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Evos tend to hold their values relatively well once they're four years old, as long as you don't put serious mileage on them. Before that they drop like stones.
I would expect a £14K Evo VIII MR FQ-3XX to lose about a grand a year in depreciation for the next couple of years, if you add around 8K miles per year.
I would expect a £14K Evo VIII MR FQ-3XX to lose about a grand a year in depreciation for the next couple of years, if you add around 8K miles per year.
Not sure the VIII MRs are any different to the other cars in terms of depreciation. They tend to fit right in the middle of the VIIIs and IXs in terms of price from what I've seen, so are on the same depreciation curve as those cars.
The IX MRs are different as there were only limited models available as FQ cars and they're seen as the last of the more driver orientated (recent) Evos, so these cars do tend to hold their prices reasonably well.
People seem to get hung up on the VIII MR models as being something special, both in terms of the parts fitted to them and their rarity.
The truth is that the IX is a better car than the VIII MR in pretty much every way and that there are as many VIII MRs knocking around as there are VIIIs or IXs.
The IX MRs are different as there were only limited models available as FQ cars and they're seen as the last of the more driver orientated (recent) Evos, so these cars do tend to hold their prices reasonably well.
People seem to get hung up on the VIII MR models as being something special, both in terms of the parts fitted to them and their rarity.
The truth is that the IX is a better car than the VIII MR in pretty much every way and that there are as many VIII MRs knocking around as there are VIIIs or IXs.
ge0rge said:
The VI and the IX are the ones to have really IMO for pure driver experience and seemingly have kept their value better due to demand, the VII & VIII's are a bit less focussed , also theyre not as nice to look at IMO.
3 year old Evo IXs can now be had for the same money that I bought my 3 year old VIII for a few years back - I think the two cars are pretty much on the same depreciation curve, just the IXs are younger so appear to be more expensive.Edited by ge0rge on Thursday 11th February 16:42
I think the only cars that beat the typical deprecation curve are the VI TME (especially red ones) and the IX MR FQ-360 (especially gunmetal grey ones).
ge0rge said:
The VI and the IX are the ones to have really IMO for pure driver experience and seemingly have kept their value better due to demand, the VII & VIII's are a bit less focussed , also theyre not as nice to look at IMO.
Driver experience? WTF, if you want driver experience buy a Evo RS, any model. Edited by ge0rge on Thursday 11th February 16:42
There is hardly any diffrences between how a VIII and a IX drives and i speak from experience.
No Evo is a focused driving machine, its a computer aided rally car and thats why they are incredible.
when i mention driver experience i mean they are very easy to drive hard and fast without
much experience needed, they make new comers feel super human. Ive owned a 6 and driven viii's and
ix's on serveral occasions and from that i assertained that the vi and the ix felt more taught.
Havent driven an rs & think if i came back into evo ownership would get the ix gt (doesnt this use the
rs diff) for easier maint.
much experience needed, they make new comers feel super human. Ive owned a 6 and driven viii's and
ix's on serveral occasions and from that i assertained that the vi and the ix felt more taught.
Havent driven an rs & think if i came back into evo ownership would get the ix gt (doesnt this use the
rs diff) for easier maint.
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