Manufacturers of exclusive models are seeing how many buyers, with a lot of money in their pockets, are using the most special versions to make a profit without enjoying the units. It takes a few years repeating the same trend and everything seems to indicate that in the future this trend could have the days numbered.
Ferrari, a few years ago, signs a clause to the buyers of models like the Ferrari LaFerrari in which the payment of a sanction is available if the car is sold on the second-hand market within a period of time X. what? Fight speculation above all.
Porsche, another premium manufacturer, is seeing how the same scourge is being experienced in models such as the 911 R or 918 Spyder, 2 of the firm's most outstanding projects in recent years. Is it worth buying a car with these characteristics to leave it in the garage and sell it 3 months later? Unfortunately, that's the way it is, at least in economic terms.
So they will fight the speculation in Porsche
According to what has been known thanks to the English version of Car and Driver, is going to put in the spotlight which buyers are those who are playing with the prices once the cars of the dealer. According to Andreas Preuninger, the company's leading director, a series of controls will be carried out to prevent this practice from spreading in the future.
We are looking closely at who is behind the sale of our cars. We do not manufacture so many so we know well who our customers are. I do not like this business that is practiced buying our cars to make money with them. That has never been our intention when it comes to market our models.
These statements have been made after the scandal that is occurring in 2 models of pure race within the company, the Porsche 918 Spyder and 911 R. The first of them has as main attraction to be part of the select group of hypercars formed by the Stuttgart model, the Ferrari LaFerrari and the McLaren P1.
The second of them, the R version of the nineonce has a very peculiar characteristic that perfectly defines its strong personality; the manual change. It is a species in extinction and this, together with the production of only 991 units, has caused the prices on the second-hand market to skyrocket.
This can be translated, therefore, into a question related to the investment. You just have to have the money to buy it and wait until the limited production runs out. This is how, after a few months, a safe exponential benefit can be obtained.
And you, what do you think of the second-hand market in models as specific as these? Manufacturers are using their tricks and formulas to prevent this strategy from spreading further. Will it cease to be a profitable investment in most cases? It is a difficult question to answer, after all the game of supply and demand is what decides the price.
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