Porsche Guy

I think Ferrari's reliability is much better today than it was in the past. Secondly, the 599 is the replacement to the 575, which costs $285K. Assume that the 599 increases in price by around 8% over its predicessor, like what happened with the new F430. That would only bring the price of the new 599 to $309k, which is still around $140k less than the SLR, a only $15K off being half the price, which in itself isn't that much when you're spending this much money for either car in the first place. Not to mention that the SLR is the VW Phaeton of the super car class. It just doesn't have the sports car petegre/exclusivity (MB is too diluted and common day of a brand today. Yes, McLaren did do a lot of the development work but MB killed it by having to have heavy luxury crap. It wears the MB badge on the hood, not the McLaren and for good reason.) to compete with Ferrari's Enzo and Porche's Carrera GT (arguably Porsche is also slipping towards heavy brand dillution, ie Cayenne and Cayman and plus whatever next model they're planning) just like how the VW Pheaton couldn't pull enough sales to compete against BMW's 7series and MB's S class. Different cars, but same old story. One brand can only strech so far. It's a fact.