Ferrari vs. Markets • Hacker News Board

Re: Ferrari vs. Markets

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Post by tzury » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 8:59 AM UTC

creamyhorror wrote: post #30

tzury wrote: post #27

Enigma Technologies sells customs manifest search; the Ferraris are marketing bait. Their headline correlations (Bitcoin +0.70, S&P +0.75) are meaningless — any two trending series from 2020–2026 will correlate due to shared macro shocks. Their own showcase contains VINs from Jaguar and Land Rover misclassified as Ferraris, revealing mechanical parsing without validation. Look at these VINs: SAJWA4GB2DLB50982 — This…

While I agree with this, it's ironic that you used AI to generate it, the very tool that enabled the marketing slop explosion of today.

That’s not a true stat.

Re: Ferrari vs. Markets

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Post by HPsquared » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 12:54 PM UTC

rubyn00bie wrote: post #16

HPsquared wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting correlation. Can we infer from this that Ferraris are typically purchased by people whose income comes from investments rather than salaries?

I think for a new Ferrari there’s a fair chance it’s salaried individuals. There are quite a few folks who probably make enough to purchase a $400k-$800k car from their salaries. For ultra rare or special variants I think it’s unlikely as the percentage of someone’s net worth would likely be entirely consumed by the vehicle even at several million dollars a year. An example is an Enzo that sold this year for $17.6 mi…

There's a certain swagger in saying "I don't care about resale value, I'm doing this for me"

Re: Ferrari vs. Markets

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Post by rurban » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 3:06 PM UTC

rubyn00bie wrote: post #16

HPsquared wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Interesting correlation. Can we infer from this that Ferraris are typically purchased by people whose income comes from investments rather than salaries?

I think for a new Ferrari there’s a fair chance it’s salaried individuals. There are quite a few folks who probably make enough to purchase a $400k-$800k car from their salaries. For ultra rare or special variants I think it’s unlikely as the percentage of someone’s net worth would likely be entirely consumed by the vehicle even at several million dollars a year. An example is an Enzo that sold this year for $17.6 mi…

90% of such supercar customers are criminals, either drug dealers or pimps. Dealership doesn't sell to them directly but third party. You see in the import logs that all of them are third party, from some Latin American sellers, none of them from Maranello. I dont understand why any rich folk wants to buy such a high-criminality symbol.

Eg the Germans meet up at the Cannes Film Festival every year. Almost all of them Hamburg pimps. With the occasional Hamburg Marketing pimp.

Re: Ferrari vs. Markets

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Post by cybrexalpha » Sun, Feb 01, 2026, 10:44 PM UTC

testing22321 wrote: post #11

haunter wrote: post #8

I'd love to know how many of these are direct from Maranello and how many of these are second hand. Ferrari doesn't sell directly to anyone unless you have a "relationship" with them. New models are highly restricted, it's not like you can just walk into a showroom so you can buy one even if you have all the money.

Is that true for all models? Even the “cheap”, mass produced ones?

The big thing is that dealerships do not have new cars sat around on the lot waiting to be sold. They usually have second-hand cars available, but new cars are always built to order.