I've read an interesting article in Sports Car Market by Michael Sheehan, a well known Ferrari expert.
This has not a direct link to Spyker, but I thought that the new strategy of Ferrari was interesting enough, to put it in the main section.
A big Ferrari dealer in the US received about 50 new cars in 2008.
For 2009 on top of the normal allocation there would be 25 California's added for a total of 75 cars, a 50% increase for the dealers.
A simplified breakdown was supposed to be like this:
2 - 612
8 - 599 GTB
6 - 430 Scuderia
7 - 430 Coupe
23- 430 Spider
25- California
75 total, of which 40 are 430's
The last 8 months everything changed and Ferrari changed their allocations for 2009
2 - 612
8 - 599 GTB
5 - 430 (probably only Scuderia, and Scuderia Spider)
25- California
40 total
From these numbers I conclude that production of the normal F430 and F430 Spider has already stopped, or at least, Ferrari is not shipping any more F430's to the US. The introduction of the new F450 will be in October, with the start of sales in 2010. Production of the California is just going to continue as planned.
I find it an interesting way of trying to get value back in an oversold market.
This has not a direct link to Spyker, but I thought that the new strategy of Ferrari was interesting enough, to put it in the main section.
A big Ferrari dealer in the US received about 50 new cars in 2008.
For 2009 on top of the normal allocation there would be 25 California's added for a total of 75 cars, a 50% increase for the dealers.
A simplified breakdown was supposed to be like this:
2 - 612
8 - 599 GTB
6 - 430 Scuderia
7 - 430 Coupe
23- 430 Spider
25- California
75 total, of which 40 are 430's
The last 8 months everything changed and Ferrari changed their allocations for 2009
2 - 612
8 - 599 GTB
5 - 430 (probably only Scuderia, and Scuderia Spider)
25- California
40 total
From these numbers I conclude that production of the normal F430 and F430 Spider has already stopped, or at least, Ferrari is not shipping any more F430's to the US. The introduction of the new F450 will be in October, with the start of sales in 2010. Production of the California is just going to continue as planned.
I find it an interesting way of trying to get value back in an oversold market.
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