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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.
I think rarity and uniqueness is the key. There weren't so many Macca F1's and they were pretty **** unique.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.
McLaren F1 on launch £550k in 1992I 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.
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.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.
That is what the spanner monkey said after having his head in his hands about the MaccaFor that money a 458 all day every day.
Good points, Dean. I just like how they look.
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.
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.
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.