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I was looking at buying one a few years back (Nov 2011). I've got a spreadsheet of all the DB7's that were on Autotrader that month and did some analysis on costs related to model type and mileage.
At the time the average advertised price of a DB7 was £26,000 (excluding volantes). There was one GTA for sale at the time - it had 17,619 miles on the clock and was advertised at £34,995 a rough 35% premium over the average cost at the time. If you narrowed the average to all the DB7's that had under 30,000 miles there were 13 and the average advertised price was £30,616, so the GTA premium was roughly 14%.
Not sure if this helps, but it does give you some idea of how relative prices have moved in the last 8 years.
Happy to share the whole spreadsheet if you'd like to do your own analysis. DM me.
All the best
J
At the time the average advertised price of a DB7 was £26,000 (excluding volantes). There was one GTA for sale at the time - it had 17,619 miles on the clock and was advertised at £34,995 a rough 35% premium over the average cost at the time. If you narrowed the average to all the DB7's that had under 30,000 miles there were 13 and the average advertised price was £30,616, so the GTA premium was roughly 14%.
Not sure if this helps, but it does give you some idea of how relative prices have moved in the last 8 years.
Happy to share the whole spreadsheet if you'd like to do your own analysis. DM me.
All the best
J
westhumbler said:
I was looking at buying one a few years back (Nov 2011). I've got a spreadsheet of all the DB7's that were on Autotrader that month and did some analysis on costs related to model type and mileage.
At the time the average advertised price of a DB7 was £26,000 (excluding volantes). There was one GTA for sale at the time - it had 17,619 miles on the clock and was advertised at £34,995 a rough 35% premium over the average cost at the time. If you narrowed the average to all the DB7's that had under 30,000 miles there were 13 and the average advertised price was £30,616, so the GTA premium was roughly 14%.
Not sure if this helps, but it does give you some idea of how relative prices have moved in the last 8 years.
Happy to share the whole spreadsheet if you'd like to do your own analysis. DM me.
All the best
J
Interesting, thank you. At the time the average advertised price of a DB7 was £26,000 (excluding volantes). There was one GTA for sale at the time - it had 17,619 miles on the clock and was advertised at £34,995 a rough 35% premium over the average cost at the time. If you narrowed the average to all the DB7's that had under 30,000 miles there were 13 and the average advertised price was £30,616, so the GTA premium was roughly 14%.
Not sure if this helps, but it does give you some idea of how relative prices have moved in the last 8 years.
Happy to share the whole spreadsheet if you'd like to do your own analysis. DM me.
All the best
J
I know a lot of asking prices are speculative, but the premium for a manual GT over a Vantage seems to be a lot more than 14% today
westhumbler said:
I was looking at buying one a few years back (Nov 2011). I've got a spreadsheet of all the DB7's that were on Autotrader that month and did some analysis on costs related to model type and mileage.
At the time the average advertised price of a DB7 was £26,000 (excluding volantes). There was one GTA for sale at the time - it had 17,619 miles on the clock and was advertised at £34,995 a rough 35% premium over the average cost at the time. If you narrowed the average to all the DB7's that had under 30,000 miles there were 13 and the average advertised price was £30,616, so the GTA premium was roughly 14%.
Not sure if this helps, but it does give you some idea of how relative prices have moved in the last 8 years.
Happy to share the whole spreadsheet if you'd like to do your own analysis. DM me.
All the best
J
That might be the car I bought in 2011, was it silver and for sale near Sheffield? I sold it 18 months later having spent £6k on maintenance and repairs and losing £10k on it. I traded it for a DB9 which was loads better. At the time the average advertised price of a DB7 was £26,000 (excluding volantes). There was one GTA for sale at the time - it had 17,619 miles on the clock and was advertised at £34,995 a rough 35% premium over the average cost at the time. If you narrowed the average to all the DB7's that had under 30,000 miles there were 13 and the average advertised price was £30,616, so the GTA premium was roughly 14%.
Not sure if this helps, but it does give you some idea of how relative prices have moved in the last 8 years.
Happy to share the whole spreadsheet if you'd like to do your own analysis. DM me.
All the best
J
4Q said:
westhumbler said:
I was looking at buying one a few years back (Nov 2011). I've got a spreadsheet of all the DB7's that were on Autotrader that month and did some analysis on costs related to model type and mileage.
At the time the average advertised price of a DB7 was £26,000 (excluding volantes). There was one GTA for sale at the time - it had 17,619 miles on the clock and was advertised at £34,995 a rough 35% premium over the average cost at the time. If you narrowed the average to all the DB7's that had under 30,000 miles there were 13 and the average advertised price was £30,616, so the GTA premium was roughly 14%.
Not sure if this helps, but it does give you some idea of how relative prices have moved in the last 8 years.
Happy to share the whole spreadsheet if you'd like to do your own analysis. DM me.
All the best
J
That might be the car I bought in 2011, was it silver and for sale near Sheffield? I sold it 18 months later having spent £6k on maintenance and repairs and losing £10k on it. I traded it for a DB9 which was loads better. At the time the average advertised price of a DB7 was £26,000 (excluding volantes). There was one GTA for sale at the time - it had 17,619 miles on the clock and was advertised at £34,995 a rough 35% premium over the average cost at the time. If you narrowed the average to all the DB7's that had under 30,000 miles there were 13 and the average advertised price was £30,616, so the GTA premium was roughly 14%.
Not sure if this helps, but it does give you some idea of how relative prices have moved in the last 8 years.
Happy to share the whole spreadsheet if you'd like to do your own analysis. DM me.
All the best
J
They are brilliant to drive and very different from the 'regular' DB7 Vantage. Character changes are impressive (mainly for the GT, the auto GTA misses out on the gearbox/engine changes) thanks to an array of changes.
The main technical changes include:
1) shorter final drive for vastly improved in-gear accelerations. E.g. 50–70 mph in 3rd: 2.2 s (GT) vs 3.5 s (DB7 Vantage)
2) shortened gear shift
3) improved handling (dampers, suspension, steering upgrades)
4) active exhaust (Vanquish style)
If you are willing to spend the money, I cannot recommend the GT enough. Given that only 190 GTs (112 GTA) were built, they will also hold their value and have the potential to become true sought after classics.
Mine was featured in this YouTube film, which you might find interesting.
The main technical changes include:
1) shorter final drive for vastly improved in-gear accelerations. E.g. 50–70 mph in 3rd: 2.2 s (GT) vs 3.5 s (DB7 Vantage)
2) shortened gear shift
3) improved handling (dampers, suspension, steering upgrades)
4) active exhaust (Vanquish style)
If you are willing to spend the money, I cannot recommend the GT enough. Given that only 190 GTs (112 GTA) were built, they will also hold their value and have the potential to become true sought after classics.
Mine was featured in this YouTube film, which you might find interesting.
Edited by henne on Monday 16th September 14:00
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