The long version

For a generation of buyers, this was the car that made Ferrari ownership arithmetic actually work — production volume kept purchase prices reasonable long before belt-service costs and depreciation reality set in, and a lot of first-time Ferrari owners cut their teeth here rather than on something older and pricier. The cambelt interval still functions as a natural filter, weeding out anyone unwilling to budget for upkeep, which has kept the surviving fleet in the hands of people who use the car enough to justify the bill. It remains the volume Ferrari that still behaves like a used car.