Will V12 Astons every be truly sought after?

[Ffffaster]

Slightly older V12 Lambos, Ferraris, etc seems be surging at the moment along with all the madness from the super-hot auction results in the US of late.

Not quite seeing the same effect on the Astons of the last 20 years or so.

I wonder is a V12 Vanquish, circa 2015 is the sweet spot for this sort of thing.

[brillomaster]

They will inevitably go up in value. 15 -20 year old cars are at the bottom of their curves, another 10 years and values will rise again, especially naturally aspirated v12s paired with manual gearboxes.

Saw a first gen v12 vantage the other day for £60k. Keep that 10 years and it'll double in value.

[Minglar]

This one sold for £64,000 on CC yesterday. They don’t come up for sale very often but I am a little surprised it didn't fetch a bit more. A lot of car for the money imho, but I guess the spectres of primary cat ingestion and CCB problems are possibly still hampering used values across the range of older V12 models. Maybe patience is the key. Cars like this are pretty much not made anymore, so get one while you still can.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/2011-aston-mar...

BRM.

[scampbird]

I'd be surprised if the market cared about cat ingestion or CCB issues. Water cooled 911s have their fair share of well known issues but it doesn't stop them commanding top money.

I don't get it but I live in hope. I'd love to have a car that was worth more than I paid for once in my life!

[ITP]

There always used to be several of the earlier 6sp V12 manuals for sale on autotrader, roughly 60/80k range.
Now there’s none, just the more expensive, later 7sp manuals.
Read into that what you will.

[DeejRC]

The Astons are undervalued but their values are somewhat hampered by Aston themselves shooting themselves in the foot. The F1 team continually underperforms, the cars post VH period have been less than well liked by the prospective owners and unfortunately the competition has largely blown them out of the water.

[Castrol for a knave]

DeejRC said:

The Astons are undervalued but their values are somewhat hampered by Aston themselves shooting themselves in the foot. The F1 team continually underperforms, the cars post VH period have been less than well liked by the prospective owners and unfortunately the competition has largely blown them out of the water.

That and the fact Aston do not support a heritage parts system like Porsche and will gladly ream you for a Volvo part in a green box.