2017 V12 Vantage S Manual Roadster - At Auction

[ctal28]

Yesterday on Bring-A-Trailer a US based online vehicle auction house, a 2017 V12 Vantage S Manual Roadster with 4K miles was sold. The V12S hammered down at $288K plus the house premium of $5K The highest bidder paid $293K. The auction created a substantial amount of interest. See the link below for all the details.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2017-aston-marti...

[Beckson]

Wow I remember seeing one maybe 12-18 months ago - V12VSRM for somewhere around 120-135K USD....

[Jon39]

I read that the selling dealer acquired the car in May 2021.
As it has now been sold at auction, would that indicate that the dealer might have failed to find a buyer, so then put it through an auction.

In the UK, some large dealer groups automatically put every part-exchange car (which is not of the franchise make) through an auction. Finance companies and car rental firms also dispose of cars through auctions. I believe AM dealers put below par AMs through auctions.

[ctal28]

Jon39 said:

I read that the selling dealer acquired the car in May 2021.
As it has now been sold at auction, would that indicate that the dealer might have failed to find a buyer, so then put it through an auction.

In the UK, some large dealer groups automatically put every part-exchange car (which is not of the franchise make) through an auction. Finance companies and car rental firms also dispose of cars through auctions. I believe AM dealers put below par AMs through auctions.

Bring A Trailer sells all sorts of cars here in the US including the higher end brands as well. The auction site seems to bring about high selling prices and parties interested in the cars seem to chat it up with interesting bits of information. My guess is the dealer, who also just sold a V12 Vantage S Manual Coupe for $209K via a direct sale (not via auction) felt like the auction would bring about greater interest and a higher value for the manual roadster. It seems like his decision paid off.

[AstonV]

I think BAT is bringing higher prices for AM’s than off a lot. If I were a dealer I would put all of them on BAT. Clean out my inventory.

[geresey]

ctal28 said:

Yesterday on Bring-A-Trailer a US based online vehicle auction house, a 2017 V12 Vantage S Manual Roadster with 4K miles was sold. The V12S hammered down at $288K plus the house premium of $5K The highest bidder paid $293K. The auction created a substantial amount of interest. See the link below for all the details.
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2017-aston-marti...

Nice car. At least the price included a window sticker!!!

[Beckson]

With prices like that, I don't see how AM couldn't make money on a limited run of 200-400 new V8V roadsters w/ manual. Like the 911 speedster or something.

[EVR]

No B&O and no lightweights seats; so with those two options it would have been around 320k?

[Upperworks]

EVR said:

No B&O and no lightweights seats; so with those two options it would have been around 320k?

Lightweights are not available in the US due to some legislation. Lovely looking car.

[dbs2000]

Upperworks said:

Lightweights are not available in the US due to some legislation. Lovely looking car.

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