Well at the moment it seems rarer more unusual colours are selling so grey could be a safer bet as the grey, silvers and yellow seem to sell whereas right now there is a huge amount of black and red cars for sale.
If buying none Ferrari dealership better to spend less and have 20k aside for any possible repairs and maintenance. Beauty of the 458 is they all drive the same so even a poverty specification car for say 100k if in good condition will drive same or very close to a 150k fully optioned car.
But of course as you probably know some options are a must like LED steering wheel and you can’t retrofit them as the cost is like 10k for the wheel unless you can get one from a crashed car but you’d still be looking at a few grand. When I priced up carbon dash and it was £10,000, carbon paddles £1100 and carbon lower centre console £1400 at this point I just searched for a car that had said options and paid extra.
A grey would be safe bet for sure yes red / cream is classic but so many spec like this and now a few for sale and it’s a buyers market so you could maybe get a better deal on a red car with so many uses being for sale. I’ve noticed grey, silver, triple yellow and triple red when they come on market with a good spec tend to disappear from market within a month so are selling. But the reds, blacks or some of the rarer colours but with funky options are sticking around. Avoid exterior carbon on a base 458 it seems to put a lot off, not sure why maybe because wannabe Speciale.
Also ring around dealerships as some will have access to cars not advertised.
The other car to consider if you don’t mind a bit less performance and want a safer place for your money is a 430 Scuderia or 430 Manual, both of which exploded in price past couple of years but if they take a dive in coming months I am sure they’d be a safer bet as will for sure bounce back in years to come as they are very collectable.
Advantage of 458 is it’s dual personality and reliability. Plonk it in wet mode and automatic and it’s quite a civilised car to drive and very comfy particular with none bucket seats, so makes an awesome tourer too as luggage space is not too bad, we did NC500 in ours.
Race mode or traction off and it feels like your driving a proper lightweight race car on the road and it’s a truly raw experience that brings smiles and enjoyment at both low and high speeds as unlike an R8, GTR or Huracan the 458 stomps them into the ground for fun factor and driver involvement at legal speeds and is just as capable at the really fast stuff too but you just don’t need to go there and it’s why I think in years to come 458 values will sit above 488’s as the 488 though a better car and much faster to me also felt kind of boring, too much grip and the engine but sorry it’s nowhere near as special irrelevant of how fast and powerful it is, only real advantage of 488 that I noticed is the brakes are much better the ceramics on the 458 can be scary at times they really need heat and even then pedal feel could be better.
For me 458 / Speciale and 812 Superfast are my favourite Ferrari’s and am glad and lucky enough to own one.
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