What would the 450 SE have cost today?

[wellyone]

1989 price and spec list for 450 SE

[grahamw48]

About 50 grand ?

[gsx600]

Bargin

you can have mine for 40K - comes with the later 4.5 BV engine for even more fun

[combine]

Reading ' ever the extrovert ' latest tvr book , people wern't buying tiv's in the latter stages , Peter Wheeler had ' had enough ' , the company was £11 million down etc , so the interest just wasn't there , bleedin sad .

[rev-erend]

I seem to remember the wedge cars were very labour intensive to make, the Griffith came along and was cheaper to make and cheaper to buy.

So the wedge did cost more than the Griff.

My car cost almost 50K in 1990 !

My guess is a 450 SE today would be 65K

[beacon]

I have an october 1990 original price list that matches the above.


stating that without any of the optional extra,s a

400SE @ £26499.00
450SE @ £29499.00 including vat

standard equipment included ,power steering,electric door mirrors, mohair roof ,alloy wheels
,radio cassette, get this the spoiler was standard on 450's only , i think I heard you guys say this before.

Apparently all prices increased by 2.5% Vat on 1.4.1991.


I love all this retro stuff

[V8 GRF]

Using an inflation calculator the base price of £29,499 comes out at £58,113 in todays cash....

Wow!!

[_Absinthe_]

holy crap!!! I never even thought about how much they'd likely cost in todays dollars!!

I guess I really ought to hang onto the 420SE then!

[B-Reight]

I've got the original bill of sale for my 390se, £27,522.46 in 1988 which is about £50-55k in todays brass!

[Brap_Brap]

I'm surprised they'd call front brake dust shields optional. Cheap bds... should've been standard equipment.

[TVR_owner]

Brap_Brap said:

I'm surprised they'd call front brake dust shields optional. Cheap bds... should've been standard equipment.

Why, so you can pay for them and throw them away to help improve the nasty brakes they had??

[Brap_Brap]

Are you saying they prevent adequate cooling air flow?

[Campbell]

I was told with I go the SEAC it cost of the car from Harrogate Horseless Carriages to the first owner was over £37,000, I think these cars would cost a great deal to make them and if they were a market to sell them would any one pay the price for it.

[TVR_owner]

Brap_Brap said:

Are you saying they prevent adequate cooling air flow?

Brake cooling is better without.