Normal looking expensive cars?
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Kind of an opposite topic to 300bhp/ton's one.
What cars that look fairly normal (or not much different to their mid-spec or 'sport' trim variants) but are ridiculously expensive?
My first thought was the £30k ferrati fiat 500.
It doesn't look much different to a regular 500 or arbarth.
Then I thought perhaps the mk1 focus RS.
To a lay-person they would think its just an ordinary focus with some alloys, but on the used market its got a much higher price tag.
What cars that look fairly normal (or not much different to their mid-spec or 'sport' trim variants) but are ridiculously expensive?
My first thought was the £30k ferrati fiat 500.
It doesn't look much different to a regular 500 or arbarth.
Then I thought perhaps the mk1 focus RS.
To a lay-person they would think its just an ordinary focus with some alloys, but on the used market its got a much higher price tag.
nagsheadwarrior said:
VW Phaeton I think, I love em but they do look just like a humdrum Passatt.
High spec Golfs like the R32, extraordinarily expensive but look just like a Golf!
hmmm extraordinarily expensive? not sure i'd go along with that and I'm no Bill Gates. High spec Golfs like the R32, extraordinarily expensive but look just like a Golf!
Have to say the R32 is a poor example as well, tail pipes being moved to centre, chrome a plenty and R32 badges front and rear, very different from a normal Golf to all but the most myopic.
What sort of place do you live in??
DoubleSix said:
nagsheadwarrior said:
VW Phaeton I think, I love em but they do look just like a humdrum Passatt.
High spec Golfs like the R32, extraordinarily expensive but look just like a Golf!
hmmm extraordinarily expensive? not sure i'd go along with that and I'm no Bill Gates. High spec Golfs like the R32, extraordinarily expensive but look just like a Golf!
Have to say the R32 is a poor example as well, tail pipes being moved to centre, chrome a plenty and R32 badges front and rear, very different from a normal Golf to all but the most myopic.
Point taken on the dressing up bits though but still a car that to the casual glance looks a lot more normal than other cars from its price bracket.
I'll chuck in all higher end Astons, yes they look expensive but most people in the street,myself included, would struggle to differntiate one from a more cooking Aston for haf the price if there is such a thing.
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nagsheadwarrior said:
DoubleSix said:
nagsheadwarrior said:
VW Phaeton I think, I love em but they do look just like a humdrum Passatt.
High spec Golfs like the R32, extraordinarily expensive but look just like a Golf!
hmmm extraordinarily expensive? not sure i'd go along with that and I'm no Bill Gates. High spec Golfs like the R32, extraordinarily expensive but look just like a Golf!
Have to say the R32 is a poor example as well, tail pipes being moved to centre, chrome a plenty and R32 badges front and rear, very different from a normal Golf to all but the most myopic.
Point taken on the dressing up bits though but still a car that to the casual glance looks a lot more normal than other cars from its price bracket.
I'll chuck in all higher end Astons, yes they look expensive but most people in the street,myself included, would struggle to differntiate one from a more cooking Aston for haf the price if there is such a thing.
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