Stick shift Ferrari California auctioned for $439k

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02/15/2016 at 17:15 • Filed to: None

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Says it’s the only LHD model not in a ferrari museum. I hope anyone who bought a flappy paddle which is worth 1/4 of that is kicking themselves extra hard.

http://www.artcurial.com/en/asp/fullCat…


DISCUSSION (9)


Kinja'd!!! fourvalleys > RX
02/15/2016 at 17:28

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Is there anything else special about it?!

A few years back it seemed like these were more common than Honda Civics in South Florida, so I figure there had to be a least a few with a clutch pedal running around.


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > RX
02/15/2016 at 17:37

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So those things were $275K at the top when new? This is silly - and I doubt it will become a classic. Too many of them ....


Kinja'd!!! scoob > fourvalleys
02/15/2016 at 17:39

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I’m not sure if it’s the California, but I remember reading somewhere that the number of some Ferrari model with manuals were in the single digits.

So if I’m remembering correctly, this is the rarest of the rare.


Kinja'd!!! RX > fourvalleys
02/15/2016 at 18:14

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Only LHD with a clutch pedal.


Kinja'd!!! RX > scoob
02/15/2016 at 18:15

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This auction claims 5, someone on the Ferrari forum said 7 world wide.


Kinja'd!!! fourvalleys > RX
02/15/2016 at 18:16

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Wow. And I thought they were boring enough already!


Kinja'd!!! RX > Steve in Manhattan
02/15/2016 at 18:16

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There are only 5 or 7 (depending who you believe) built with a manual transmission. F430s with a gated trans are fetching double the F1 trans. a 599 with a stick sold for $800k and there are at least 25 of those.


Kinja'd!!! Steve in Manhattan > RX
02/15/2016 at 19:41

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Wow. If I wanted a Ferrari, I’ve always loved the 612 Scaglietti ... love the looks.


Kinja'd!!! RX > Steve in Manhattan
02/15/2016 at 22:49

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I also like the look of that car, a lot of people don't. It's definitely the classiest of the modern ferraris.