How many Ferraris are there in Ireland?

Roland.B.

just curious as i seen like 5 in ireland In Total

2Mad2BeMad

add one more to that number
my neighbour has one (its old though) still looks A1 though

quadrifoglio verde

I know of a 412 in north dublin

colm_mcm

I'm gonna pull a figure of 120 out of the air.

afatbollix

You would be surprised how many are in sheds around the country.

Roland.B.

I Know of a 458 a 360 a 612 a 430 seen one today and theres 5 more but i dont know names so not many

Roland.B.

theres lots of them but i never see them

Theanswers

I'd say there a few in the North all right.

Seen a couple about.

blindside88

I met an 01 Ferrari 360 on the m50 last week. I checked it on cartell to see was it a replica

vandriver

There's a 599 in D6

Blue850

I've seen
330 GTS
246 Dino
308 Dino
308 GTB
512 BB
Mondial
412
Testarossa
360

discodavie

Cafco have three for sale right now.

2 red 430's a spider and coupe. (Both red)

And a black 430 too so there's 3 more.

ION08

I see a new 458 every day parked outside work

bop1977

There are two in North Kildare. One is a 550, the other is a 355 spyder.

NIMAN

There'll be +1 when I get my lottery numbers up.

Voodoomelon

I'd wager there's more Ferraris up the North than there are in the South.

Certainly more than 5 in the South, probably 50+ in some form or another.

NIMAN

There used to be a stat that NI had more Porsche per head of population than Germany.

Not sure how true that was.

discodavie

there were 13 registered between 2007/8

http://www.beepbeep.ie/stats?sYear%5B%5D=2007&sYear%5B%5D=&sRegType=1&sMonth%5B%5D=&sMonth%5B%5D=&sMake%5B%5D=Ferrari&x=39&y=8

and nothing since.

No idea before.

ianofitz

ION08 wrote: »

I see a new 458 every day parked outside work

That 458 lives up near me. He's often at the Cherrywood C&C

ianofitz

ION08 wrote: »

I see a new 458 every day parked outside work

That 458 lives up near me. He's often at the Cherrywood C&C

Bigus

I'd say still at least 30 Ferrari 360 , 5 -10 F458s ,10 f430(a lot re exported) 10-20 f355s, 10 -f308s, 10 f348s < 5 mondials, a couple of 412s , definitely at least one 599, one or two blue 456,5 California's plus maybe 20 vintage exotic ones inc testa rosa ,275gt,512 BB.

Lots of these never see light of day. So I'd say Colm's figure of 120 is in the ball park.

Maximus Alexander

Every time I've been to London I've seen at least one along with a myriad of other supercars, yet I've seen no more than a handful in my entire life in Dublin. What's the deal, are we really poor or do we just not like cars?

El Guapo!

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

Every time I've been to London I've seen at least one along with a myriad of other supercars, yet I've seen no more than a handful in my entire life in Dublin. What's the deal, are we really poor or do we just not like cars?

Probably a combination of factors.
Dublin doesn't have great roads and a lot of people wouldn't see the point in having a super car to drive around the city.
Fuel prices are extortionate.
Motor tax is extortionate.
Insurance is extortionate.
Compared to London or even other places in Ireland, we don't seem to have a high number of garages in our houses to store the cars. And I'm sure most people don't fancy parking a Ferrari in their front garden.

Maximus Alexander

El Guapo! wrote: »

Probably a combination of factors.
Dublin doesn't have great roads and a lot of people wouldn't see the point in having a super car to drive around the city.
Fuel prices are extortionate.
Motor tax is extortionate.
Insurance is extortionate.
Compared to London or even other places in Ireland, we don't seem to have a high number of garages in our houses to store the cars. And I'm sure most people don't fancy parking a Ferrari in their front garden.

All good points.

Actually regarding your first one - I was working in the Dublin Docklands a couple of years ago and there was this lime green Lamborghini Diablo that would be buzzing around the place on a regular basis. It was always filthy dirty and he appeared to be using it as a daily driver. The roads down there are terrible, but he'd be horsing around like he just didn't care.

Always brought a smile to my face though, because I hate the thoughts of cars like that sitting in garages under tarps and getting wheeled out once a month. They're meant to be driven!

skyhighflyer

There are plenty of people around (still) with the money for a Ferrari. However, you normally don't get to be the kind of person with the cash for a Ferrari unless you're good at making financial decisions and a Ferrari in Ireland is a dreadful decision (financially). Put it this way, for the price of a new Ferrari in Ireland with VRT etc you could buy one in Italy / France / Germany and buy a holiday home over there to keep it in

Roland.B.

vandriver wrote: »

There's a 599 in D6

Went car spotting yesterday and i seen it the front bumper was Wrecked

Roland.B.

blindside88 wrote: »

I met an 01 Ferrari 360 on the m50 last week. I checked it on cartell to see was it a replica

any pics ?

Voodoomelon

skyhighflyer wrote: »

There are plenty of people around (still) with the money for a Ferrari. However, you normally don't get to be the kind of person with the cash for a Ferrari unless you're good at making financial decisions and a Ferrari in Ireland is a dreadful decision (financially). Put it this way, for the price of a new Ferrari in Ireland with VRT etc you could buy one in Italy / France / Germany and buy a holiday home over there to keep it in

This is it.
If you're wealthy enough to afford a Ferrari, you ain't gonna register it at your Irish address.

bladebrew

Who would service a Ferrari in Ireland? Would it have to go up north? I have seen one Ferrari in Cork on a trailer!

discodavie

bladebrew wrote: »

Who would service a Ferrari in Ireland? Would it have to go up north? I have seen one Ferrari in Cork on a trailer!

