The Madness of Crowds
Back in the May 2004 issue of SCM, I wrote how muscle cars—Hemis in particular—had soared past comparable Ferraris. In May 2005’s SCM, I noted that prices for muscle cars…
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Can You Afford $10.27 Per Mile?
Answering daily phone calls and emails provides a never-ending supply of topics on which to pontificate. The “real-world” cost to drive a late model Ferrari is one of the more…
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Building a Replica 250 SWB by the Numebrs
For those who missed the first round of hiring at Microsoft, a Ferrari replica offers the chance to own a classic Ferrari with the right looks, sounds, and performance, at…
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Don’t Let Restorers go to School on Your Car
Thanks to this column, I’m often the Dear Abby or Ann Landers of the Ferrari world, and I get many emails about restorations gone wrong. Unfortunately, by the time I’m…
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Cheap but not Inexpensive
The last fifteen years have been the best ever for new Ferrari sales, which means that the number of late-model used Ferraris on the market has also never been larger….
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Eight Ferraris to Aim For
The FXX is the latest Ferrari supercar, and in all ways but one trumps every Ferrari sold to the public before it. It’s failing? It is a track-only car, and…
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F is for Ferrari and Also for FUN
The majority of first-time, 12-cylinder Ferrari buyers have $50,000–$100,000 to spend, and while that won’t buy you much more than a keyfob for a collectible vintage Ferrari, it’s plenty for…
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New Faces, New Tastes
Collectors are fetishists who keep like-kind things; stamps, bits of string, samples of different types of barbed wire—or vintage Ferraris. Recently a new type of supercar collector has emerged who’s…
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When Japan ruled the World
It doesn’t take a Harvard MBA to see that the Ferrari market is booming again. But I suggest this time is different from earlier booms and busts. A little history:…
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What’s in that Shed
Those of us Ferrari enthusiasts approaching vintage status ourselves like to reminisce about the “good old days” of the 1960s and early 1970s. Neglected 250 SWBs, 250 TDFs, and 250…
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