How much can you spend on a not-that-nice car?

[jamiebae]

Right, this is inspired by a comment in another thread and will only be of interest to anoraks with too much time on their hands, like me

Pretty much all car makers have configurators on their websites now so you can spec up the car you want, so the challenge is this....

Who can spec up the most expensive but really-not-worth-the-money car?

The rules are simple, I decide the winner, unless someone can persuade me otherwise, and they must be 'normal' type cars, so no speccing up a CL65 AMG with loads of designo options

Extra points for screen grabs of the finished item, I'll start the ball rolling.

A Peugeot 308 SW diesel auto for £24,670!



So,who can beat that?

[jamiebae]

I'm quite enjoying this - £31,675 for a Passat diesel auto estate?! OK, it has DVD nav, xenons, leather etc etc but still!

[jamiebae]

Duane Pipe said:

Great topic!

Has anyone actually ever paid near that for a 308? Astonishing sum of money for complete and utter blandness.

No idea! There aren't even that many options on it, unlike the Passat which has the price of a top spec VW Fox in options

It's only an old fashioned 4 speed auto too, with terrible economy figures to boot.

[jamiebae]

I think the current leader has to be the £21k diesel Corsa, although raiding the accessories catalogue for a roof box, first aid kit and high-viz jacket isn't quite in the spirit if the thread

I'd rather have the V6 DSG Skoda for £30k than the £31k diesel Passat I think though, although I wouldn't be so keen on the fuel bills, or depreciation!

[jamiebae]

AndrewW-G said:

Think I've got the winner

http://www.pistonheads.com/news/default.asp?storyI...

Am I the only one that saw the name of the car, then noticed the proximity of the 'C' and 'V' keys on their keyboard and chuckled at the thought that it was all a bit of a typo

[jamiebae]

blank said:

My dream car, I'm loving the colour/wheel combo on that baby

[jamiebae]

rfn said:

Dracoro said:

Just shy of £40k for a Citroen!!!!!


Your C6 2.7HDi V6 208hp Exclusive Auto

* Basic Price: £ 35,195
* Options: £ 1,805
*
o Lounge Pack £ 1,000
o Sunroof £ 805
* Exterior colour: Storm Grey metallic £ 550
* Interior trim: Alezan Vitelli leather £ 0
* Accessories (inc. VAT) £ 1,725.50
*
o Short Roof Box (150 x 82 x 34cm) £ 242.72
o MP3 Adaptor £ 141.91
o Reverse Parking Sensor Kit £ 181.07
o Mini Bar - Cool Box £ 133.12
o Roof Bars - Pair £ 188.90
o Towbar with Demountable Swan Neck Towball £ 263.76
o Long Roof Box (225 x 82 x 34cm) £ 344.02
o Long Roof Box (225 x 60 x 34cm) £ 230
* Total OTR Price: £ 39,275.50

THREE roof boxes!!!

Immediate disqualification for that one then

Right, I'm off to try and find something to top the £47k 4-pot-devils-urine-drinking X3

[jamiebae]

Base model diesel Audi Q5 - £48,685. And it's in the seemingly-obligatory for this thread metallic beige/brown

[jamiebae]

brickwall said:

Anything German has to be disqualified surely?

Can you really say that any Audi or BMW is as truly not-as-nice as a Corsa or something French?

It depends on the price, but £30k for a 116d and getting on for £50k for a Rav 4 sized soft-roader is still bags of cash considering what you're getting in return and what else you could have had, so I think they're still allowed, but only with small engines - the twin turbo 3.0d makes it a much more attractive option.

[jamiebae]

Alfa_75_Steve said:

I got as far as the Ford list price for a Focus 1.6TDCI Studio Estate.

I laughed so hard, I just gave up.

Indeed, I can think of few things as miserable as being given one as a company car, then realising what the P11D value of it is

As Volvo don't seem to have added the 1.6D S80 onto their website yet I've had to stick with the 2.0D, still with a manual box for this one...

[jamiebae]

Matthew_Eames said:

Bit of creativity here, had to use the French site as they dont sell them in the UK anymore....not surprising really

I suspect this comes close to the X3 in terms of a complete waste of money

I give you the Peugeot 607


50,710 Euro = £47,388

Only top ranking french civil servants need apply!

Well if we're bringing our garlic munching neighbours into this then I'll see your 607 and raise you a €56,429 (£52,732) Renault Vel Satis

Edited by jamiebae on Wednesday 25th March 19:59

[jamiebae]

davel* said:

I've just managed to find a peach....

I give you the Ssangyong Rexton RLine at a whopping 29,995 pounds


What a heap

(Hi btw)

Nice first post

Anyone who spends £30k on that motorised skip needs their head looking at, I'd rather have the green steel-wheeled 116d posted earlier

[jamiebae]

Matthew_Eames said:

jamiebae said:

Well if we're bringing our garlic munching neighbours into this then I'll see your 607 and raise you a €56,429 (£52,732) Renault Vel Satis

Edited by jamiebae on Wednesday 25th March 19:59

I concede dear fellow....

Though the VelSatis does at least have a certain Je ne sais quoi, some sort of french flair distinctly lacking in the 607.

Agreed on the JNSQ of the Vel Satis, and the 607 is a real St Bernard of a car!

[jamiebae]

Conceited said:

Surely an honourable mention goes to this:



£12K VW Fox. Crazy.

Wow! I remember looking at them before we bought the 500 and thinking the £9k it would take to spec one up to the level we wanted was too much!

[jamiebae]

ad551 said:

Is the OP around? I think he needs to create a poll so we can all vote to find the PH star unreasonably priced car...

I'm here, but sadly I have no idea how to make a poll!

There are some superb suggestions here, the orange Cayenne genuinely made me laugh out loud when I saw it. I also admire the dedication to the cause of anyone making an effort to add all the silly options, but leave the car on standard steelies with no nav or a/c for that extra money-losing ability

The pink Jazz is looking pretty good, along with the £30k Megane Scenic, and although I suggested it I think the manual 2.0D Volvo S80 at £40k is pretty good too!

[jamiebae]

OK, this is a double cheat really, it's a car off a French site, and it's not a proper 'configure your car' shot either but I thought it was well worth a mention.

May I introduce, the Aixam Crossline.

Obviously someone in France saw a Rover Streetwise when on a day trip to the UK to stock up on baked beans and tea bags and thought 'oooh lalalalalala, c'est magnifique' and decided to make one themselves, based around possibly the most wretched car in the semi-civilised world. The version I've chosen is the 'sans permis' Diesel Super Luxe, which not only looks like one of Christopher Biggins' walking shoes, but has similar levels of performance. The 400cc paralell twin diesel, recently liberated from a mini-digger (seriously!) will power it along at the dizzy heights of 45kph, while managing upto 100mpg, giving it a theoretical range of 300km, or 6 hours and 40 minutes of driving flat out!

All this, for just €13,900 (£13,000), where do I sign up!