Charlie hurts is the only place to get a ferrari stamp on one, still collection from kildare, service , wash return @ €1600 is not bad on a 360
;);)

HandsomeDan

In a nutshell: VRT.

Plenty of folks who can afford them; plenty of good roads to drive them on; no problem with fuel cost...

Plug

bladebrew wrote: »

Who would service a Ferrari in Ireland? Would it have to go up north? I have seen one Ferrari in Cork on a trailer!

Any competent mechanic. I know an Irish lad out here in Perth and worked for Lamborghini and Ferrari. He was a trained VW tech. The thing that pissed him off the most was removing the massive under tray which could take 0.5 hour.

PrettyBoy

Voodoomelon wrote: »

If you're wealthy enough to afford a Ferrari, you ain't gonna register it at your Irish address.

Not sure I agree with this. I'd say there's at least 100 Ferrari's registered in Ireland. Made sense to try and avoid paying VRT before but there's no reason to now as most of it can be claimed back if you export it.

In Italy, the annual road tax for a Ferrari is €10k a year compared to €2k here. Countries like Denmark, Australia and China place a 100%+ tax on luxury cars making our VRT charges seem reasonable.

johndaman66

Am I the only one who thinks its a bit mad trying to work out the number of Ferraris in the country by one saying I seen one in the Docklands a few weeks back, somebody else coming along and saying I seen two in Ballsbridge and somebody else saying I seen one in Kildare etc etc?

ofcork

There have been at least 5 or 6 irish regged Ferraris on the cannonball over the years,used to be a 355 in cork but gone a while,also a 599 around.

Maximus Alexander

johndaman66 wrote: »

Am I the only one who thinks its a bit mad trying to work out the number of Ferraris in the country by one saying I seen one in the Docklands a few weeks back, somebody else coming along and saying I seen two in Ballsbridge and somebody else saying I seen one in Kildare etc etc?

I don't think anyone's doing that.

Truckermal

If only they made one with a 1.6 TDI the sales would rocket...:pac:

CJhaughey

Just passed a 01 Tipperary reg 360 Spider on the Naas dual carriageway.
White stripe on the bonnet.

TheNog

blindside88 wrote: »

I met an 01 Ferrari 360 on the m50 last week. I checked it on cartell to see was it a replica

How could you tell it was a replica from cartel.ie?

Did it say replica??

frozenfrozen

TheNog wrote: »

How could you tell it was a replica from cartel.ie?

Did it say replica??

turns out it wasn't a replica..

JamieIsGod

I've seen two -D- reg 599's over the past two weeks.

darragh o meara

frozenfrozen wrote: »

turns out it wasn't a replica..

Seen that tipp reg one a few times. There's also a black 360 close enough to me.

In Waterford there's a fella with 3, he has a
308 gtb(magnum pi model)
F40
Dino ( I've a suspicion that this may be a replica though, but an excellent replica of it is )

His cars were all on German plates but if I remember right he has a house over there too so can get away with not vrt ing them.

porsche959

discodavie wrote: »

there were 13 registered between 2007/8

http://www.beepbeep.ie/stats?sYear%5B%5D=2007&sYear%5B%5D=&sRegType=1&sMonth%5B%5D=&sMonth%5B%5D=&sMake%5B%5D=Ferrari&x=39&y=8

and nothing since.

No idea before.

That cannot be correct, I have personally seen an 09 registered 599.

Oral Surgeon

How does that work?? He has an address in England or Germany etc but does that mean that he needs to be resident there, ie spend over half the year out of ireland? Or is there a limit to how long the car can be in Ireland every year?? If this is true, why not just buy a bedsit for pennies in England and get away with no vrt!!??

darragh o meara wrote: »

Seen that tipp reg one a few times. There's also a black 360 close enough to me.

In Waterford there's a fella with 3, he has a
308 gtb(magnum pi model)
F40
Dino ( I've a suspicion that this may be a replica though, but an excellent replica of it is )

His cars were all on German plates but if I remember right he has a house over there too so can get away with not vrt ing them.

JamieIsGod

porsche959 wrote: »

That cannot be correct, I have personally seen an 09 registered 599.

I don't think that includes imports.

johndaman66

Maximus Alexander wrote: »

I don't think anyone's doing that.

Hmm. reading some of the responses it would almost seem some are though..

darragh o meara

Oral Surgeon wrote: »

How does that work?? He has an address in England or Germany etc but does that mean that he needs to be resident there, ie spend over half the year out of ireland? Or is there a limit to how long the car can be in Ireland every year?? If this is true, why not just buy a bedsit for pennies in England and get away with no vrt!!??

It was a while since I've seen them but if I remember right, his main residence is in Germany as is his business. I know at the time the F40 was over for a show and spent most of its life over there, but the other two were over here a lot.

I'd find out more if I knew the man, but I just happened to be buying car parts from him and being nosey asked him for a look. Beautiful cars and got a spin in the gtb.

Just goes to show, you never know what's in people's sheds, and with the collapse of the cetic tiger, I'm pretty sure there is a lot of hidden cars in this country.

testicle

TheNog wrote: »

How could you tell it was a replica from cartel.ie?

Did it say replica??

No, it would say something other than Ferrari...

boombang

Just saw a 308 in Dublin 2 this evening, looking lovely.

There must be a fellow who owns two, as I'd often see a yellow one and a red one driving the same route on the south quays on alternate mornings. I think one of them was a 355.

Tropheus

I'd say close to 100 in the South and more in the North. I know of two close to me and have seen plenty of others around Dublin alone.

They generally only see the summer months so more about than you would think.

blindside88

TheNog wrote: »

How could you tell it was a replica from cartel.ie?

Did it say replica??

Here's an example. The first is an actual Ferrari, the second is a replica based on a Toyota MR2