Price Drops on The Gallardo

[Sexual Chocolate]

APOLO1 said:

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At some point towards to end of the year early next, I would expect to see a P1 Spider announced.

I really can't see McLaren doing that at. It would totally ps off many P1 customers. McLaren told customers there will ONLY be 315 cars. Then they mention a track based one and now a spider. Your exclusive high value car that you forked out just over 900K for as its apparently the best car McLaren can make at the moment is now not as exclusive, not the best and not worth as much as you thought it was. And if you back out of the deal you lose you 250K deposit and we all know how Ron likes contracts to be honored.

[mpbcs]

Sexual Chocolate said:

I really can't see McLaren doing that at. It would totally ps off many P1 customers. McLaren told customers there will ONLY be 315 cars. Then they mention a track based one and now a spider. Your exclusive high value car that you forked out just over 900K for as its apparently the best car McLaren can make at the moment is now not as exclusive, not the best and not worth as much as you thought it was. And if you back out of the deal you lose you 250K deposit and we all know how Ron likes contracts to be honored.

Also, the carbon tub on the P1 includes a roof structure, unlike that of the 650S/12C. So to make a Spider they would need to redesign the tub... unlikely I'd have thought.

[JiggyJaggy]

Shame I assume it will just sit there at that price in which case.

[anonymous-user]

A mate of mine just bought a black 04 plate Gallardo for £45k.

Cheapest one so far? I've seen a few fairly cheap recently.

[GRBF430F1]

NinjaPower said:

A mate of mine just bought a black 04 plate Gallardo for £45k.

Cheapest one so far? I've seen a few fairly cheap recently.

You will always find the odd car. High mileage, poor example or desperate seller etc ... but on the whole prices are VERY strong. Mine is at the top end of the market which I would suggest is weaker yet the trade bids dealers have offered me to tempt me out of the car have been on the up and very favourable compared with what I paid for it in October. Again its supply and demand going into the peak period.
You can't go far wrong with a carefully selected £60k car IMHO

[maser_spyder]

GRBF430F1 said:

NinjaPower said:

A mate of mine just bought a black 04 plate Gallardo for £45k.

Cheapest one so far? I've seen a few fairly cheap recently.

You will always find the odd car. High mileage, poor example or desperate seller etc ... but on the whole prices are VERY strong. Mine is at the top end of the market which I would suggest is weaker yet the trade bids dealers have offered me to tempt me out of the car have been on the up and very favourable compared with what I paid for it in October. Again its supply and demand going into the peak period.
You can't go far wrong with a carefully selected £60k car IMHO

I'm three years in and depreciation is negligible. In terms of what it's cost, it's significantly less than a yacht in a similar timeframe, which is very unusual indeed.

[monthefish]

NinjaPower said:

A mate of mine just bought a black 04 plate Gallardo for £45k.

Cheapest one so far? I've seen a few fairly cheap recently.

Out of interest, how did he find it? (Autotrader? Mate? Local Dealer?)

[70proof]

maser_spyder said:

I'm three years in and depreciation is negligible.

in depreciation, I lost 9k in 2.5 years...... paid retail price for mine and sold privately at retail price too!

[maser_spyder]

70proof said:

maser_spyder said:

I'm three years in and depreciation is negligible.

in depreciation, I lost 9k in 2.5 years...... paid retail price for mine and sold privately at retail price too!

Starting to sound like a good investment.

[anonymous-user]

monthefish said:

NinjaPower said:

A mate of mine just bought a black 04 plate Gallardo for £45k.

Cheapest one so far? I've seen a few fairly cheap recently.

Out of interest, how did he find it? (Autotrader? Mate? Local Dealer?)

It was on eBay.

I think, but I'm not sure, that it was a guy who buys/sells/trades the odd car from home and he just wanted a quick sale of it as he took it in PX for something.

[JiggyJaggy]

Did he buy the car from Motorhub?

[andrew]

70proof said:

in depreciation, I lost 9k in 2.5 years...... paid retail price for mine and sold privately at retail price too!

yeah, but yours was green

[70proof]

andrew said:

70proof said:

in depreciation, I lost 9k in 2.5 years...... paid retail price for mine and sold privately at retail price too!

yeah, but yours was green

yep, would have lost a bit more if it was any oher colour.....

[will_]

NinjaPower said:

monthefish said:

NinjaPower said:

A mate of mine just bought a black 04 plate Gallardo for £45k.

Cheapest one so far? I've seen a few fairly cheap recently.

Out of interest, how did he find it? (Autotrader? Mate? Local Dealer?)

It was on eBay.

I think, but I'm not sure, that it was a guy who buys/sells/trades the odd car from home and he just wanted a quick sale of it as he took it in PX for something.

The Cat D one?

[UH-Matt]

70proof said:

andrew said:

70proof said:

in depreciation, I lost 9k in 2.5 years...... paid retail price for mine and sold privately at retail price too!

yeah, but yours was green

yep, would have lost a bit more if it was any oher colour.....

I made a profit on an orange one

[Callughan]

70proof said:

maser_spyder said:

I'm three years in and depreciation is negligible.

in depreciation, I lost 9k in 2.5 years...... paid retail price for mine and sold privately at retail price too!

Thats how much I lose on Porsches a year, so quite good.

[JiggyJaggy]

Given the 45K one was from Motorhub it was either a Cat D or very bad condition if Motorhub's reputation is anything to go by as I have been informed by various PH'er posts. In which case the rest of the non-insurance inflicted cars are circa £55k upwards, more like £60k for decent mileage examples. I think thats fair to say isn't it?

[Deano84]

will_ said:

The Cat D one?

I saw that. It had very limited service history as well as being CAT D, frightening IMO

[EpsomJames]

JiggyJaggy said:

Given the 45K one was from Motorhub it was either a Cat D or very bad condition if Motorhub's reputation is anything to go by as I have been informed by various PH'er posts. In which case the rest of the non-insurance inflicted cars are circa £55k upwards, more like £60k for decent mileage examples. I think thats fair to say isn't it?

I spent circa 9 months looking for a Gallardo, even the £60K-70K cars I saw were in poor condition/servicing neglected. The decent examples start £70K-75K and you had to be quick if you wanted one of those at that price.

[slippery]

Deano84 said:

will_ said:

The Cat D one?

I saw that. It had very limited service history as well as being CAT D, frightening IMO

There will always be someone around for the cheapest of any car like the Gallardo.