R8 prices - will the bubble ever burst??

[EK993]

I have been thinking of buying an R8 for some time now and keeping an eye on prices - whilst I was in the UK up until early 2010 and since moving to the US.

Why do they never seem to depreciate??!! Pricing seems exactly the same as it was 1 year ago - cars are a year older, pricing hasn't moved.

I can buy a similar year 997 GT3 for less money.

Are R8's the new NSX in terms of keeping high residual values forever more??

[Hot Potatoes]

Supply & Demand. Simple.

[Zippee]

I wish I'd stretched and bought one back in October 2008 when I purchased my T350. They were going for mid to late 40s and are now up to late 50s/early 60s.

[Garlick]

EK993 said:

I can buy a similar year 997 GT3 for less money.

Off topic I know, but I'd be straight into a GT3 over an R8 V8. Make it a V10 however and I'd need to have a

[slipstream 1985]

less people with disposible income for a new one but happy to go for an older one due to the better perceived reliablity being an audi supercar?

[mrdemon]

they have dropped 10k in the last year !!!

hard to get one for 65k last year

now you can pick then up for 55k

less with a haggle.

[EK993]

Garlick said:

EK993 said:

I can buy a similar year 997 GT3 for less money.

Off topic I know, but I'd be straight into a GT3 over an R8 V8. Make it a V10 however and I'd need to have a

To be honest its very tempting - only concern will be its my daily driver to / from work. For some reason I feel the R8 is more special though, probably because of the way it looks vs the 911 shape which is so commonplace on the roads.

[Complex]

As MrDemon said, without doubt they have depreciated over the last year. Five months ago I was shocked to see there were five examples for sale <£60,000. Double that now, with some listed sub £55k, and that's the pre-haggled price!

[Garlick]

EK993 said:

To be honest its very tempting - only concern will be its my daily driver to / from work. For some reason I feel the R8 is more special though, probably because of the way it looks vs the 911 shape which is so commonplace on the roads.

Fair point. As a daily the R8 makes sense, the GT3 does have quite a hard ride for a daily (I would live with it however) but the R8 suits the role perfectly.

[EK993]

Cheapest one in the US (across the whole country) is $100,000 plus state tax - 6% where I live in CT, so £65,000.

There are only 85 for sale across the whole of the US, combination of both V8 and V10 models! Audi really have kept supply to a minimum.