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re: Does any other manufacturer get the kid glove treatment like Ferrari?
Posted on 10/13/26 at 3:31 pm to JohnnyKilroy
Posted on 10/13/26 at 3:31 pm to JohnnyKilroy
I trust Rtings.com for TVs and other electronics, but I've always wondered if they are on the take as well. It just seems so "scientific" based 
Posted on 10/13/26 at 3:36 pm to jbgleason
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I would imagine Ferrari is very much like that.
I'd actually think the opposite. The exclusivity of their brand has reviewers and writers clamoring to even get a taste of their product.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 3:43 pm to CapitalTiger
Any time a magazine wants to do a shootout type competition, like Popular Mechanics used to do back in the day, Ferrari would not let you enter the car unless their engineers were on site getting the car in tip top shape for every single run. I think Chris Harris actually went into this in one of his articles for Jalopnik back in the day.
How Ferrari Spins
How Ferrari Spins
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I told the blokes here at Jalopnik I was pissed at Ferrari and wanted to tell a few people. They said I could do it here. Stay with me, this might take a while.
I think it started in 2007 when I heard that Ferrari wanted to know which test track we were going to use for Autocar's 599 GTB road test, but in reality the rot had set in many years earlier. Why would it want to know that? "Because," said the man from the Autocar office, "The factory now has to send a test team to the circuit we chose so that they can optimize the car to get the best performance from it." They duly went to the track, tested for a day, crashed the car, went back to the factory to mend the car, returned, tested and then invited us to drive this "standard" 599. They must have been having a laugh.
Sad to say it, but the ecstasy of driving a new Ferrari is now almost always eradicated by the pain of dealing with the organization. Why am I bothering to tell you this? Because I'm pissed with the whole thing now. It's gotten out of control; to the point that it will soon be pointless believing anything you read about its cars through the usual channels, because the only way you get access is playing by its rules.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 3:48 pm to tadman
I miss Autoweek
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:07 pm to UnitedFruitCompany
Just buy a lightly used Ferrari.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:14 pm to CatfishJohn
That's about the only way to get one.
I had the envie for s new one and looked into it.
2 year wait to buy the entry-level Amalfi @400k. No AWD.
Beautiful car, though.
I had the envie for s new one and looked into it.
2 year wait to buy the entry-level Amalfi @400k. No AWD.
Beautiful car, though.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 4:40 pm to jbgleason
Interesting
I always assumed this was going on. Good to hear an actual account of it.
I always assumed this was going on. Good to hear an actual account of it.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 5:02 pm to weagle1999
My neighbor has a Ferrari 812 Superfast. It has a 6.5L NA V12, beautiful car.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 6:57 pm to BPTiger
This almost has to have been some kind of money laundering.
Back in May, when Ferrari first unveiled the Luce, US-listed shares fell 5.3% as investors worried about design backlash and brand dilution.
This auction result suggests that concern may have been overdone.
Strong demand from collectors, even at 40x the estimate, is a good sign for how the car is actually being received.
It was expected to sell for around $1.1 million. Bidding opened at $1 million and shot up fast, eventually reaching $40 million.
It even beat a rare 1996 McLaren race car (the F1 GTR) to become the most expensive item sold at the auction.
A regular version of this Ferrari normally costs about $640,000. This one sold for over 60x that price.
It’s now the most expensive new car ever sold at auction, beating the previous record of $26 million set by another Ferrari last year.
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If tweet fails to load, click here. Back in May, when Ferrari first unveiled the Luce, US-listed shares fell 5.3% as investors worried about design backlash and brand dilution.
This auction result suggests that concern may have been overdone.
Strong demand from collectors, even at 40x the estimate, is a good sign for how the car is actually being received.
It was expected to sell for around $1.1 million. Bidding opened at $1 million and shot up fast, eventually reaching $40 million.
It even beat a rare 1996 McLaren race car (the F1 GTR) to become the most expensive item sold at the auction.
A regular version of this Ferrari normally costs about $640,000. This one sold for over 60x that price.
It’s now the most expensive new car ever sold at auction, beating the previous record of $26 million set by another Ferrari last year.
Posted on 10/13/26 at 7:00 pm to MississippiLebowski
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This almost has to have been some kind of money laundering.
It is for charity, Ferrari's charity. Also Ferrari looks well upon the bidder when it comes to future allocations.
This post was edited on 10/13/26 at 7:03 pm
Posted on 10/14/26 at 7:53 am to jbgleason
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I was also banned by the manufacturer from any future press releases, new product review offerings or manufacturer events. Their PR person put a pic of me out to their sales staff at the next SHOT show to keep me out of their booth.
and there are some people that think Consumer Reports is completely detached from any influence by the product owners
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