The Ferrari model ladder is usually described in order of release, which implies that a newer car costs more than an older one. Priced on what they actually sold for, it does not hold. The F355 makes a median $217,500 against $155,000 for the 360 that replaced it, and the cheapest way into the marque is not the car most people would guess.
How these were priced
Every figure is a realized auction price from Bring a Trailer, read on 5 August 2026, which means a completed transaction rather than an ask or a guide valuation. Sell-through, the share of completed auctions where the hammer actually fell, is printed beside each median because a car that is worth a great deal on paper and fails to sell is not the same asset as one that clears every time. Sample sizes run from 16 to 21 cars per model and are stated in the table.
| Model | Median realized | Lots | Sold | Sell-through |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 308 | $83,904 | 18 | 16 | 88.9% |
| 348 | $88,601 | 17 | 13 | 76.5% |
| 360 | $155,000 | 21 | 19 | 90.5% |
| TESTAROSSA | $190,000 | 16 | 13 | 81.2% |
| F355 | $217,500 | 17 | 14 | 82.4% |
The F355 costs more than the car built to replace it
The F355 makes a median $217,500 across 17 completed auctions, of which 14 sold. The 360 that succeeded it makes $155,000 across 21 auctions with 19 sold. That is a gap of $62,500 in favor of the older car, and it is the largest inversion in the sample. The F355 is the last of the small-displacement V8 cars with a gated manual widely available, which is the explanation usually offered; this desk measures the gap rather than the reason for it.
The cheapest Ferrari here is the 308, and it is not close
The 308 makes a median $83,904 across 18 completed auctions with 16 sold, a sell-through of 88.9 percent. That is the lowest median of the five models measured and one of the higher clearance rates, which is the combination a first buyer should want: a car that is cheap to enter and that the market agrees about. Every other model in this sample costs more.
What this ranking does not tell you
Nothing here is a running cost. These are transaction prices only, and a Ferrari’s cost of ownership is dominated by maintenance that no auction result captures, including belt and clutch intervals that differ sharply between these models. The samples are also small: five models and 89 completed auctions in total, read on one day. A median across 16 cars moves more than a median across 500, and this piece should be read as a snapshot of one auction house rather than as a market index.
This piece is part of our motoring reference, What a Classic Car Costs to Own: Realized Prices, and the Odds of Selling It, which sets out the method and collects every figure we have published on the subject. Also in it: Every Valuation Guide Tells You What a Classic Car Is Worth. None Tells You the Odds of Selling It., The Porsche 911 Depreciates Backwards. The 964 Costs More Than the 993., The E30 M3 Makes $63,250 at Auction. The E36 Makes $27,750. Same Badge., 11 Classic Cars Under $50,000, Ranked by Whether They Actually Sell, No-Reserve Classic Car Lots Sold 122 Times Out of 123. Within the Same Model, They Sold for a Fifth Less..
Sources
Every price above is a realized auction result read from Bring a Trailer on 5 August 2026, not an asking price and not a valuation. Realized prices exclude buyer’s premium. Bring a Trailer publishes unsold lots alongside sold ones, which is what makes the sell-through rate measurable at all; no valuation guide publishes it, because a guide is built to answer what a car is worth rather than whether it moves.
The medians and the sell-through rates are our own arithmetic on those results, and each sample size is printed beside its figure because several of these are small. Model pages mix cars with parts, so listings are filtered to require a leading model year before any median is taken. Without that filter one model on this site returned a median of $22,500 on cars that actually sold between $366,000 and $1.55 million.
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest Ferrari to buy?
Of the five models measured here, the 308: a median $83,904 across 18 completed auctions read from Bring a Trailer on 5 August 2026, with 16 of them selling. The Testarossa and the F355 both cost more than double that, at $190,000 and $217,500.
Is the Ferrari 355 worth more than the 360?
On realized auction prices, yes. The F355 makes a median $217,500 against $155,000 for the 360, a difference of $62,500 in favor of the older car, measured across 17 and 21 completed auctions respectively on 5 August 2026.
Do Ferraris sell easily at auction?
In this sample they mostly do. Sell-through across the five models ran from 76.5 percent to 90.5 percent on Bring a Trailer, read on 5 August 2026. That is high against the 27-model classic-car field this desk measured, where the weakest model cleared 47.4 percent of the time.