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Ben Gilbert: prediction

13 Apr 2026 Acquired Ferrari

“I would bet they have the lowest hours of use per car of any manufacturer in the world who produces at least, I don't know, draw a hard cutoff, 5,000 cars a year.”

— Ben Gilbert

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Ben Gilbert
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prediction
Recorded
13 Apr 2026
Publisher
Acquired
Episode
Ferrari

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…Yes, yes, there's a deep irony here. I would bet they have the lowest hours of use per car of any manufacturer in the world who produces at least, I don't know, draw a hard cutoff, 5,000 cars a year. Which makes for an interesting luxury good because there is zero way to subtly show off that you have a Ferrari. It's either silent because you have one in your garage and you're sitting there thinking, how can I bring up that I have a Ferrari? Or if you show up in it, it is really loud. It is, I have a Ferrari. There is no quiet luxury in the universe of Ferrari. I actually think there's more nuance to that than it would appear on the surface. And this is a good time to bring up a couple points. The first is car collector and Ferrari collector culture. By and large, at least with the current/older generation, car guys are very different than, you know, Hermès collectors or, you know, LV fans or something.…

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