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Including myself, there are several physicians on this forum. I can't speak for the others, but I don't have a Ferrari (yet).

As someone else mentioned, not all doctors are "rich". It is very dependent on the specialty. I was fortunate to go into a specialty that should allow such a purchase when the time is right, but many others would never consider driving such a car. Being able to afford a car is a very relative term. Sure, there are a lot of doctors that could make a few adjustments to afford to finance a Ferrari, but most of the people I know would consider a Ferrari as a "toy". Therefore, unless you can purchase the car in cash without any significant impact on your other finances, you can't "afford" it (i.e., no more than 10% of your available funds). That would work out to having an extra $2.5 million sitting around.

In my experience, few physicians fall into the category of car enthusiasts and they are often fairly conservative. The large sedan fulfills the basic desire for comfortable transportation. Also consider that anyone in this line of work has dealt with a great deal of "delayed gratification". Sometimes the things that seemed important or desirable, are much less so when you finally have the means to purchase them.