Delivery miles: LaFerrari, P1 and 918 Spyder
McLaren P1 values on the rise, LaFerraris peaking and - what's this? - Porsche 918 bargains
All three prove that performance really can live up to the old cliche and be 'electrifying', with electric power helping to deliver some pretty spectacular figures. To wit, the McLaren P1: 916bhp, 719lb ft of torque, 217mph and 0-62 in 2.8 seconds. LaFerrari: 950hp, 664lb ft, 217mph and a sub-three 0-62. Porsche 918: 887hp, 944lb ft, 214mph and 0-62 in 2.6 seconds.
If you can't make your mind up, well, the market very quickly has. Three months ago, a finance company revealed that premiums on these latest must-have hypercars were running at up to £1m (for the LaFerrari). A slightly less plutocratic £300K spike applied to the McLaren P1 and if you wanted a Porsche 918 Spyder, it was £200K over the odds.
That may have been true three months ago, but things have certainly moved on today. The evidence of the PH classifieds shows that big premiums are still being charged on the first two, although on a less stratospheric level for the LaF, but rather higher for the P1. And shock horror - you can now actually get a brand new 918 for a chunky discount off list.
Hot property
So the McLaren P1 is seemingly on the rise. All 375 examples sold out long ago, even at a list price of £866,000. But if you want one now, it'll cost you a whole lot more.
This unregistered German-supplied example has just 24km on the clock. Painted Pearl White with a black interior, I'll cost you £1,406,000 taxed and on the road.
A further three P1s are on offer through prestige dealer Prindiville, two in yellow, one in white. The cheapest is a 150-mile yellow example up for £1.2m. A zero-mileage one with the same colour scheme will set you back £1,380,000, while another zero-miler in Pearl White is up for £1.45m. So, P1 premiums of between £334,000 and £584,000.
Having a LaF
Next, LaFerrari. Maranello insisted that you had to own at least five of its models before even considering selling you a LaF. There was no shortage of collectors of Maranello metal/carbon to snap up the 499 available examples, each priced at £1.15m.
No surprise that owners of four Fezzas or less have been prepared to shell out big time to get their bums on a bit of LaFerrari Alcantara. Premiums exceeded £1m initially - indeed, the steepest price tag we saw at the height of LaF-mania was £2.46m in Germany - but those days are seemingly over, if the evidence of no fewer than three examples in the PH classifieds is anything to go by.
The current entry price is €1,990,000 (£1.883m UK taxes paid). That's a £750K premium, give or take a few grand - a chunky wedge in anyone's book, but still well shy of the million. It's claimed to be a "physical vehicle". A further LaFerrari in red - intriguingly described as a diesel automatic! - is priced rather higher.
That phrase "physical vehicle" gives you some clue as to what's going on in this rarefied market, where Ferrari's policy was designed (seemingly in vain) to prevent speculation. Another phrase in an ad for a second, new and unregistered LaFerrari is instructive too: "Because of the sensitivity of these cars, we would like serious enquiries only from end users, we will not publish any vehicle specifics." And there's no price tag published either...
In this company, the Porsche 918 Spyder feels like the whippersnapper, with an almost bargain price new of £732,332 (or £799,832 with the Weissach Package fitted).
There are also four of these for sale on PH - three of which have zero miles. One of them is a build slot up for €750,000 - on the road in the UK that'd be £703,000 - a saving of almost £30K on list. A second one (looking very fetching in Martini colours) costs rather more, at £806,000 taxes paid. Bargain? In this company, almost.
O/T, but the P1 is the first car I would buy should I ever find myself in a position to do so, even in white it looks spectacular.
Quite something though given it's BHP stats and weight to beat the Macca (and a Ducati) in that way...
It is also (according to them) quicker round their track, and a nicer place to spend real-world driving time....
although in their summary when owning a Hypercar that is not really grounded in real orl, most if not all road testers want the P1.
Still, is a nice write up and video....and satisfies my preference for the Pork.
Quite something though given it's BHP stats and weight to beat the Macca (and a Ducati) in that way...
I think a lot of the road tests and the confidence McLaren have had to give the car to all the magazines etc has a lot to do with its rise in popularity. They are completely confident in its abilities.
Ferrari on the other hand...
IThere are no discounts on 918 . Utter bs .
What clown wrote this article ?
It reads like you can get a discount on a 918 when in fact there's a buyer whose had a change of circumstances trying to get out of paying for the rest of the car before he's asked to cough up the remainder of the bill . Terrible reporting
Taking out the investment factor I would go for the Porsche every time and I am a Ferrari man too.
The laF and P1 have gone for function over form, but surely that's the number 1 point of a ROAD hypercar? If I had the money and wanted to go fast on track, I would buy a p1 gtr or likely laFXX?
The 918 is the most pretty and that wins it for me.
If I ever win a Euromillions jackpot, I'd take the P1 over the 2. The Ferrari is a bit overwrought to look at and has a deeply onanistic name, and the Porsche just leaves me feeling "meh".
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