Funny in the head

[Pacman1972]

Have all the Tuscan sellers gone funny in the head. I've been thinking about moving over from a chimaera 500, but a quick glance in ph classified and I'm seeing cars up for 19k that would have gone for 12k a year ago!

Most cars sell for more in the summer, but really, some of the asking prices are completely taking the @&£@

Guess I'll be waiting until winter then

[Laser Sag]

I dont think you will find its the Tuscan sellers its a case of supply and demand and while people will pay the money the prices will remain strong.
Look on the bright side it means your residual value on the car is very good although that only matters if you are going to sell and judging by the reduction in numbers for sale on here over the last year I think a lot of people are deciding to keep them.

[m3jappa]

I have been looking at them for a long time and bit the bullet a month ago. Yes they are definately going up and some seem to be crazy money, really crazy, factor in the rebuild which as everyone says is inevitable then some could stand you in at the best part of 30k.

I was lucky that i got one which had a brand new rebuild, new suspension, discs,pads and lots of other bits and bobs for i,ll say very sensible money, downside is the car does have a few scratches and marks on the paint which i'm currently trying to work out if they are worth doing on not as chips and marks happen to any car which actually gets used.

It does seem that about 2 years ago there was a massive dip in any sort of specialist car. I sold my evo 9 for just under 16k and had to almost beg it away. The same car now with 10-15k more miles would be up for 19.5k without a doubt.

[blueg33]

its demand. I have been offered £4k more for mine than I paid in October and its not even for sale

[nrick]

If you look at the unofficial tvr blog (Great site btw), they analyse the prices. I waited ages to buy one, and in the end bit the bullet, and so glad I did. I bought at the bottom of the market with the idea of rebuilding into as new car eventually as it would be cheaper than buying one at the top.

Bottom line is there are fewer good cars out there and talking to the dealers (as I do) they are struggling to find good stock, hence the price goes up.

GREAT BRITAIN
Chimaera 400: £10,250 (€ 12.032)
Chimaera 430: £9,000
Chimaera 450: £14,772 (€ 17.341)
Chimaera 500: £15,700
Griffith 400: £7,240 (€8.500)
Griffith 430: £10,800 (€12.800)
Griffith 500: £18,000 (€22.000)
Griffith 500SE: £28,500 (€33.500)
Cerbera (pre '02): £12.600 (€ 14.800), -6% [2009]
Cerbera (post '02): £22,800 (€ 26.800), +28% [2009]
Cerbera Speed-6: £13,800 (€16.250)
Tuscan Mk1: £17,200 (€20.200), +13,8% [2009]
Tuscan S Mk1: £22,100 (€26.000), +13% [2009]
Tuscan Mk2: £26,650 (€31,300), -5% [2009]
Tuscan S Mk2: £29,350 (€34.500), +5% [2009]
Tuscan Spider: £31,500 (€37.000), +24% [2009]
Tamora pre 2003: £15,250 (€17.900)
Tamora post 2003: £24.300 (€28.500)
T350 Pre 2004: £22,300 (€26.600)
T350 Post 2004: £21,000 (€24.600)
Sagaris: £41,900 (€49.200)

EUROPE
Chimaera 400 RHD: € 13.438
Chimaera 450 RHD: € 17.000
Chimaera LHD: € 20.000 - 35.000
Cerbera (pre '02) RHD: € 18.800
Cerbera (post '02) RHD: € 30.000
Griffith RHD: € 14.466, -2,65%
Griffith LHD: € 30-40.000
Tuscan Mk1 RHD: € 19.000
Tuscan Mk1 LHD: € 35-40.000
Tuscan S Mk1: € 35-40.000
Tuscan Mk2: € 40-45.000
Tuscan S Mk2: € 45-50.000
Tuscan Spider: (see UK)
Tamora: €23.000
T350: (see UK)
Sagaris: €70.000

[Pacman1972]

nrick said:

Chimaera 500: £15,700

Happy Days!!! - More than I thought

I guess it's a bit of both. I think a few people are chancing it. Saw a 2001 (nothing special) on auto trader for £29K lol.

I guess if I can get close to the above for my chim, then the gap's not too high. Fingers crossed.

Anyone in the group gone from a chime to a tuscan? Good choice? Silly Question?

[blueg33]

Pacman1972 said:

Happy Days!!! - More than I thought

I guess it's a bit of both. I think a few people are chancing it. Saw a 2001 (nothing special) on auto trader for £29K lol.

I guess if I can get close to the above for my chim, then the gap's not too high. Fingers crossed.

Anyone in the group gone from a chime to a tuscan? Good choice? Silly Question?

I went from a Ginetta G33 (RV8 powered) to Tuscan. The power delivery is very different. In comparison to a Chim or Griff the Tusc feels much more modern

[WhyTwo]

Sold my Mk1 Tuscan today for the same money I paid for it 3 years and 10k miles ago and I thought I bought at the top of price range.

Good cars, well looked after will hold their money

Edited by WhyTwo on Saturday 28th May 21:29

[brad.noble]

They are definately becoming more sought after, and rightly so IMO.... Someone knocked on my door last week and asked if I wanted to sell mine!

[salmon]

Picked mine up last year for what I've been told is bargain price so over the moon with it, defo a lot of car for the money. There does seem to have been a series of threads lately about various models going up in value so maybe this has affected the Tuscan as well. Plus in the past I think a lot of potential owners have been put off by S6 horror stories and this has been sorted by the likes of power etc offering good warranties.