The passing of the years has been very kind to the Ferrari 456 GT, which looks better now than in 1992
Every week, we’re tracking the values of the most popular classic cars on the UK market. Thanks to our friends at Classic Car Weekly, we can focus on one car and compare its values from 2005 to today – and then anticipate where they will be in 2025. This week, we take a look at the Ferrari 456 GT, the 1990s Maranello super tourer that reset the bar for four-seater prancing horses in the 1990s. Classic Car Weekly’s editor David Simister tells the market story of this classic’s future growth.
Ferrari 456 GT – The current situation
Back in the mid-2000s this V12-engined 2+2 super GT was still firmly in its initial depreciation and – having only been replaced by the 612 Scaglietti two years earlier – only on the radar of the most forward-thinking classic fans. But as sure as day follows night, and recalling the maxim that what goes down, must go up, the values of these cars were always going to rise predictably.
The Ferrari 456 GT hit the bottom of its depreciation curve around 2010, in the wake of the global banking crisis, and has been quietly creeping back up in value ever since. Sure, it’s outpaced pricewise by its sexier and more identifiable stablemates, the F355 and the 550 Maranello, but that’s always been the way with four-seat Ferraris. That is good news for today’s buyers, though – the 456 GT is a 190mph V12 GT for the price of a new BMW 3 Series.
Probably the swansong for the traditional gear shifter in a Ferrari – even in automatic form
Ferrari 456 GT values – the onward march
We’re tracking condition 2 examples here, and the good news is that unlike many two-seat Ferraris, this one is relatively easy to find in ‘used’ rather than concours condition as they tended to rack up miles more readily, So, whereas most F355s are concours, or at least Condition 1, there’s a decent choice of Condition 2 456 GTs out there. Examples found at classic car auctions, can be tempting, but as with all Ferraris. it pays to buy on condition and history. A cheap final price may lead you into a world of pain at the specialist later on.
Ferrari 456 GT price tracker
While plenty of 456s have been offered for more than these prices, most of them have remained unsold, whereas the ones that have been selling at auction have been selling for comfortably less than £40,000. There aren’t as many would-be takers for these as Ferrari’s two-seater offerings, but that’s good news for buyers – but we don’t think prices will stay at this level.
Below are the typical prices for a Condition 2 example between 2005-2025.
2005 £50,000
2010 £30,000
2015 £27,000
2020 £38,000
2025 £43,000 (anticipated)
Easily the visually-challenged Ferrari 456 GT’s best view…
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