Range Rover Sport.... oversupply?

[Corsair7]

My local garage has unusually a couple of RRS for sale on their forecourt, and on looking at the classifieds, there so many RR Sport's for sale I've got to ask if they're about to see a huge drop in second hand value, what with owners wanting to jump into a blingy new Evoque.


RRS future bargains do you think?

[Pig Skill]

A RRS would never be a bargain — even if they were given away.

There are so many for sale because they are so ridiculously expensive to run and look ste.
Everyone wants >40mpg at the moment and big guzzlers are getting hit very hard.

[Cupramax]

Not just the fuel economy, any RR post 06 is going to rape you of £450 road tax a year as well.

[jas xjr]

I still like the look of them , maybe not the typical drivers.
Not a worry for me but of the prices are falling , result .
£450 roadtax once a year is not an issue is it really ? Maintenance and fuel maube

[skeeterm5]

Cupramax said:

Not just the fuel economy, any RR post 06 is going to rape you of £450 road tax a year as well.

If you can afford to buy and run a RRS then £450 is hardly likely to bother you.............

S

[Ozzie Osmond]

Pig Skill said:

A RRS would never be a bargain — even if they were given away.

^^^ This

[Kevin VRs]

Pig Skill said:

A RRS would never be a bargain — even if they were given away.

There are so many for sale because they are so ridiculously expensive to run and look ste.

Good job everybody is allowed their own opinion, mine is the opposite of yours...

[EvoBarry]

Is there a new one coming out? Ten to one the Cheshire-ites are flogging them to get the new one..

[Cupramax]

skeeterm5 said:

If you can afford to buy and run a RRS then £450 is hardly likely to bother you.............

S

I didn't say JUST that, its just another cost to add onto the already heavy fuel/running costs.

[Jimbo.]

EvoBarry said:

Is there a new one coming out? Ten to one the Cheshire-ites are flogging them to get the new one..

The Evoque? It's eco, isn't it dahhhhhhling...

[Bosshogg76]

Corsair7 said:

My local garage has unusually a couple of RRS for sale on their forecourt, and on looking at the classifieds, there so many RR Sport's for sale I've got to ask if they're about to see a huge drop in second hand value, what with owners wanting to jump into a blingy new Evoque.


RRS future bargains do you think?

I hope so, I've been looking at them, lots of car for the money. I was looking at the TDV6, but as I'min the country for less than 6 months of the year, I'm wondering if the petrol V8 might be cheaper to buy and due to my low mileage might actually end up cheaper in the long run.

[joe58]

Pig Skill said:

A RRS would never be a bargain — even if they were given away.

There are so many for sale because they are so ridiculously expensive to run and look ste.

Someone enlighten me what looks ste about that? May not be everyone's car of choice or maybe too big, but it's far from ste.

[Ozzie Osmond]

joe58 said:

Someone enlighten me what looks ste about that? May not be everyone's car of choice or maybe too big, but it's far from ste.

Spot the difference....

[Pig Skill]

joe58 said:

Pig Skill said:

A RRS would never be a bargain — even if they were given away.

There are so many for sale because they are so ridiculously expensive to run and look ste.

Someone enlighten me what looks ste about that? May not be everyone's car of choice or maybe too big, but it's far from ste.

Joe; it's awful man. Especially in that grey - looks like a portacabin.

They are an out of date, inefficient lump that represents everything thats wrong in a vehicle. Plus many are driven by shaven headed cocks in muscle T Shirts.

[Cyder]

It's square
It has a letter box in the front bumper
It has huge panel gaps between bumper/bonnet/front wing

I could go on as I don't think they look appealing In the slightest but if you do then so be it, the world would be a boring place if we all agreed!

[mrloudly]

Wifey drives a 2010 TDV8 RRS and I've got to say it's been a super car so far! Comfy and more importantly, screwed together in the UK :-)

(Edited to add) we do live on a farm and it gets used off road as well :-)

[robsti]

There is over 700 for sale on PH and the cheapest one being £12k !

Exclusivity used to be the RRs forte but now it's more likely to be a chavs chariot !

[phib]

All range rovers take a bath at some point, having a range rover v8 that had lost 50k in 9 years and I won't be surprised if the rrs gets down to 15k for a tdv8 in a couple of years.

Will be a fantastic deal by that point, however if worrying about £250 a tyre or £450 for tax is an issue then it's not the car for you.

Our new full fat rr is £86k new, running costs are the least of our worries !!'.
Phib

[J4CKO]

joe58 said:

Pig Skill said:

A RRS would never be a bargain — even if they were given away.

There are so many for sale because they are so ridiculously expensive to run and look ste.

Someone enlighten me what looks ste about that? May not be everyone's car of choice or maybe too big, but it's far from ste.

Still think they are fairly handsome, was excited when they came out and they weren't that far off the concept, well not that close either but not bad looking.



Trouble is, familiarity breeds contempt as does the ownership profile, too many blingy, orange mummies hoofing them around Cheshire with a phone glued to their ear, definite arrogance that comes with them, too many black ones, white ones look really naff, see the odd red, silver or blue one and it takes the edge off the image a bit. They arent quite up there with the X6 but not far off.

[Bosshogg76]

robsti said:

Exclusivity used to be the RRs forte but now it's more likely to be a chavs chariot !

Exclusivity was never the RRS forte, the many many posts on this forum pointed out how common they are (in black with tints and now white...with tint), which kind of negates the point of them being exclusive.

As for being more likely to be a chav chariot, once again it has been pointed out many many times on these boards that the RRS sport was driven by the "orange" people (monied chavs).

However if you can see past the stereotyping, it provides a lot of car for the money, as long as the purchaser appreciates the running costs.