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Hurst said:
A question to the financial experts (most notably VKSF):

If the market for F430s is artifically skewed to help resale factors in the US, why doesn't Ferrari do this in other places (namely Europe). Furthermore, if they were more profit motivated, why wouldn't they increase their production? Fear of the consumer waking up and looking at competition?

Why would they care? Couldn't they keep their profits up more?



The type of marketing Ferrari does in the US just wouldn't stick in Europe, as most affluent people here aren't as status-hungry as in the US. Another factor here are 25 countries, which each receive their alloted share of cars per annum. Since it's a free market, the cars can then be transferred from one country to the other, with no extra taxes, to cover the increased demand, if any, in another country of the EU.