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Originally posted by SDSCAN
Craig, I'd like to explore a particular piece of your quote, where you state "so thats why Porsches are designed for the street and Ferraris aren't".
I beg to disagree and I'd say Ferraris WERE designed for the race track, back when Mr. Enzo Ferrari was still alive. These days, unless I am dead wrong, Ferrari is run by some FIAT suits where a piece of it has been sold to GM.
Trying to substanciate what I am saying above, I've got on this link (http://www.motorsportsetc.com/champs/le_mans.htm) some statistics regarding the 24 Hours of Le Mans winners. If you check this link, Ferraris were big winners in the past, but recently I can see mostly Audi, BMW, and Porsches winning. Ferrari last won this race back in 1965.
Bottom line: It was said that Ferraris are designed for the race track while others, such as Porsche, are designed for the street. The statistics in the (http://www.motorsportsetc.com/champs/le_mans.htm) site show the opposite, at the least from 1965 on.
All this, to me, emphasizes that a 360 is being charged much more than it is worth. It is a high-end sports car that people can play with at race tracks, with a race car maintenance price tag, but is not designed for serious races, as the statistics seem to show.
Again, I'd guess that at least 50% of the price paid for a 360 goes to the badge and the glorious past behind it.
That has been my point from the begining.
I'd just like to make clear that I don't have any problems at all with whoever decides to spend its money that way.
Please don't get me wrong, SDSCAN
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I know what your saying but my point was that if you look at all the Porsches and Ferraris that are on the street, my guess is that a larger percentage of the Ferraris are tracked. Ferrari knows this and designs the cars to do this (See the Challenge series). Where as, many more Porsches -- both in number and percentages are just driven on the street.
As for the 360 not designed for serious racing.... Just because the factory doesn't campaign a car doesn't mean it isn't racing quality material. This year there is increased use of the 550/575 that is very competitive and someone just needs to take the time to work on the 360. Even the Porsches didn't win right out of the box.
As far as the cost of Ferraris, people pay what they think the value is. $170K Spiders were selling for $250K in the beginning. It's the law of supply and demand. And people pay for that glorious past -- What about Michael S and F1? That sells a lot of cars and that's not too far in the past!