{"id":1807,"date":"2012-06-02T19:34:31","date_gmt":"2012-06-02T09:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/?p=1807"},"modified":"2020-06-20T01:46:53","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T15:46:53","slug":"the-f-word-in-fashion-making-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.privatefleet.com.au\/blog\/home\/the-f-word-in-fashion-making-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"The F-word in fashion, making millions."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The F-word we&#8217;re referring to is &#8220;Ferrari&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Somehow World financial crises and confidence worries have by-passed the Ferrari name.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Moss-Ferrari.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1811\" title=\"Moss Ferrari\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Moss-Ferrari-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new World record for a sale of a car was set last month for this\u00a0Ferrari 250 GTO built in 1952 for Sir Stirling Moss. It is reported to have been sold for a massive $35 million dollars. That eclipses the previous record that was held by a <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/home\/sold-for-a-new-world-record-price\/\">Bugatti Atlantic<\/a>\u00a0(though unsubstantiated).<\/p>\n<p>But this is only a follower of fashion with some remarkable sales of Ferraris reported over the last few months.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Testa-Rossa.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-1813\" title=\"Testa Rossa\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Testa-Rossa-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"158\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa was sold a couple of months ago for $25m., then another 250 GTO (rather common aren&#8217;t they?) sold for a price approaching $30m. Apparently around eight classic and collectable Ferraris have sold over the last few weeks for around $135 million. GFC-what GFC?<\/p>\n<p>The new World record holder, an American by the name of Craig McCaw, can seemingly afford it. He was the co-founder of McCaw Cellular that was sold for $US11.5 billion nearly 20 years ago. So the interest on that alone would have probably bought him his car 100 times over.<\/p>\n<p>OK, OK, perhaps the pic we chose for the story doesn&#8217;t do justice to $35m. We didn&#8217;t cheat, it is an actual picture of the car, but the buyer may prefer the one below? Even so, would you part with that much money for it?<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Racing.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1817\" title=\"Racing Ferrari\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.privatefleet.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Racing-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/ipoteka.html\" style=\"visibility: hidden;\">http:\/\/credit-n.ru\/ipoteka.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The F-word we&#8217;re referring to is &#8220;Ferrari&#8221;. Somehow World financial crises and confidence worries have by-passed the Ferrari name. A new World record for a sale of a car was set last month for this\u00a0Ferrari 250 GTO built in 1952 for Sir Stirling Moss. 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