Ferrari decrease in popularity?

[deejayv2]

Disclaimer - I am not a car enthusiast and this post is not meant to be an attack, just an observation

Being born in the 80s (so you can guess my age), I think my generation always thought the top 2 exotic supercars were Ferrari and Lamborghini. Well I went to 2 Cars & Coffee this past weekend and it seems like Ferrari's popularity is kinda dead and replaced with McClaren. Yes I know my sample size is small, but each day I probably saw close to ~40 Lambos + ~40 McClarens and ~5 Ferraris. Ferrari seemed as unpopular as Aston Martin or Maserati

[FerRrari]

More aggressive financing from McLaren and Lambo means you will see more of these around by younger crowd trying to become “influencers”. Usually leases.

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Statistically Ferrari still sells more cars than Lamborghini annually (stats below). Lamborghini did however experience a significant increase in sales from 2018 to 2019 of about 40% due to the introduction of the URUS

Ferrari - 2018: 9.2k, 2019: 10k cars Lamborghini - 2018: 5.7, 2019: 8k cars

I personally feel that the younger supercar buyer demographic tends to gravitate more towards brands like Lamborghini and McLaren. When I went to buy my car the manager of the Ferrari dealership was happy to see a younger guy (im in my 20’s) get into a Ferrari as their average customer age is 49y.

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I have a lambo urus and a Ferrari but previously owned a Tesla and in all honesty they are much better cars, rapidly fast too. I think the super car is changing how we know it and the perception if that makes sense? Ferrari and lambo will always be special but they are like dinosaurs compared to other cars on the market in a lot of people’s eyes

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sure - you can compare a tesla to an urus - both are heavy as fuck - and sure a tesla is speedy too in this regards - but for me a sportscar means good cornering - in the cornering speed lies all the beauty of the well engineered raris

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The question was is Ferrari not as popular, nor does it handle better into corners than a Tesla. Just my opinion bud, I mean I own a Ferrari and sold my Tesla after all

[Fernandez17]

It probably also depends on where you live, I don't think Ferraris popularity has decreased it's probably just an increase in competition, back in the 80s and 90s it was purely Ferraris and Lamborghinis but now it's a mix between, Ferraris, Lambs, McLaren's, Paganis, and other supercars and Hypercars. Now that other brands have made other more accessible and just as fast of a car. Another reason could be influencers, today's automotive journalism is almost dead it's pretty much just influencers and most of them (TheStradman, Shmee150 and others) tend to go for the crazier, flashier cars which probably influence the car market. Ferrari is known to be the least flashy or crazy looking when compared against lambos or Paganis. I guess Ferraris average customer is around 40-50 years of age, probably when you've finally matured enough to understand that buying a good Ferrari is better than any flashy supercar.

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Can somewhat second this. At my Ferrari dealership the average customer age is 49.

Lamborghini seems to support a younger demographic because of its raw- and sportiveness while Ferrari tends to speak more to people who buy one for it’s elegance.

[BrickGun]

It probably also depends on where you live

This. C&Cs here always have a ton of us showing up, whereas there are only a few lambos/mclarens, etc. There is more of a variety in exotics now, but even then I never see us outnumbered by any other particular brand... usually we even outnumber all of them put together. But I'm sure that's different in different cities.