According to some reports, Stile Bertone has stated that it plans to accept up to ten orders for their Corvette ZR1 Mantide “one off”, each carrying a price tage of 2 million dollars. That is some 1.6 million euros, just 0.1m euros higher than the price Jason Castriota mentioned when I talked to him at the Villa d’Este Concorso a couple of weeks ago. The add-on is probably the price of the full-optional ZR1 serving as the starting point for their job.
Yet, I wonder if the two million dollars price is right? In my opinion, it would right price for a one off, even if I know a lot of people in the Turin area that can build a completely original one-off for a third (or little more).
Two million dollars that is what the conversion of A Ferrari Enzo into THE (one and only) Ferrari Pininfarina P4/5 cost. The third million dollars spent by the owner, paid for the original car.
If these figures, the only ones published so far, are right, something is not quite right with the price of the Mantide, if it is built in a limited series of 10. This means that the car is ten times less exclusive and even if two of them are sold in each of the five continents any buyer risk to cross into the other car, which is embarassing when you have spent this sort of money. If Stile Bertone succeed in building, homologating (this is where the extra cost might be) and selling them, one can only congratulate them. It wil prove that the design is absolutely right (perfectly fulfilling its mission) and that Stile Bertone has excellent business men. If they do not succeed the story will have to be updated and re-written.
I wonder how can the Spadas sell their ZR1 Codatronca as such a bargain price of “only” € 260,000 despite their similar production volume.
By the end of the day? Which of these Special ZR1 is the most attractive as far as design and look go? Send me your comments!!
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