720s, how much??

Felonious Crud · Nov 29, 2020

Well, ain’t these got ‘cheap’. Sub-130k now, and that’s without needing to haggle.

There must be some brave soul on here who’s ready to take one for the team. I vote for popular forum spanner-gaffer @conaero.

Oneball · Nov 29, 2020

I’ll contribute some Araldite to fix the bits that fall off.

Andyk · Nov 29, 2020

That is an awful lot of performance for the money and such a great looking car.

rockits · Nov 29, 2020

They are no doubt a positive engineering exercise but I can only ever see them depreciating and possibly never to appreciate. The whole end to end offering is not complete and flawed IMHO.

Do I want to own one? Do I desire one? No. I have zero interest in most modern silly powered supercars of the last 10 years pretty much. Pointless IMHO.

I don't need more than 400bhp maybe 500bhp tops to get all I need out of a car. If they were lighter then much less. My Chimaera 500 is 320bhp but at 1060kg is more than I need/want and actually too fast for me to fully enjoy 99% of the time.

Felonious Crud · Nov 29, 2020

rockits said:
They are no doubt a positive engineering exercise but I can only ever see them depreciating and possibly never to appreciate. The whole end to end offering is not complete and flawed IMHO.

Do I want to own one? Do I desire one? No. I have zero interest in most modern silly powered supercars of the last 10 years pretty much. Pointless IMHO.

I don't need more than 400bhp maybe 500bhp tops to get all I need out of a car. If they were lighter then much less. My Chimaera 500 is 320bhp but at 1060kg is more than I need/want and actually too fast for me to fully enjoy 99% of the time.

Good points, Dean. I just like how they look.

rockits · Nov 29, 2020

I can see why someone would buy one of course. Just that they don't float my fairly unique boat. That is not rhyming slang btw!

Chrisb2015 · Nov 29, 2020

To be fair almost all modern cars depreciate, which is totally normal. It’s only in more recent times that we have had a strange bubble where cars have done ok to the point where people now knock McLaren for heavy depreciation like somehow it’s abnormal and shouldn’t happen. Obviously some do better than others but still, what a car for the money.

GeoffCapes · Nov 29, 2020

For that money a 458 all day every day.

rockits · Nov 29, 2020

Chrisb2015 said:
To be fair almost all modern cars depreciate, which is totally normal. It’s only in more recent times that we have had a strange bubble where cars have done ok to the point where people now knock McLaren for heavy depreciation like somehow it’s abnormal and shouldn’t happen. Obviously some do better than others but still, what a car for the money.

I think rarity and uniqueness is the key. There weren't so many Macca F1's and they were pretty **** unique.

The last 10 years maybe since the Gallardo have seen a.massive increase in supercar numbers. The rarity is heavily reduced by this. Actually much of the uniqueness is also lost as most Macca's and other brands are so samy. I can't tell one from the other half the time and I'm a car guy!

This for me is the key reason many of these will never appreciate compare to what we have seen in history.

rossyl · Nov 29, 2020

Look at the 570S prices, £75k. They've fallen through the floor. Incredible value.

The 570 is a staggering car. It's brilliantly fast but amazingly usable, more so than a 720.

Happy driving slowly around town, tearing around B roads, motorway cruising and European jaunts.

I think it's one of the most well rounded sports cars out there. Plus, looks amazing and scissor doors, well they're always awesome.

I'd be intrigued getting one, with a Thorney warranty.

rossyl · Nov 29, 2020

rockits said:
I think rarity and uniqueness is the key. There weren't so many Macca F1's and they were pretty **** unique.

The last 10 years maybe since the Gallardo have seen a.massive increase in supercar numbers. The rarity is heavily reduced by this. Actually much of the uniqueness is also lost as most Macca's and other brands are so samy. I can't tell one from the other half the time and I'm a car guy!

This for me is the key reason many of these will never appreciate compare to what we have seen in history.

McLaren F1 on launch £550k in 1992

Listening to a Collecting Cars podcast, I think one sold around the Millennium for £250k. Point being, no one thought they'd rocket in value. And after 8 years their price was dropping.

But agreed, there are too many super cars being released.

Ferrari moved from exclusivity to volume. Everyone else followed.

Chrisb2015 · Nov 29, 2020

The F1 did and does exist in hyper-car territory and well outside the mainstream. Like you say, modern super cars are far more attainable, sold in higher numbers and will never appreciate. I however see this as a positive, assuming you have any to desire to drive and not collect them.

conaero · Nov 29, 2020

Felonious Crud said:
Well, ain’t these got ‘cheap’. Sub-130k now, and that’s without needing to haggle.

There must be some brave soul on here who’s ready to take one for the team. I vote for popular forum spanner-gaffer @conaero.

It is being considered! It’s the parting with the Strad that’s the issue. Fortunately I have a spanner monkey who can fix them.

conaero · Nov 29, 2020

GeoffCapes said:
For that money a 458 all day every day.

That is what the spanner monkey said after having his head in his hands about the Macca

Andyk · Nov 29, 2020

Felonious Crud said:
Good points, Dean. I just like how they look.

Me to....Especially the roadster.

Andyk · Nov 29, 2020

rossyl said:
Look at the 570S prices, £75k. They've fallen through the floor. Incredible value.

The 570 is a staggering car. It's brilliantly fast but amazingly usable, more so than a 720.

Happy driving slowly around town, tearing around B roads, motorway cruising and European jaunts.

I think it's one of the most well rounded sports cars out there. Plus, looks amazing and scissor doors, well they're always awesome.

I'd be intrigued getting one, with a Thorney warranty.

100% agree with you. Not much at that price has that sort of performance and looks that good. The 570 GT is also around 85k and I think I prefer the look of that.

rockits · Nov 29, 2020

Just far too much money for me to justify to buy or run. I reckon I'd have more enjoyment and fun in my GTi-6.

Andyk · Nov 29, 2020

rockits said:
Just far too much money for me to justify to buy or run. I reckon I'd have more enjoyment and fun in my GTi-6.

Maybe Dean......Depends on the roads. I have always thought a Boxster Spyder would be more fun than these super cars on the roads around by me. Just says you don't need big capacity engines to enjoy yourself.

dickygrace · Nov 29, 2020

Andyk said:
100% agree with you. Not much at that price has that sort of performance and looks that good. The 570 GT is also around 85k and I think I prefer the look of that.

650s for me at that budget, it’s a super series car then, not just a sports Series.

Andyk · Nov 29, 2020

dickygrace said:
650s for me at that budget, it’s a super series car then, not just a sports Series.

Are they the same price Dicky. God Lord that shows how the 570 has dropped money wise.

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