A Question For Car Enthusiasts

AlanDavid · Mar 1, 2012

This is probably an absurd and strange question, :tongue

but has anyone here got any idea what the original cost (preferably in £) was for a 1984 Ferrari Mondial Cabriolet?

Sorry to bother anyone with a question like this, but despite searching and searching, I can't seem to find out for certain what the price was when it was new.

MaryMumsy · Mar 1, 2012

I couldn't find anything for you in searching, but if there is a Ferrari dealership in phoning distance to you, I bet they could find out. They might even think it was fun.

MM

AlanDavid · Mar 2, 2012

Thanks for the advice.

You didn't have to search just for me,

but I appreciate it. I'll try to see what I can figure out.

Night_Writer · Mar 2, 2012

Nice car.

The original MSRP in 1984 appears to be $65,000. This is USD, but it should be easy enough to do the translation to pounds.

The price is for the 4-valve convertible.

I hope this link works.

http://www.nadaguides.com/Classic-Cars/1984/Ferrari/Mondial-Quattrovalvole/2-Door-Convertible/Values

AlanDavid · Mar 2, 2012

Thanks for the link, Night Writer!

And yeah, the QV cabriolet is the exact sort I wanted. But... OMG... I actually found this same site earlier today. I'm sorry to have troubled you when I actually found it. How silly of me.

I'm not 100% certain, still, of course, but my currency conversion came up with like £37,000. That's with today's conversion, though. So. I'm not sure if there would've been a huge difference between the '80s USD -> GBP and now. Unfortunately, I wasn't alive then.

Afterwards, I put it through an inflation calculator... I'm guessing the £37,000 would've been worth like £100,000 in today's money.

How much might've been discounted, though, off the MSRP, if someone had got a good deal on the car? Just wondering what seems believable.

Drachen Jager · Mar 2, 2012

If you want to find out the divergence between GBP and USD just run the USD through an inflation calculator too. Pretty simple math then gives you the answer.

Night_Writer · Mar 2, 2012

You found that site, too? Haha, isn't it great?

As for getting a good deal, and what's believable, I'll say this: I lived through the 80's when Ferrari had a few cars in the works, the Testarossa, and a couple others. But they didn't make very many of them. These weren't mass-produced cars like you get from Fiat or something. I don't think a deal would be very believable, at least not if the car is brand new from a Ferrari dealer, IMHO.

MeretSeger · Mar 2, 2012

AlanDavid said:
Thanks for the link, Night Writer! And yeah, the QV cabriolet is the exact sort I wanted. But... OMG... I actually found this same site earlier today. I'm sorry to have troubled you when I actually found it. How silly of me.

I'm not 100% certain, still, of course, but my currency conversion came up with like £37,000. That's with today's conversion, though. So. I'm not sure if there would've been a huge difference between the '80s USD -> GBP and now. Unfortunately, I wasn't alive then.

Afterwards, I put it through an inflation calculator... I'm guessing the £37,000 would've been worth like £100,000 in today's money.

How much might've been discounted, though, off the MSRP, if someone had got a good deal on the car? Just wondering what seems believable.

bbm

Oh, my gosh, I was there in whatever year Andrew married Fergie, what, '85? It was a nearly 2-1 dollar to pound conversion. I could NOT get my mother to do the math and she was tipping people double for everything *rant ends*

eta: wait, I had a point which I just remembered: there was a big difference between US dollars and pounds in the 80's, iirc.

waylander · Mar 3, 2012

The list price is only the starting point for a car like that. Individual specifications could push the price up.

Lillie · Mar 3, 2012

Don't know if this helps, but this site gives an original selling price of £52K for a 1988 model.

Scroll down to where it says description.

http://rardleymotors.com/cars/076769/076769.htm

A Question For Car Enthusiasts

AlanDavid

MaryMumsy

the original blond bombshell

AlanDavid

Night_Writer

It's all symbolic.

AlanDavid

Drachen Jager

Professor of applied misanthropy

Night_Writer

It's all symbolic.

MeretSeger

The Alydar of Writers

waylander

Who's going for a beer?

Lillie

practical experience, FTW