What V12 for ~£80K (not 550/575) ?

[Mario149]

Toying with the idea of getting into a V12 again, budget would be ~£80K, would see usage as a third car only for maybe 2K miles per year and the odd track day.

Can't be a 550/575 as I've had the former already. What would people recommend? Initial thoughts are V12 Vantage or DBS as truth be told I'm a bit nervous about 10 year old 599 running costs and F1 box.

[tomtom]

Presumably the (potentially) higher running costs of the 599 will be somewhat offset by the depreciation on the Astons?

edit: Then again perhaps the V12V in particular won't do too badly.

Edited by tomtom on Thursday 20th August 11:35

[Mario149]

tomtom said:

Presumably the (potentially) higher running costs of the 599 will be somewhat offset by the depreciation on the Astons?

V12V is holding about 80/135 = ~60% after 5 years, 599s are at about 40% after 9 years, so not a million miles apart, but I take your point

[Phil74891]

Definitely V12V or manual DBS. You might want to do more than 2k pa in either of them though......

[DBSNOOR]

DBS is a great choice but not sure how well it will do on the track day requirement.

The other choice is a 612, the HGTS and OTO cars are very sharp and imho handle very well.

[550man]

I apologise in advance for this suggestion. However, what about ia Bentley GT Speed (technically a W12). Ashton's are all very well but a 550/7575 and if possible at the budget a 599 would be, like for like better dynamically and more special in my view and you've done the 550 (like me).

Image wise a Bentley may be dodgy in some eyes but hey so can a Ferrari. The GT especially would give an entirely new V12/W12 experience which could be fun and the quality cannot be doubted.

Just my two cents for a different driving me experience. Personally as a 550 veteran I am going for something very different. Probably a 991 911 turbo. I will not justify my this thinking in this post.

Happy hunting Mario!

[_Superleggera_]

You're a little underbudget for a good DBS for £80k. If you can up to £90K then there will be a lot more available too you.

However that is what I would choose if I were you. It's not anywhere near as raw as the 550/575 but it is a wonderful car.

[DevonPaul]

Jaguar XJS and an F355 for the weekends?

[williamp]

Within budget. But wont be when you dedcide to sell...

[Mario149]

DevonPaul said:

Jaguar XJS and an F355 for the weekends?

Haha! Left field Had a 355 already, great cars but at £60K now with their running costs not a chance

[phib]

Mario149 said:

Haha! Left field Had a 355 already, great cars but at £60K now with their running costs not a chance

Ha Ha 60K .... more like 80k for a decent one !!

Anyway back to the point, I have been thinking about something similar when I decide to sell the 550 and the DBS (volante in my case) seems to be the logical choice however having tracked one there dreadful !!Had a GTC hated it, not special enough, my Discovery 4 handles better !!

Cant really see any V12 being good on a track, just way too heavy.

We went to milbrook with a 599, Vanquish( new one), F12 and an Elise, the only one not to boil brakes was the Elise !!

Done a fair bit of track work recently and if I was going to do it properly it would only be with a caterham or an Elise.

Just my 2p's worth

Phib

[Murph7355]

phib said:

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Done a fair bit of track work recently and if I was going to do it properly it would only be with a caterham or an Elise.
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Once you've tracked cars like this there really is no point doing so in heavy clobber.

[cayman-black]

These are fantastic! Great value.