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During his 18-year career as a professional footballer, Ronaldo Luis Nazario de Lima scored 62 goals in 98 matches for the national team of Brazil. That makes him the second-highest goalscorer after Pele, the one regarded as the greatest player of all time. Sorry, Lionel Messi, but it takes time and a lot of effort to become a classic.
Prolific football players such as Ronaldo aren’t just good at kicking a ball around but they’re paid an obscene amount of cash to do it. Some of the dough earned by the footballer they call “the phenomenon” went on the Ferrari 360 Modena F1 you’re looking at, the first entry-level Prancing Horse to employ an all aluminum space-frame chassis.
When it was new, the 360 Modena with the electro-hydraulic automated manual transmission (hence F1) commanded $160,290 on the American market. Happily, however, the 360 Modena F1 once owned by Ronaldo costs €69,900, which is about $78,660 based on the current exchange rates. Currently located in Germany, the Ferrari shows 32,000 miles (51,500 kilometers) on the odometer. The seller also offers the warranty card that came with the car, where you’ll find Ronaldo’s name and a start date: August 5, 1999.
What that means is that this car is an early model, produced in 1999, the year when the 360 Modena started to roll off the assembly line in Maranello. The listing’s description reads that the last service was performed by an authorized dealer some 1,000 kilometers ago when lots of components were renewed. Control arms, spark plugs, oil filter, timing belt, brake discs, clutch, etcetera. The rubber shoes are also new. The wheels aren’t OEM-grade, though, but Novitec Rosso NF2 19-inch alloys. The exhaust system isn’t original either, but a Tubi Style that retails for $5,120 new.
Once you step inside, you’ll see that there’s a little bit of patina on the seats and that the floor mats are meh. That shouldn’t be a problem to the individual in the market for a Ferrari 360 Modena or that particular collector who has a fetish for cars previously owned by celebrities.
When it was new, the 360 Modena with the electro-hydraulic automated manual transmission (hence F1) commanded $160,290 on the American market. Happily, however, the 360 Modena F1 once owned by Ronaldo costs €69,900, which is about $78,660 based on the current exchange rates. Currently located in Germany, the Ferrari shows 32,000 miles (51,500 kilometers) on the odometer. The seller also offers the warranty card that came with the car, where you’ll find Ronaldo’s name and a start date: August 5, 1999.
What that means is that this car is an early model, produced in 1999, the year when the 360 Modena started to roll off the assembly line in Maranello. The listing’s description reads that the last service was performed by an authorized dealer some 1,000 kilometers ago when lots of components were renewed. Control arms, spark plugs, oil filter, timing belt, brake discs, clutch, etcetera. The rubber shoes are also new. The wheels aren’t OEM-grade, though, but Novitec Rosso NF2 19-inch alloys. The exhaust system isn’t original either, but a Tubi Style that retails for $5,120 new.
Once you step inside, you’ll see that there’s a little bit of patina on the seats and that the floor mats are meh. That shouldn’t be a problem to the individual in the market for a Ferrari 360 Modena or that particular collector who has a fetish for cars previously owned by celebrities.
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