James May decided to get rid of one of his Ferraris. He says he doesn’t enjoy it anymore.
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The British presenter talked about the reasons for the sale in a video for the Drivetribe channel, which he shot in his garage.
He admits the most important reason right at the beginning. He just doesn’t love a Ferrari in which he doesn’t drive much. She loves to look at him, but that’s not enough. Although he considers the car he sells through a Ferrari dealer to be one of the most beautiful cars with a stallion on the hood.
Just because a car is nice doesn’t mean it’s nice to drive at the same time. According to May, Italian supersport has simply become obsolete and can no longer keep up with the times.
Only at this moment does James reveal what kind of Ferrari it actually sells. They don’t own just one. “I’m not selling Speciale, that would be an absurd thing,” says the moderator, who probably owns the very last Ferrari 458 Speciale produced.
May ordered it at a time when the Italian carmaker had already stopped receiving orders. In the case of the famous Englishman, however, she made an exception and still made a car for him.
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But back to the supersport that left James’s garage. It is a model 308 GTB from 1977, one of 211 pieces with a steel body and right-hand drive for the British market. With the 308 GTB, the first specimens had a fiberglass body, and in 1977 it was switched to steel.
The 308 GTB is powered by a 2.9-liter eight-cylinder with four carburetors, which produces 188 kW. It is connected to a five-speed manual transmission. The piece after May has driven 59,897 miles (about 96,400 km), it has a completely documented history (including service) and also some original accessories.
The red Ferrari with black leather upholstery is available for 69,995 pounds, in terms of about 2.1 million crowns.
Which, by the way, according to May, is less money than the 308 he once bought. The prices of classic cars in Britain have probably fallen over the last year. James immediately adds reasons: “Recession, Brexit, covid, Boris Johnson and the like.”
And it further develops the idea of how 308 simply became obsolete. “It’s an old car and I don’t really like old cars. Although everyone thinks I have to like them,” he says. “But from where I’m sitting now, I see three electric cars,” he adds, adding that he currently owns only one old motorcycle.
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According to him, the problem with old cars is that today we can no longer appreciate and perceive them as we did at the time of their creation. The past is gone.
He likens old technology to old music. Today, we also perceive 17th-century music differently than people at the time. This is because, unlike our ancestors, we experienced Sex Pistols or rap. We just have different ears.
Similarly, our perception of cars is changing.
James then explains why he actually bought a 308 GTB. He admits that the main reason was the effort to bring back to life some of the golden times, something of his young. As a teenage boy, Ferrari loved this, but it was inaccessible to him. When he later bought it, he actually returned to his teens.
And he thinks whoever buys his 308 now will be in a similar situation. That it will be someone who experienced the best period in the 70’s and wants to fulfill his childhood dream. “But I honestly think that such a person will sell Ferrari again soon when he realizes that he can spend less money on Alpine. Which I did,” he adds.
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