550 Barchetta Price Announced
11.10.00

It has been announced that Ferrari's new 550 Barchetta Pininfarina will cost £146,834.04 plus VAT in the UK.

Ferrari will build 448 units of the two-seat spider. It plans to ship 130-140 units to the USA and 70 to Germany. The rest of the world will get about 250 units.

"(The spread of) these numbers could change marginally because, as with the F50, we will try to prevent speculative purchases," said Andrea Zappia, Ferrari sales and marketing director. "We want the cars to be bought by people who will retain them for a reasonable amount of time and not just re-sell them immediately to make a profit."

A second-hand F50 can still be sold for its original sticker price of Euros 440,000. With perfect versions, a 10 percent profit can be made. The F50 was built between 1995 and 1997. A total of 349 units were made.

The 550 Barchetta Pininfarina is Ferrari's first front-engined V-12 softtop since the 365 GTB/4 Daytona spider of 1969. The new car was designed and engineered by Pininfarina, and is being built by Ferrari in Maranello, Italy, along with the 550 Maranello coupe.

Acknowledgement : Luca Ciferri, Automotive News Europe

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