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M or not?
I wouldn't want a 456 that was not a Modificato version. The problems with items such as the rear shocks, window lifters and air-con unit in the early cars are an expensive and repetitive nightmare.
The 612 is a huge step forward. For £20k more you get a massively better and more modern car when compared to the 456. Though not as pretty.
Agree re the M designation 456 - which is why I asked - but by then the 550 was out and most M cars are auto (guess you knew that!)
I take the view that for anything to be truely valuable in the future it needs to be both rare and pretty....
It is not an M.
I am aware of the differences and the problems and in an ideal world I would buy a manual M and I should have bought the one I nearly bought two years ago but I didn't.
This car is supposed to have a full Ferrari history and has just had the shocks replaced but also indie specialists can now have them rebuilt for a fraction of the replacement cost and I will be checking out the other problem areas.
The other side to it is I do prefer the look of the earlier non M cars especially the bonnet with the vents which leads to another conundrum, in the future will people want the earlier 'purer' car (which is still not exactly a common car) or the later rarer one. Only time will tell.