Elise SC/220 Secondhand Prices

[highway]

The 17 cars have a far better gearshift. That’s worth a premium over pre 17 cars.

[Quags]

I agree, but I can't stretch to that unfortunately.

[Venisonpie]

Quags said:

Exactly, some examples here:

Nice, but prefer the more modern nose now and want the better seats:

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

2015, good miles:

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

And my favourite, but it's just not worth that IMO:

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

They seem to all be linking to the same car?

[Quags]

Weird, sorry about that, no idea why.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

[Venisonpie]

Quags said:

Weird, sorry about that, no idea why.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Doesn't look far off to me, whilst it's got the forged wheels and leather seats it doesn't specify what packs it has? There is likely some haggle room and looks better value than the S2 at 26k in my eyes.

Edited by Venisonpie on Wednesday 23 January 16:20

[breakfan]

This price makes a lot more sense to my eyes

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Elise-S-220-20-00...

Will be interesting to see if it gets snapped up quite quickly

[Venisonpie]

breakfan said:

This price makes a lot more sense to my eyes

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Elise-S-220-20-00...

Will be interesting to see if it gets snapped up quite quickly

Yup, against the S2's at £26k it looks good value. I imagine if it was May that wouldn't hang around long, as you say be interesting to see what happens (and how motivated the seller is).

[Quags]

Yes that's exactly where I feel the prices should be.

I had an email conversation with a dealer last week about pricing, they said "there's nothing online for under £32500"

I pointed out the 3 that had recently sold under £30k. But they wouldn't budge. That car does look very nice, just wrong colour spec for me.

There was a Gulf SC that just sold for £28k, low mileage, hi spec.

[thesurfbus]

I bought my 2012 220S in August 2018 from a main Lotus dealer for £27.5k, it has Touring/Black/Power packs, A/C, 26000 miles.
Was looking at a S2 SC but the prices were similar and after driving both, the S3 feels a lot better screwed together and is nicer looking IMHO, also much prefer the torquey 2ZR over the screaming 2ZZ.

[highway]

The nice red S3 with tan leather and no AC-17 plate one owner car is at Strattons for £37995. Seller was asking £35300 a month or so ago. Car has low miles but not a massive fan of the colours and I'd like AC. Still paucity of cars available used.

[breakfan]

breakfan said:

This price makes a lot more sense to my eyes

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lotus-Elise-S-220-20-00...

Will be interesting to see if it gets snapped up quite quickly

Not that quickly it seems... still lingering after 1 month

Been keeping a close eye on the market recently, saw 3 price drops over the weekend
- the blue 20th anniversary edition at Endeavour dropped £2,200 to £31,795
- the blue facelift model at Sytner dropped £1,000 to £37,500
- the grey 220 Cup at Williams dropped £1,000 to £36,995

[highway]

The car linked to has the older gear shift. That’s a deal breaker for me. Prices all still too clustered around same asking.

[Quags]

The pricing is very interesting. One Elise i've been following has come down £2k since I first enquired and I was told they could only take £500 off at the time.

The variation is really quite obvious between some dealers and stock is sitting there for a long time for cars which look brilliant, just too much.

[HKP]

I was toying with selling mine when the weather brightened up. Solar yellow, 1 previous owner 8.5k 2014 with every single option.. Not sure what to ask, but I reckon it’d be snapped up under 30k judging by this thread!

[Quags]

Hkp, are you the same from Seloc who had the delivery issue? That is a very pretty car...

[RichardJS]

highway said:

The car linked to has the older gear shift. That’s a deal breaker for me. Prices all still too clustered around same asking.

Only just seen this post so sorry for late reply. Have you tried an earlier Elise's gear change? I have a 2013 one and once warm the gear change is pretty good, apart from sometimes needing a bit of shove to get it into first at a stand still. If you match the engine speed, with a bit of good old heel and toeing when required (very easy due to good pedal positions), the gear stick moves very quickly and smoothly - or at least it does on mine.

[Quags]

And the weird pricing continues!

One i've lusted after for months, is still up for sale since September and reduced nearly £1,500.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Then an older model, more miles, £2k more

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

[Venisonpie]

Quags said:

And the weird pricing continues!

One i've lusted after for months, is still up for sale since September and reduced nearly £1,500.

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

Then an older model, more miles, £2k more

https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/...

I suppose the cheaper one might be in some part due to being in Edinburgh? Both look good and their season is coming...
Was due to be on the NC500 in mine this week but football injury scuppered that!

[Zarco]

Are the seats in the blue one an optional extra? They are different.

Yellow one is lovely.

[highway]

RichardJS said:

Only just seen this post so sorry for late reply. Have you tried an earlier Elise's gear change? I have a 2013 one and once warm the gear change is pretty good, apart from sometimes needing a bit of shove to get it into first at a stand still. If you match the engine speed, with a bit of good old heel and toeing when required (very easy due to good pedal positions), the gear stick moves very quickly and smoothly - or at least it does on mine.

I have a low miles S1 on MMC at the moment. I love the car. The gear change not its strongest point. I’m not knocking the earlier cars shift per se, it’s just thee post 04/17 cars have a shift nigh on as good as an mx5 or S2000, which is high praise indeed. If you try, you’d feel the difference and be impressed.

Problem is, all those nice post 17 cars are clustered around £39-£43k. Regardless if new or 2 years old. It’s bonkers. They are rare cars which I guess is helping. The other thing that pains me with the new cars is they are subject to the lunatic envy tax. Lotus surely miss a trick not marketing a base 220 at £3995 and invoicing subsequently for dealer fit extras- carbon, wheels, fancy seats etc- perhaps on exchange basis. That’s within the rules and allows them to sell a car without lumbering the owner with £450 tax per year to pay for 5 years.