3 RHD V12 Vantage Roadsters for sale
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Especially like this quantum silver one with the red interior and LW seats. How are the values holding up?
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You have missed one that looks only to appear on Autotrader. The Amethyst Red one with an interesting interior colour combination that you will either love or hate. Only 144 miles from new and they are looking for an eye watering £175k for it.
If you factor that one into the prices they vary quite a lot and difficult to know how they are coping. You range from Grange who dropped the price of theirs by £5k within a week of advertising it, so clearly want it moved on before the summer season has passed, through to Bramley who have stuck to the price advertised despite it clearly being out of line with the market. Does the fact that it has sat on a battery charger for 2/3 years and done no mileage make it worth nearly £50k more? I suppose we have our own view on that.
As an owner I think they have kept their value pretty well in comparison to the Coupe and they are fantastic to drive and, IMO, should be used. If I sold mine today it would lose me the least I have lost on an Aston so that must be good
The rarity value, only 38/40 in the UK, must help them retain their value better than most modern Astons but I would never buy it for that. It is an awesome car to drive and the 17k miles we have done in ours have been a fantastic experience
If you factor that one into the prices they vary quite a lot and difficult to know how they are coping. You range from Grange who dropped the price of theirs by £5k within a week of advertising it, so clearly want it moved on before the summer season has passed, through to Bramley who have stuck to the price advertised despite it clearly being out of line with the market. Does the fact that it has sat on a battery charger for 2/3 years and done no mileage make it worth nearly £50k more? I suppose we have our own view on that.
As an owner I think they have kept their value pretty well in comparison to the Coupe and they are fantastic to drive and, IMO, should be used. If I sold mine today it would lose me the least I have lost on an Aston so that must be good
The rarity value, only 38/40 in the UK, must help them retain their value better than most modern Astons but I would never buy it for that. It is an awesome car to drive and the 17k miles we have done in ours have been a fantastic experience
mikey k said:
3 of the 4 so far mentioned have been for sale for a fair few months
Sort of suggesting they are overpriced
That said they do seem to hold their value better than other Vantages
Agree with all of that to a pointSort of suggesting they are overpriced
That said they do seem to hold their value better than other Vantages
The vast majority of V12VRs were sold without a discount, typically costing £160-170k on the road, so substantially more than the list price difference on paper with the coupe, as the vast majority of buyers of V12V coupe will have paid far less than list (partially because so few coupes will have been factory orders by the 1st owners). Still agree with you and Ian in the post above, but it's a point worth taking into account
As a slight aside, I think that if there is scope for this car to really hold & potentially rise in value, it will only come into play once V12V production ceases fully and there is the realisation that this is genuinely the last of an era. In another year or two, one imagines DBS & V12V manual (coupes & roadsters) will potentially start to rise in value when it is firmly seen there will never be another V12 manual Aston (I appreciate manual DB9s also fall into that category but there were relatively few made). But there first needs to be an end to the current conjecture about manual re-appearing for this to happen strongly
As I say though, still agree with Ian & Mikey's posts
The new V12 engine is supposedly downsized and turbo-charged (a route I guess we already see BMW and Ferrari taking with their various engines). I wonder what difference that will make to the driving experience? I've never driven a V12 turbo (or even a V8 Turbo).
If it doesn't work out well it could add a bit more cache to the old normally aspirated V12s
If it doesn't work out well it could add a bit more cache to the old normally aspirated V12s
Vee12V said:
Would obviously be looking at LHD cars (as I'm from Lux), but there just doesn't seem te be any for sale atm. Only found a black on black one in Belgium, but it hasn't got the LW seats and I'd be looking for something a bit more spritely colour wise. Thanks for the answers.
It's an interesting point - many of the roadsters have been specced with regular seats and whilst on the face of it, a V12 soft top Aston is a tourer (which as it happens it does a very good job of with either seat) which might suggest lightweights to be inappropriate, it's still a pretty hardcore car and the lightweight seats are a must for many of usjonby said:
It's an interesting point - many of the roadsters have been specced with regular seats and whilst on the face of it, a V12 soft top Aston is a tourer (which as it happens it does a very good job of with either seat) which might suggest lightweights to be inappropriate, it's still a pretty hardcore car and the lightweight seats are a must for many of us
Agree with Jonby. Having the LW's in the S it is the only thing we would change on the V12VR as, believe it or not, we find them far more comfortable and give far better support when pushing on than the sports seats. IanV12VR said:
jonby said:
It's an interesting point - many of the roadsters have been specced with regular seats and whilst on the face of it, a V12 soft top Aston is a tourer (which as it happens it does a very good job of with either seat) which might suggest lightweights to be inappropriate, it's still a pretty hardcore car and the lightweight seats are a must for many of us
Agree with Jonby. Having the LW's in the S it is the only thing we would change on the V12VR as, believe it or not, we find them far more comfortable and give far better support when pushing on than the sports seats. cayman-black said:
For LHD cars you are about a year too late. There where about four around in Germany this time last year all at a reasonable price and where not selling then at years end they all suddenly sold.
Seems people are holding onto them then. I'll keep an eye out in the mean time.And I agree that the lw seats are far more comfortable than the sports seats, plus you're sitting lower. They're a must.
Edited by Vee12V on Wednesday 29th July 12:53
IanV12VR said:
jonby said:
It's an interesting point - many of the roadsters have been specced with regular seats and whilst on the face of it, a V12 soft top Aston is a tourer (which as it happens it does a very good job of with either seat) which might suggest lightweights to be inappropriate, it's still a pretty hardcore car and the lightweight seats are a must for many of us
Agree with Jonby. Having the LW's in the S it is the only thing we would change on the V12VR as, believe it or not, we find them far more comfortable and give far better support when pushing on than the sports seats. even in the V8 
Vee12V said:
cayman-black said:
For LHD cars you are about a year too late. There where about four around in Germany this time last year all at a reasonable price and where not selling then at years end they all suddenly sold.
Seems people are holding onto them then. I'll keep an eye out in the mean time.And I agree that the lw seats are far more comfortable than the sports seats, plus you're sitting lower. They're a must.
I'm intrigued to see what happens to the value of these if the rumours turn out to be true and later in the life they offer a manual V12VSR run out special.
I'd imagine there would be 101 very f**ked off V12VR customers if it happened, but we all know Aston aren't beyond doing things like that.
I'd imagine there would be 101 very f**ked off V12VR customers if it happened, but we all know Aston aren't beyond doing things like that.
Beefmeister said:
I'm intrigued to see what happens to the value of these if the rumours turn out to be true and later in the life they offer a manual V12VSR run out special.
I'd imagine there would be 101 very f**ked off V12VR customers if it happened, but we all know Aston aren't beyond doing things like that.
At the moment, no matter what anyone says to the contrary, it is only a rumour - there is nobody with an order for such a car (didn't someone on here claim to have a mate taking delivery of one in August/Sept ?)I'd imagine there would be 101 very f**ked off V12VR customers if it happened, but we all know Aston aren't beyond doing things like that.
But that doesn't mean it won't happen. If it does, it will depend on whether at one extreme, it's simply a mainstream option that results in a fair few being made or at the other, part of a very limited run of say 100 cars, which includes both coupes & roadsters, SS & manual, so the total number of 3 pedal RHD roadster that are produced might literally be a tiny handful
If it's the latter, I'd not be so concerned although I'd be miffed there's something 'better' available. If it's the former, I would indeed be very p*****d off, as would all the other V12VR owners that I have discussed this with
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