Not a single SLS on Autotrader...

[Alpinestars]

L33 said:

Excellent! Which one did you go for?

The one on Autotrader with ceramics. Cost me, but worth it I think.

[notax]

Alpinestars said:

The one on Autotrader with ceramics. Cost me, but worth it I think.

Is that the one from Sterling? If so, I think it looks fantastic

[Alpinestars]

notax said:

Is that the one from Sterling? If so, I think it looks fantastic

No, it was from an individual, not a dealer. The Sterling car might be the ex Chieck Tiote car. And if it is, it had the most horrendous red wrap and wheels on it when he owned it.

[L33]

Alpinestars said:

L33 said:

Excellent! Which one did you go for?

The one on Autotrader with ceramics. Cost me, but worth it I think.

Very nice

[notax]

Well, pleased to report that SLS are still selling like hot cakes - I think three have gone in the last week, so now only two on AT - not bad going in February with crap weather

[Alpinestars]

notax said:

Well, pleased to report that SLS are still selling like hot cakes - I think three have gone in the last week, so now only two on AT - not bad going in February with crap weather

Are the 4 on PH still for sale?

[orbtar]

Still only three or four cars for sale on Auto Trader and all are gullwings, no roadsters currently available.
Am now looking for a high spec, late reg, blue or black gullwing if anyone knows of one for sale.

[notax]

An SLS roadster has finally appeared on the market - at £150k

It's not even the 'right' colour being black, but does look absolutely stunning in my opinion:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

[amg master]

What do you guys think the prices of the gull wing will reach by the end of the year is it possible they could hit £200k,
or even as a very long term investment maybe 5 or 10 years.?

[orbtar]

notax said:

An SLS roadster has finally appeared on the market - at £150k

It's not even the 'right' colour being black, but does look absolutely stunning in my opinion:

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/2015...

The right colour for the roadster is black (IMO), I don't think it looks good in many other colours apart from grey with a red roof, whereas the gullwing looks good in most colours, especially blue, grey or black. Will be interesting to see if it sells at that price, its way more than the Tom Hartley car a few weeks back.

[propaganda]

Why the sudden interest in the SLS? Is it a temporary thing driven by values rising i.e. is it self perpetuating?

Edited by propaganda on Saturday 21st March 11:41

[mickyveloce]

amg master said:

What do you guys think the prices of the gull wing will reach by the end of the year is it possible they could hit £200k,
or even as a very long term investment maybe 5 or 10 years.?

Hard to say, although we've heard of (from a Mercedes Sales manager) of an unregistered zero miles gullwing. Figures around the £200k mark are being discussed.

Its always a little crass to discuss value, but nice to know that there's an appreciation of these cars.

Values ought to rise, on the basis that there isn't another gullwing design in the pipeline, as far as I'm aware, and the world of the performance car in general is moving away from large capacity V8s.

My son and his grandfather are off to Bavaria in the SLS next month, just hoping the weather improves.

[notax]

propaganda said:

Why the sudden interest in the SLS? Is it a temporary thing driven by values rising i.e. is it self perpetuating?

Edited by propaganda on Saturday 21st March 11:41

I think the SLS has long been predicted to become a future classic - glad they're going up since I bought mine! The values of anything only increase as a result of demand, but the rate of increase may start accelerating if more people want to jump on the band wagon. I hope they do! Prices have yet to reach the original list price (except for the odd zero miles car) but I think interest, demand and prices will only grow from here.

[dealmaker]

I've had two dealers try to buy mine - they each have multiple customers waiting......

....I think £200k is not a matter of if....but when.....

[Alpinestars]

Another Roadster on AT now. £160k!

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/used-cars/mercedes-ben...

[notax]

That's two at £160k... and mine has half the mileage of either

Two options:

A. drive it more and enjoy it by being less precious about the mileage
B. cash my chips in and buy back my previous Aston which I miss and has just come back on the market

A bit of a first world conundrum...

[vpr]

notax said:

That's two at £160k... and mine has half the mileage of either

Two options:

A. drive it more and enjoy it by being less precious about the mileage
B. cash my chips in and buy back my previous Aston which I miss and has just come back on the market

A bit of a first world conundrum...

Drive it more.....I feel you're dilemma as I've only just jumped back in mine after a long stay in the garage to save miles.....mile watching is crazy, we're a long time dead

I don't know what Aston you had but dynamically not a patch on the SLS.....plus I'm not sure it'll increase in value

[footsoldier]

I bought my car, second hand with 3k miles, almost exactly 2 years ago in May 2013.

At the time, i enquired about finance, and balloon payments etc. Finance company's 2013 estimate of what a 2010 SLS coupe was going to be worth in 2015, was £56k...

[notax]

footsoldier said:

I bought my car, second hand with 3k miles, almost exactly 2 years ago in May 2013.

At the time, i enquired about finance, and balloon payments etc. Finance company's 2013 estimate of what a 2010 SLS coupe was going to be worth in 2015, was £56k...

According to the finance company, my SLS roadster is going to be worth £35k in 3 years

[orbtar]

Nine gullwings and two roadsters on Autotrader today, the uplift in price is obviously tempting a few people out of them, especially as they are now selling for more than some of them will have cost brand new.