To sell fewer cars in the US - US is THE biggest Ferrari market place. First off, the waiting list is not 5 years. The dealership is marking those cars higher than MSRP by as much as extra 50%. At that price point, consumer is the only looser in this practice. The new regular model Ferraris has no historical values, therefore, no collectable value. The practice only benefits the dealers. I also wonder how people can justify spending extra 100 grand on entry level Ferrari.
Higher price to reduce new buyers is not the smartest move. Ferrari most likely is capable of additional production. They want the market share, but not willing to match the demand. In pure economic/market share sense, they are cutting off the people who support their product. DOH!!! If you look at the history, evey Gallardo sold is Ferreri's lost.
High entry-level price of the F430 so Ferrari can make room for the upcoming "Dino." Unfortunately, they already have entry-level Ferrari models. They are called Maserati. Why create another brand to divert the market? What Ferrari should do is create a new factory for Maserati and produce more F brand cars to meet the demand.
Used Ferraris such as 360 sits in the show room is due to the fact that too many people join the Ferrari party and realized that it is not a dream car as they thought it was. Or jump the wagon for the new F430. In essence, that is Ferrari’s own doing. People are ditching the old for new. If the 360 is as wonderful as people make it out to be, the dealership will have no problem moving them. Check out autotraders.com, you do see enough of them out there.
Ferrari F1 and road car production are separate entities. The money made from car sales does very little reflection on their F1 program. Sponsorship is where the majority of F1 program is financed.
The new market such as China and Russia is a key indication why they should produce more cars. You cannot have an increase in world wide population and wealth and refuse to increase in production too meet the demand at the same time. It is the worse type of business practice. The increase does not have to be high, but steady. Every one can use some extra money reserve in case of raining day. After all, Ferrari is backed by Fiat - A publicly traded company with one bottom line: Profit.
Higher price to reduce new buyers is not the smartest move. Ferrari most likely is capable of additional production. They want the market share, but not willing to match the demand. In pure economic/market share sense, they are cutting off the people who support their product. DOH!!! If you look at the history, evey Gallardo sold is Ferreri's lost.
High entry-level price of the F430 so Ferrari can make room for the upcoming "Dino." Unfortunately, they already have entry-level Ferrari models. They are called Maserati. Why create another brand to divert the market? What Ferrari should do is create a new factory for Maserati and produce more F brand cars to meet the demand.
Used Ferraris such as 360 sits in the show room is due to the fact that too many people join the Ferrari party and realized that it is not a dream car as they thought it was. Or jump the wagon for the new F430. In essence, that is Ferrari’s own doing. People are ditching the old for new. If the 360 is as wonderful as people make it out to be, the dealership will have no problem moving them. Check out autotraders.com, you do see enough of them out there.
Ferrari F1 and road car production are separate entities. The money made from car sales does very little reflection on their F1 program. Sponsorship is where the majority of F1 program is financed.
The new market such as China and Russia is a key indication why they should produce more cars. You cannot have an increase in world wide population and wealth and refuse to increase in production too meet the demand at the same time. It is the worse type of business practice. The increase does not have to be high, but steady. Every one can use some extra money reserve in case of raining day. After all, Ferrari is backed by Fiat - A publicly traded company with one bottom line: Profit.
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