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07-28-2013, 11:58 PM
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Ferrari 458 with $1M wheels still hasn't found a buyer [w/video]
Wheels for that much $$?
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Rule number one of modifying a car: When it comes time to sell, people want to pay for the car, and could care less how much you spent in the aftermarket. This is a lesson that the guys at Latitude Wheels in Miami are currently learning.
The wheel company's "flagship show car," a 2011 Ferrari 458 Italia was put up for sale on eBay weeks ago, as reported by Jalopnik. The price? Just a shade under $1.3 million. For a 458 Italia. That normally starts around $230,000. Yeah.
Latitude justifies the car's price based on a very expensive set of wheels. To be exact, the 21-inch fronts and 22-inch rears are forged Vossen Precision Series wheels. Mounted on Pirelli rubber, Latitude claims the package is worth over $1 million. Add onto that the $20,000 in Novitec Rosso carbon fiber pieces – none of the fun, performance stuff Novitec is known for – and you come to an eBay starting price of $1,290,000.
The auction closed on Wednesday night, without so much as a bid. Check out the promotional video Vossen put together below.
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07-29-2013, 12:25 AM
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Vossen must be really hurting for money. The car is for sale on their Facebook page for 285k.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?f...type=1&theater Yahoo!
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07-29-2013, 12:30 AM
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iirc vossen sold it to a company and that company's trying to sell it for over a million..
07-29-2013, 12:33 AM
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Lol at the Facebook comments. Everyone is shitting on the exclusive "package" they put on this 458
07-29-2013, 12:34 AM
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Nice video but 1mill for rims??
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07-29-2013, 12:35 AM
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Did we read the same article? Lol no where did it say its Vossen's
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07-29-2013, 01:14 AM
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I guess they're hoping for another idiot with too much money but it hasn't panned out....yet
and this might be one of the reasons why it didn't sell
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Mounted on Pirelli rubber
prospective owners are afraid the tyres will pop after a short drive
07-29-2013, 02:35 AM
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Lol, for a milli you get a 458 and lp700 and still have money left over for a "beater" exotic.
07-29-2013, 04:00 AM
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07-29-2013, 04:46 AM
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LOL unless it's diamond encrusted, no rim no matter how rare is worth $1mil.. wtf are they thinking...
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07-29-2013, 09:17 AM
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At 1mil, the rims are more expensive than even F1 rims.
I remember reading the breakdown on building a Ferrari F1 car and the most expensive part (engine) was around 800k.
And F1 parts are already absolutely nuts in pricing... The rear spoiler was a $280k piece of carbon fiber...
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07-29-2013, 09:25 AM
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Why would you buy a set of wheels for $1mil? If you're paying that much for a set of wheels, you've got way too much money to spend.
07-29-2013, 09:44 AM
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Thread title is misleading. The rims DIDN'T cost a million dollars guys. The facebook page says the wheels cost about $8500.
The company however is putting an approximately million dollar mark up on top of the vehicle because it has wheels and some other aero.
07-29-2013, 10:31 AM
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I hope the company selling the car goes out of business, and the car gets taken by the bank.
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07-29-2013, 10:41 AM
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I would buy it.....said no one ever!
07-29-2013, 05:31 PM
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dat curve at 2:34
anyone with that kind of money would rather get a LaFerrari
07-29-2013, 10:11 PM
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does that ferrari 458 come with that chick? for 1 million, it has to!
07-29-2013, 11:04 PM
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some guy commented on how tpms indicator was lit...
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