HOW MUCH

[Bonnie and Clyde]

I mentioned the situation i had when i went into Slaters Colwyn Bay to view a Bathurst S. I had said the salesman was not interested and that the price at £5 under £50,000 was ridiculous. I recall Stu Harris coming online saying he would look into it (or give the salesman a slap i think). Imagine my surprise when this shows up in Classifieds. Its not even new, 2,510 miles


www.pistonheads.com/sales/1406340.htm



I mean how can they do that when Pentagon have this one

www.pistonheads.com/sales/1276458.htm
at £37,995 with only 989 miles on the clock and

This one

www.pistonheads.com/sales/1298768.htm

Am i missing something??????????????????

[mobile01]

them manual gearboxes are so much more expensive though mel

maybe not that much mind

[Bonnie and Clyde]

Found the thread.
Page three
www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f=69&t=728014&mid=120616&i=40&nmt=Top%20Gear&mid=120616

[SimonV8ster]

You'd have to be mad to be paying 50K for one !! In fact paying 38K you'd have to be a bit bonkers !!

[essexhsv]

Why on earth would anyone really want to buy a auto???? Ill keep to a manual.
50k only alot over the top

[Well_Fans]

looks like typical dealer trying to maximise return on what they would consider a "rare" car, good luck to them they may find a mug to hand over that for it but then again they may just end up stuck with it on their forecourt. Personally I reckon anyone paying over 23k for a VXR8 has money to burn when thats what they were going for new less than 6 months ago. Give it a year or two they'll be going for 12-15k max as the road tax and petrol price hikes begin to take effect along with the "its a 3 year old Vauxhall out of manufacturer warranty" factor. Already been a few of the early ls2 models going for under 18k.

[maverick964_uk]

50k. Someones havin a laugh!. Has to be a manual for me......its a drivers car.

[raving]

Give it 2 yrs and the prices will be on their arse,they will only ever go one way.
£50K for a supercharged Vectra

[bennno]

Up to an individual dealer what they advertise for, the standard price of base VXR8 was £36995, the Bathurst S converstion was £10500, the wheels £2000 and an exhaust £1500 so its slightly under what somebody who bought one of the first examples might have paid.

Due to currency fluctuations even if you took a base £23k VXR8 you would now spend about £16k-£18k upgrading it to a similar spec as the advertised car (but it wouldn't be a Bathurst).

Its the law of diminishing marginal returns at work.

Bennno