How long till the £20k Evora?

[giveitfish]

I’d not looked on Autotrader for a while - so the entry point for a S1 Sports Racer is now over £40k?!? Or nearly £50k if you want it supercharged.

Be interesting if any sell at these prices.

[giveitfish]

Don’t let me test drive any of them, I seem to be the kiss of death to sales.

JCT600 STILL have the 2018 Evora 410 I drove when new, before I bought my SR. That’s 3 years on the forecourt. They’ve also yet to sell the Exige 410 they let me drive in March.

[giveitfish]

It's a Sports Racer, so factory painted black-pack from new.

[giveitfish]

I think you'll need a test drive Nathan, I think you're right to raise personal taste.

The Evora IMO is very well resolved with lots of feedback but not edgy at all - it's not a car you'd seek out for those spikes of adrenaline you'd get from keeping a hard-driven TVR out of the hedges for example

Edited by giveitfish on Tuesday 16th November 12:30

[giveitfish]

I can agree with that.

I remember coming over a crest in the Dales to find a much sharper drop and a much tighter turn than I was expecting, witnessed by deep grooves in the tarmac where previous victims had landed. I thought I was doomed but the Evora just shrugged it off without even a wiggle.

The limits on dry roads were so high I never breached them. I actually like that in a car, but I can appreciate there are those who don't. I think the earlier cars on smaller wheels were both a bit more comfortable and bit more expressive on the road but I don't have the personal experience to confirm that.

[giveitfish]

Just had a look a current Evora prices. Wow, the £20k Evora hasn't looked this far away since about 2011! S1 Sports Racer listed at £50k? Wow.

Will be very interesting to revisit in a years time once there are a few Emiras out there.

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Shows where the market is that this 144k mile car is "reasonably priced" at over £20k. This would have been £15-17k a couple of years ago and a worthy fit for the thread title.

[giveitfish]

7 years ago I wrote this:

moribund said:

…I think the Evora will follow a similar path to the Esprit and (eventually) drop down to sub-£10K. I don't think it'll plateau at 30% of original value like the Elise has simply because the Elise has a niche market to itself while an Evora will always be up against a large number of older 911's and Caymans…

How wrong I was! I did eventually snag a Sports Racer for £31k (and sell it for £27k… don’t come to me for investment advice!) but since then things went very mad indeed. It now looks like the cycle is reversing again and maybe one day another Sports Racer might fall within my reach.

Looks like high miles Launch Editions are back in the mid-upper 20’s where they were in 2015. So, how long until they are £20k?

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Awesome! Share pics and experiences please

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Ryvita said:

Moment of truth this morning... waiting to find out what Bell & Colvill say like a nervous father pacing up and down outside the hospital room...

Fingers crossed!

Bet it'll only be a few minor things if anything - car looks great!

[giveitfish]

Getting closer! Looks like a lovely car. I spy a little airbag cover lift though, would need to get that fixed.

I wonder when the downward pressure from the dozens of Emiras for sale will have an effect? Dealers are still asking £45k+ for an 8 year old SportsRacer IPS and £70k for various 4 year old GT410's which seems ... hopeful?

[giveitfish]

This is what we’re up against - 8 years old, not been serviced for 3 years and already bid up to nearly £50k! (Admittedly it’s immaculate)

https://www.carandclassic.com/auctions/2015-lotus-...

Great to see Evoras getting this level of love even now tbh.

[giveitfish]

The reserve must have been very ambitious, to me £48k feels like more than enough to secure that car, even with its low miles and unique colour.

The fact that someone was prepared to bid that much gives credence to some of the prices being asked by dealers. These are amazing residuals for a car which was less than £70k new and has long been superseded by newer and arguably better versions.

Looks like the regular £20k Evora is as far away now as it was when I started this thread!

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OMG! Can it be true?

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Lotobear said:

....I'm getting an itch to have another one now

That does seem to happen with these

[giveitfish]

Yup, a car almost identical to the one I bought in 2018 has just sold for about £4k more than I paid back then!