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Rosenthal: Ferrari is the only continuous F1 team since 1950
“Ferrari, of course, would become one of the founding teams, and the only F-One team continuously operating from the beginning of the sport all the way through to today.”
Gilbert: Ferrari ASP grew to $500K while Lamborghini reached $340K
“If you look back at the Ferrari IPO year, back then, the average selling price was about even. It was about 300,000 dollars, whether you're buying a Lamborghini or a Ferrari. Today, Ferrari's average selling price, as we mentioned, is 500,000, whereas Lamborgh…”
Gilbert: Average Ferrari car buyer is 52; lifestyle buyers are 35% women
“I think the average age is 52 of a Ferrari buyer. I believe 35% of people who are buying the lifestyle merchandise they're creating are women.”
Gilbert: Fiat acquired 50% of Ferrari in 1969 at a $6.8M valuation
“If you do the lira to US dollar exchange rate in 1969, They ended up selling half the company for a little under three and a half million dollars. Valuing all of Ferrari at 6.8 million.”
Rosenthal: Ferrari's partnership with Pininfarina lasted 61 years until 2013
“Built this beautiful partnership with Pin and Farina, first Batista himself, and then his son Sergio, and then multiple generations that lasted 61 years. This was a multi-generational partnership. It lasts all the way up until 2013.”
Gilbert: Range models make up 85% of Ferrari vehicle shipments
“85% of units shipped fall into what they call the range. These cars are a few 100,000 dollars each, of course, before any personalization or customization.”
Ferrari gives dealers 100% of economics on secondary market used sales
“So they incentivize dealers to buy and sell by giving them a hundred percent of the economics on a secondary market transaction rather than being involved in that in any way.”
Ben Gilbert: Only about 180,000 people globally own a Ferrari
“And yet, even though almost nobody owns a Ferrari, only about a 180,000 people globally,”
Rosenthal: LaFerrari was the first fully in-house designed Ferrari
“The LaFerrari Halo car was the first fully in-house designed Ferrari.”
Gilbert: Exor and Piero Ferrari control 49% of Ferrari voting rights
“However, the voting shares are a different story. So together, Exor and Piero have the right to vote about 49% of the voting shares. So it doesn't take much for them to control the vote on any given decision as long as they vote together. They just need to go …”
Gilbert: Ferrari is completely sold out through late 2027
“Ferrari knows exactly what their sales will be and to who through the end of 2027, at least, maybe into early 28.”
Ben Gilbert: Ferrari caps SUV production at 20% of total volume
“People are dying for their SUVs, and yet they limit them to just 20% of total volume.”
Gilbert: Ferrari F80 sold out before public launch
“All of these were sold out before the car was even announced to the public.”
Rosenthal: Fiat Chrysler transferred $3.2B of debt to Ferrari during spinoff
“As part of the spinoff of Ferrari and the whole transaction, they effectively transfer another 3.2 billion dollars in Fiat Chrysler debt to Ferrari.”
Rosenthal: Ferrari grew from a $9.8B IPO valuation to nearly $100B
“The company IPOs at a 9.8 billion dollar market cap in 2015. Within a few years, it's trading at, you know, what, ninety billion, flirting with a hundred billion market cap?”
Ferrari Is the Only Team to Compete in Every Formula 1 Season
“Ferrari is the only team that's been part of every single F-One season going all the way back to the beginning.”
Seventy Percent of Current Formula 1 Teams Are Based in the UK
“So today, 70% of the F-one teams are based in the UK. Really the only notable exception is Ferrari, which of course is in Italy.”
Michael Schumacher Was Paid $60 Million Annually During His Ferrari Peak
“Michael Schumacher was getting paid sixty million dollars a year. In that era. Like, that's what Max and Lewis make today.”
Thirty Percent of All Formula 1 Fans Report Ferrari as Their Favorite Team
“Even today, 30% of all F-One fans, their favorite team is Ferrari.”