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348 GTC - How many still around & value?

The Scuderia is a little bit maligned, as although it is marketed as a track car the benefits of precision engineering actually make it a better road car than an F430, but with a more pronounced split personality. For one, the ride is quite exceptional due to the reduced unsprung weight - it's a notable difference. Ditto the later F1.

If driving around with the valves closed it's a genuinely comfortable car. Even the seats are excellent for touring.
 
MWStewart said:
The Scuderia is a little bit maligned, as although it is marketed as a track car the benefits of precision engineering actually make it a better road car than an F430, but with a more pronounced split personality. For one, the ride is quite exceptional due to the reduced unsprung weight - it's a notable difference. Ditto the later F1.

If driving around with the valves closed it's a genuinely comfortable car. Even the seats are excellent for touring.
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Ditto to that.

Didn’t you get the geometry done to your taste Mark?
 
Modificato said:
Like when Schumacher said of the Scuderia “it’s crap on the road now - you have to take the stiffness out for road work”.
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Did he really? I was actually at the 430 Scuderia launch in 2007 where MS and Luca D both spoke extensively about the car. Michael was raving about how good it was, he got quite detailed in his explanations of the technical differences and his own input.

I recall it clearly as whenever I heard him speak in person I was always impressed how concise and detailed he could be in English.



 
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cgt said:
Did he really? I was actually at the 430 Scuderia launch in 2007 where MS and Luca D both spoke extensively about the car. Michael was raving about how good it was, he got quite detailed in his explanations of the technical differences and his own input.

I recall it clearly as whenever I heard him speak in person I was always impressed how concise and detailed he could be in English.



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There is an important clue in my MS quote right after the last “ it says LOL
 
Modificato said:
There is an important clue in my MS quote right after the last “ it says LOL
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Aha! His passion for the Scud definitely came through loud and clear, quite a memorable event. I think he was also bored being newly retired as he spoke far longer than expected. :thumbsup:
 
chris_gilmartin said:
#41 for sale in the UK
www.lussoprestige.com

Ferrari 348 GT Competizione

Ferrari 348 GT Competizione
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And still getting the description wrong - it isn't a "homologation special built to built to meet FIA regulations", that's a total fiction. It was a commemorative GTB built celebrate the success of the Ferrari 348 in the Italian GT Championship. I've got a photo of the letter written back in period before the car was built from the importer to all the dealers saying exactly what it was and why it was being built. You'd have thought if you were selling something for over £200k you'd at least know what it was.
 
In fact just found it, here's the letter:

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Edit: Scanning back I see I posted this letter earlier in the thread. Oh well, will leave it in again as it shows dealers still don't seem to know what this car was actually built for.
 
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chris_gilmartin said:
#21 in Australia, remarkably low miles if genuine

1994 Ferrari 348 GT Competizione Coupe — Create Classics

***392 ORIGINAL MILES *** ONLY 50 UNITS PRODUCED *** BUILD # 21/50 *** One of only 50 examples ever produced, with just 8 delivered in right-hand drive configuration. Of the original 50 cars, 11 were sent to Michelotto for competition conversion, and a further 2 were modified into 348 LM...
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Crying shame if it is genuine.

Pretty sure this is another incorrect statement from the seller "Of the original 50 cars, 11 were sent to Michelotto for competition conversion, and a further 2 were modified into 348 LM variants—leaving only 37 examples in original road-legal specification."

They are commemorative models of one of the GTBs Michelotto converted to race cars so it'd actually be sort of difficult to make a commemorative model of a car then send that to Michelotto to make the car it's commemorating. The 348 LMs were also converted from earlier cars and first went to Le Mans before the road going 348 GTC was launched.

I'm not entirely sure why sellers find this so hard to grasp - the road going 348 GTC is not a race car, it's a converted road going 348 GTB. As a 348 fan (obviously) I like them a lot but they simply aren't what people are trying to sell them as.
 
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