Ferrari F360 Obsolete?

[E36M3]

Looks like the Ferrari F430 is going to be one hell of a car. Finally Ferrari is getting competitive with power in the range (490 HP!) and offering ceramic disc rotors.

3200 lbs, 490 hp, 343 lb-ft torque.. man this thing is a beast.

I think there will be a great opportunity to pick up an F360 for chump change.. what do you guys think? I find it hard to believe that a relatively underpowered car will be able to retain value with such a heavyweight available:

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article....rticle_id=1508

Can't wait to drive an F430. Anyone heard about an F430 Challenge or F430 Challenge Stradale?

Can't wait to see what the "manettino" is like.. one more step closer to Shumy.

[Xtrema]

It's still a Ferrari and it's still too rare. I don't think there's official pricing of 430 yet and I think it will cost more the 360 when they were new.

So price probably won't drop much due to demand and inflation.

[E36M3]

Maybe, but my guess is that it will drop like crazy.. I can't imagine paying anywhere near the price of an F430 for the F360. To stay competitive with the Gallardo (the clear target of the F430) they aren't going to have a lot of headway in raising the prices.

In any case, it is going to be one sweet car.

Originally posted by Xtrema
It's still a Ferrari and it's still too rare. I don't think there's official pricing of 430 yet and I think it will cost more the 360 when they were new.

So price probably won't drop much due to demand and inflation.

[iceburns288]

Y0 dudes...

Price will be a 7 percent increase over the 360 models.

I don't think it will drop 'LIKE CR4ZY y0' but still significantly. Expect to see them at 125-135kUS (hardly chump change )

I would hardly expect to see a Challenge Stradale version out soon... it took 4 years to get one for the 360, remember? But the massive success of the car will probably see one after less than 2 years.

The 360 isn't 'obselete' by any means. A 308, which came out in 1979, has finally been caught up to by stock modern cars (M3s, etc) but the 360 is nowhere near becoming 'obselete' and neither is even a 348 or 355.

BTW, it's 3190lbs and 490.1hp.

Also, the carbon brakes option will probably be very expensive and not very worth it, but it will sell like crazy I'm sure. After seeing an Enzo's brakes in real life, those massive rotors would look great behind the Enzo wheels (they already do, lol)

[ZorroAMG]

^^ I agree. If anything, the F355 will drop in price with the 360 remaining steady. Also considering that 360 spiders were selling OVER list, last year I doubt you'll see them selling at wal-mart prices any time soon.

[iceburns288]

Ferrari says the 430 can run a 12.1 stock... (@ 114 I think) but it can probably get into the high 11s.

It's actually 12.1 at 118. My b...

[joseph]

^^^^^

[Strider]

Originally posted by E36M3
I think there will be a great opportunity to pick up an F360 for chump change..

[statick]

NEVER, 360 mite become old , not as fast...but i dont beleev its guna be obsolete anytime soon.

[C4S]

Anyway .. even 355 still keep their value ...


or even say as old as a 1978 308 ... still $40K + .. for a good one ..

But .. same here .. looking forward to seeing if there is a price drop for the 360 ... but most likely .. not much ..

There are lots of used 360 for sale now, ( compare to 2 or 3 yrs ago ) since A. it has been out for near 6 yr, B. Lot of them were traded to the Gallardo, or other super cars ...


Well .. a Ferrari is a Ferrari ... I won't say a 348, 355 or 360 is "under" power ... but they are not one of the fastest car ..



Wow .. will see what kind of HP will Porsche put in the new 997 Turbo for 2008 model ...

[Boostn]

Originally posted by E36M3
I think there will be a great opportunity to pick up an F360 for chump change.. what do you guys think?

Damn, I wish I could think of a F360 or even a F355 as being worth chump change. Both of these cars will easily fetch over $100,000 on the open market. All Ferrari's are exotic works of art, I would hardly call the F360 obsolete. The styling and technology is still cutting edge. I think it's aged quite well actually... I even like the older 348 and TR's. The designs were way ahead of their time. Pininfarina knows their stuff!

[iceburns288]

Well, my dad bought the 355GTS for a good price at nearly 150. Then after a while it dropped to 120, and now we could sell it for about 115 I suppose. 30k is quite a drop in price. It's not 50 percent, but it's 20 which is quite a bit. 30k isn't exactly a little bit of money, either.

[C4S]

I think your dad sold the 355 for a 360 ??

[iceburns288]

Originally posted by C4S
I think your dad sold the 355 for a 360 ??

We're trying. If rage2 wants a 355, call me matey! F1 tranny, red, GTS... cmon, you know you want it....

[C4S]

But $115K us is still a lots of money yeah ..

[kenny]

I hope the F360 drops in price... so I can afford a nice white one!

[E36M3]

Good luck finding a white one (I've been looking). Might have to get a silver and respray

Originally posted by kenny
I hope the F360 drops in price... so I can afford a nice white one!

[C4S]

Good point .. I don't recall I saw a white 360 in person ...

how come all the sports car manufactures hate to make white car ??

I still love the White Testerossa from Miami Vice ...

[E36M3]

White cars have been out of vogue for a while.. they just don't make a lot of them because there isn't a huge demand. I'm sure there are a couple white F360s kicking around somewhere.

Originally posted by C4S
Good point .. I don't recall I saw a white 360 in person ...

how come all the sports car manufactures hate to make white car ??

I still love the White Testerossa from Miami Vice ...

[C4S]

I think white car looks good on older style " square " cars, such as Lotus SE, Testerossa, E36, C4 Vette, E class, SL, ... etc .. however, all the new sports cars, their shapes are always "rounder" ... and dont' look good on white anymore ..

Look at a white boxster ! or a white 911 !

On the other hand, white become unoffical "Asian" cars colour .. Civic SiR, Intregra type R .. 350Z .. RSX .. Corolla ... TONS of white colour lower end asian cars around and make people think --> White = Asian cars ....
My last white car .. was a 00 Civic Si too ..
May be that is another reason why most Luxury cars/Sports cars .. are not in white anymore ..