CERBERA PRICES
CERBERA PRICES
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J18 UFO

Original Poster:

57 posts

145 months

Sunday 30th March 2014
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I thought cerbera prices were on the up, until I looked on autotrader and saw a nice 1999 4.5 in crystal green.Full history and 45/000 mls @ £13990 [ tvr mads] ????

TVRinBFG

1,459 posts

307 months

Sunday 30th March 2014
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I'm bomb out with work, so the advert does say price will go up when painted and serviced.

Vee8ight

734 posts

162 months

Sunday 30th March 2014
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I'm quite sure it will be priced correctly as there's another 99 4.5 going for £22k. Usually you get what you pay for, there's a 96 4.2 purple one that I viewed over 18 months ago that has gone the rounds with dealers and still isn't sold, and it (was) a shed when I looked at it.

CHIMV8

2,782 posts

244 months

Monday 31st March 2014
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Vee8ight said:
I'm quite sure it will be priced correctly as there's another 99 4.5 going for £22k. Usually you get what you pay for, there's a 96 4.2 purple one that I viewed over 18 months ago that has gone the rounds with dealers and still isn't sold, and it (was) a shed when I looked at it.
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/tvr/cerbera/halcyon-highlight-1998-cerbera-4-2-v8/1656396

RAFsmoggy

274 posts

148 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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The two cars @ Mads why is there such a huge price difference? Has anyone seen either one ?

Both look good & the cheaper one is in the spray shop now according to the ad, the only difference I can see is a gap in the history 2010 -2014 with the cheaper one.
http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/t...

http://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/t...

ukkid35

6,383 posts

196 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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Got a copy of Classic & Sports Cars 2004 in the post today complete with Cerbera SpeedSix feature. Prices quoted (from memory) were SpeedSix - £20k, 4.2 - £24, 4.5 - £26k, with the writer doubting the premium was worth it.

Edited by ukkid35 on Thursday 10th April 22:42

TVRinBFG

1,459 posts

307 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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The expensive one has done 2100 miles since a Str8Six engine rebuild & clutch in 2012. It's particularly nice to drive and it's paint & full hide interior are immaculate.

The cheaper one is at a price "as is" now, but will probably go up and probably end up on 18" spiders although I think the ride quality on the 17" RL alloys with nitrons is just brilliant. The car has been mapped by Joospeed and is pretty quick. If it doesn't sell, will be taking this to TVRCC Cadwell Park and Zolder.

Mr Cerbera

5,148 posts

253 months

Friday 11th April 2014
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Here's one for £46,730 ! yikes

FUBAR

17,065 posts

261 months

Friday 11th April 2014
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Kin ell...even I could reach those friggin pedals lol

gutu12

606 posts

299 months

Tuesday 3rd June 2014
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Seriously mulling over the cheap on at MADS. A chance to bring the old girl home. I originally bought her in 1999 with 900 miles on the clock.

The Tuscan is gone (just not fast enough) and having missed out on my old Red Rose too (sold by Str8six - The blue one) I am feeling nostalgic.


TimJM

1,497 posts

233 months

Tuesday 3rd June 2014
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The cheaper one is cheap as it clearly states it needs a new chassis.

gutu12

606 posts

299 months

Tuesday 3rd June 2014
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Yep, Thats partly the reason for the mulling.

chibbard

1,554 posts

283 months

Tuesday 3rd June 2014
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There's a very nice one on eBay at present that seems very reasonably priced....

dave tvr

241 posts

223 months

Wednesday 4th June 2014
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chibbard said:
There's a very nice one on eBay at present that seems very reasonably priced....
The light blue one ?

jammy_basturd

29,778 posts

235 months

Thursday 5th June 2014
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ukkid35 said:
Got a copy of Classic & Sports Cars 2004 in the post today complete with Cerbera SpeedSix feature. Prices quoted (from memory) were SpeedSix - £20k, 4.2 - £24, 4.5 - £26k, with the writer doubting the premium was worth it.

Edited by ukkid35 on Thursday 10th April 22:42
How did they get to those prices? Are they prices for the best examples? PH classifieds certainly don't reflect those prices! Looking through it doesn't seem like there are many 4 figure Cerberas available, most 4.2s seem to be fetching at least 12-13k now. Seem to have gone up by about 2k on average in 4 years.

TimJM

1,497 posts

233 months

Thursday 5th June 2014
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Cerberas like all classic cars have gone up in price over the last few years. If you look at the old posts on here you will find countless examples of people in 2008-2010 buying cheap good cars but now you can't really find anything of quality sub 16k and if you expect top condition expect 20k+.

Like always the 4.5 commands a premium over the 4.2 even though real world performance difference is negligible.

Edited by TimJM on Thursday 5th June 12:48

TimJM

1,497 posts

233 months

Thursday 5th June 2014
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Interesting - I just averaged the asking price of all 4.5 currently for sale on the usual sites. Firstly you have slim pickings, I can only find 8 for sale currently. Secondly is the price - the average asking price of these 8 is £20,250.

That includes a 10k car that requires a new chassis and a 14k car that is a cat d. If we excluded these then the average asking price today is you want to buy a good condition 4.5 is currently £23,000.

gutu12

606 posts

299 months

Thursday 5th June 2014
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Shhhhh. Pipe down! TVRinBFG might be reading! wink

Byker28i

84,403 posts

240 months

Thursday 5th June 2014
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Could that be reflected in those that have had major work done now - like Chassis?

jammy_basturd

29,778 posts

235 months

Thursday 5th June 2014
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TimJM said:
Interesting - I just averaged the asking price of all 4.5 currently for sale on the usual sites. Firstly you have slim pickings, I can only find 8 for sale currently. Secondly is the price - the average asking price of these 8 is £20,250.

That includes a 10k car that requires a new chassis and a 14k car that is a cat d. If we excluded these then the average asking price today is you want to buy a good condition 4.5 is currently £23,000.
I'd say the 4.5 prices have risen much more than 4.2s then. Back when I was buying in 2008 I think the average would have been somewhere in the region of 17-18 and £20k Cerbs were not the norm.

I imagine from 2008-roughly now has been the period when most Cerberas have required the major work (mainly chassis). I suspect most have now had this done, so during this period you had a larger number requiring work, where as the overall quality available now is higher.