This means new showrooms for Maserati only in the near future and that is very expensive, especially when the model line up hasn’t meant sales will support the investment. Maranello in Egham will also move out of the existing site in the not too distant future. It will be interesting to see what they do as the current dealerships are far to sparse to support a large line up with the increased volumes they will expect to achieve.
 
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