308/328 Values
Discussion
So it looks like 308 and 328s are starting to become scarce.
Despite the large production numbers, can we expect to see these follow 512BBs which were 100k three years ago and are now 250-300k?
Is there a reason why the earlier models of the 308/328 series are worth more than the later models? I would have though the later models would have been a more capable machine, so is it simply numbers produced?
Despite the large production numbers, can we expect to see these follow 512BBs which were 100k three years ago and are now 250-300k?
Is there a reason why the earlier models of the 308/328 series are worth more than the later models? I would have though the later models would have been a more capable machine, so is it simply numbers produced?
Mal001 said:
In 10 years time, 250K will go nicely in my retirement fund. I can't see them reaching that much but who knows?
I actually disagree with the fact that they won't be 250k in 10 years time. I'm no mathematician, but I think that the current cost of c. 60k for a good one will always increase year on year. Relative to todays real value, what will 60k be worth in 10 years time?
Coupled with the fact that good ones will become rarer and rarer as people hold on to them, that should put prices up.
And really, if we'd all seen that 512s and 365s were going to go the way they did, we'd all have bought them, wouldn't we? Only we didn't, for the same reasons we aren't buying/haven't bought 328s.
Might be wrong, but I'm thinking a good one is looking like really good investment value!
Mal001 said:
In 10 years time, 250K will go nicely in my retirement fund. I can't see them reaching that much but who knows?
I actually disagree with the fact that they won't be 250k in 10 years time. I'm no mathematician, but I think that the current cost of c. 60k for a good one will always increase year on year. Relative to todays real value, what will 60k be worth in 10 years time?
Coupled with the fact that good ones will become rarer and rarer as people hold on to them, that should put prices up.
And really, if we'd all seen that 512s and 365s were going to go the way they did, we'd all have bought them, wouldn't we? Only we didn't, for the same reasons we aren't buying/haven't bought 328s.
Might be wrong, but I'm thinking a good one is looking like really good investment value!
Personally, I don't think colour is a massive factor, although I may be prejudiced as I do like the blue as well as red.
The mileage on the JM car is nothing and will have no impact on pricing.
Again, personally, I would rather have an ABS car. If everything else was the same, why would an ABS car be less desirable? If people tell me that they can brake better in a non-ABS car, I'd be suspicious of that. If they said there were failures of the ABS system, then I haven't heard of them.
I understand that carb cars are more desirable because of the sound, but I'd personally rather have a car that starts first time, every time and try to get the sound with a fancy exhaust system.
I'm not stating a fact about the carbs and am happy to corrected, but just stating my (current!) opinion.
The mileage on the JM car is nothing and will have no impact on pricing.
Again, personally, I would rather have an ABS car. If everything else was the same, why would an ABS car be less desirable? If people tell me that they can brake better in a non-ABS car, I'd be suspicious of that. If they said there were failures of the ABS system, then I haven't heard of them.
I understand that carb cars are more desirable because of the sound, but I'd personally rather have a car that starts first time, every time and try to get the sound with a fancy exhaust system.
I'm not stating a fact about the carbs and am happy to corrected, but just stating my (current!) opinion.
Jonty355 said:
I have mine at an agreed value of £30k (although probably worth more now) for a GTBi but I only pay £239 with A PLan insurance. They're on the FOC website. Worth a try?
Apologies in advance for my ignorance, but when you state GTBi, you are referring to a hard top non-carb car? Therefore 86-onwards?If you are prepared to part with your car for 30k then please send me your phone number!!
There were only 1,300 GTBs against 6,000 GTSs, and the GTBs were probably better driving cars. Coupled with the reduced production numbers, some of the GTBs would have been raced, and therefore written off, meaning less were available now.
I would hazard a guess that your car would be in excess of 60-70k.
Behemoth said:
ABS is the first of a very long list of modern driver aids. So it goes against what is wonderful about the 308: mechanical simplicity and reliance on pure driver skill. I've certainly had ABS issues in other cars. It's just something more to maintain.
I can understand the reluctance to have driver aids, but it seems strange to have driver aids adversely affect the value of a car.For example, could one not just disconnect the pick up and not have the ABS? Does the fact it's there really affect the value of the car?
Maybe it does, but for me, I wouldn't bother about that.
baypond said:
£45,000. Thanks to whoever left it to sell with the Ferrari Centre! I was going to wait and sell the 599 in a few years time and then buy a 328, but I couldn't wait, prices are moving too quickly. If ever there was an example of power is not everything, then the 328 is it. Totally analogue, totally additive in a totally different way to the 599.
baypond said:
Yes ABS. I prefer the non ABS rims but that is nit picking and there are not enough 308/328s around to be choosey.
Isn't it funny how the majority (52 yr old me included) think the 308 chrome switches are so much nicer, and then comes along a 30 year old colleague and raves about the 328 instrumentation. Everything has it's day it seems.
Just looking at a couple of 308s available, and I agree, the mechanical switches look better on the 308 than the push-button switches on the 328.Isn't it funny how the majority (52 yr old me included) think the 308 chrome switches are so much nicer, and then comes along a 30 year old colleague and raves about the 328 instrumentation. Everything has it's day it seems.
That probably makes the 308 a more desirable car than the 328, tactility (is that even a word?!) being better!
sng45 said:
not sure if this link will work but here goes !
http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/sng45/media/3232...
Lovely couple of cars! Congratulations!http://s1182.photobucket.com/user/sng45/media/3232...
Silverstone Auctions sold a 328 GTS for 77k at the weekend, and a carb 308 GTS for 82k!
http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/the-silverstone...
http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/the-silverstone...
sng45 said:
Nice story attached to the ad, but wasn't Black Monday in October 1987!When I started this thread, I was tentatively looking for a 328, and there were about five or six for sale.
One was advertised at £65k, and seemed to be well kept. Spoke to the dealer who was around 300 miles away from me, and he told me that there were five people lined up to look at it that week. As I couldn't get there that week, I left it.
Now there are over a hundred 308 and 328s for sale.
Although prices have definitely gone up, it would appear that the market has found its level and that they're unlikely to rise any further.
We were in Monaco yesterday, and followed a 328 through Casino Sqaure. Still a fantastic looking car.
One was advertised at £65k, and seemed to be well kept. Spoke to the dealer who was around 300 miles away from me, and he told me that there were five people lined up to look at it that week. As I couldn't get there that week, I left it.
Now there are over a hundred 308 and 328s for sale.
Although prices have definitely gone up, it would appear that the market has found its level and that they're unlikely to rise any further.
We were in Monaco yesterday, and followed a 328 through Casino Sqaure. Still a fantastic looking car.
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