Cavcraft Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Reading the grumpy thread and the reference to a Merc losing fifty grand in a very short space of time made me think of a car I was 'window shopping' for at a dealer up the road from me.52 plate Range Rover (new shape) dizzler, black with leather and all the toys £12,995. Now I know they're the weapon of choice for dizzy bints/footballers wives/gangsters/forty something fat baldy blokes, but that seems fucking cheap to me for a car that must have cost a small fortune new.Are they really worth so little these days and anyone else got any cheap now, expensive new cars to add to the list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 BMW 7 series always look like good value used, compared to the original purchase price.Exibit A, BMW 730d, thick end of £55k new, now on BIN on fleabay @ £17450. Seems that a lot of the bigger stuff is suseptible to depreciation on a bum-twitching scale - Citroen XM springs to mind, probably due to to the fear factor of big bills later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 The going rate for a tidy Lexus (LS400 I mean, the others don't count) seems to be around £400, which is 1/100 of what they cost new- admittedly quite a long time ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 BMW 7 series always look like good value used, compared to the original purchase price. Jaw-droppingly ugly though. The 6 series coupe's the same, there's a huge choice for under £20k and quite a few down at £15k now. Weren't they over £50k new? Still wouldn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I recon the W12 Phaeton will be hard to beat for epic depreciation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Now that some of these luxobarges cost upwards of £400 a year in road tax it is hardly surprising. Older luxury cars were fine if you got a mileage rate or didn't actually travel many miles but i reckon that mega tax will deffo put off Terry from the dog and duck using an s class for trips to the cash and carry for hog lumps and as a result of this and the extortionate price of dino juice they are dropping faster than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobydoo Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 OOOOOOH! Time for a depreciation tat-fest, me thinks! These are the cars that didn't just drop in value...they plummeted in complete free-fall, hitting the ground at full throttle.... My nominations would be...of course: PLUS: AND: THEN: AND MORE RECENTLY: Any more? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr H Sceptre Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I bloody love the Citroen C6, me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChinaTom Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 According to WhatStatistic? the biggest depreciator is a Pug 407 diesel auto retaining only 20% after 3 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Those BMW 7-series are the freakin bees knees, I dont think they look ugly, I think they look GREAT. This one is on for £9k, CHECK IT THE F**K OUT! 8-yr old, 3.6 V8 with all the history etc, what a CHAMP CAR. I love these ugly bug sevens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I think the outgoing 7-series looks fantastic, particularly the back-end on the pre-facelift model. Shame they bottled it and made it look a bit more conventional for the facelift (which still looks smart). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCLane Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Cheapest C6 is £7.5k on Autotrader for an 05 plate - coming down fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I am still not 100% on those bangle-7's, especially as the model before was well lush. I have to say some of these exec machines are well tempting. There seems to be any number of [the afore mentioned] 7-series, newer shape S-classes, Audi A8's etc available for pretty much fuck all, less than you would pay for a similarly aged shopping cart. Got my eye on a pre-51 Saab 9-5 at the min though. 250bhp for just over a grand and a half. Get in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boobydoo Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 shame they bottled it and made it look a bit more conventional for the facelift (which still looks smart). I think the face lift was spot on. You can't do anything too 'wacky' in the prestige sector..it's just too conservative a market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leonard Hatred Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Got my eye on a pre-51 Saab 9-5 at the min though. 250bhp for just over a grand and a half. Get in. GR8 4 oil-sludging issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Sterling Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I think the outgoing 7-series looks fantastic, particularly the back-end on the pre-facelift model. +1 here. Well, I do like luxobarges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leonard Hatred Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Chris Bangle = a VISIONARY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 9, 2010 Author Share Posted October 9, 2010 It's even cheaper on eBaY for some reason...http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2002-Land-Rover-R ... 4aa5224850 I actually really like that. Probably just as well I can't afford it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I must say, I know we all like to call modern BMW drivers nazis, cunts, wankers, fascists etc etc etc on here, but I reckon the cars are proper lookers nowadays, (excludiong the footballers wives 4wd things which are freakin vile). The brand new 5-series is proper classy! I love to see them on the road. The bangle 7 series is where they started 'going in my direction' styling wise, I agree the pre-facelift was bettter mind you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leonard Hatred Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I reckon all the post-2001 BMWs are vile, but I like the recent Audis especially the A7. It has a classy 1970s wedge fastback look about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I reckon BMW cars (I'm not including the vans) look better the bigger they are, the Bangle-styling looks absolutely horrendous on the 1-series "notchback". The likelyhood of bad driving also drops as you go up the range - I can't even remember seeing a new-style 7-series being driven badly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Agree with that Reg_Bo11. I am particularly enamoured with the current 3-er coupe, which is so lush I caught myself gawping at one in ScotHall's window whilst stuck in a jam in watford the other night. I was even more amazed when I checked the spec for the car I had been looking at, an M-sport 320 diesel... 177bhp, 280 torques[sic], and 145mph top whack, that's all gravy and pretty much par for the course, but the average fuel consumption is 58 miles per gallon. Fricking 58!!! That's awesome for a car that you know will be exceptional to drive and look devastatingly good. 58. Fifty-eight. £27,995 though, so unlikely to find one in my christmas stocking for a few years like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProgRocker Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Would love a Citroen C6 HDi. I'm wondering if any of the council's glut of unteanted garages are long enough to keep these in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Leonard Hatred Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Agree with that Reg_Bo11. I am particularly enamoured with the current 3-er coupe, which is so lush I caught myself gawping at one in ScotHall's window whilst stuck in a jam in watford the other night. I was even more amazed when I checked the spec for the car I had been looking at, an M-sport 320 diesel... 177bhp, 280 torques[sic], and 145mph top whack, that's all gravy and pretty much par for the course, but the average fuel consumption is 58 miles per gallon. Fricking 58!!! Only until the common fail, errr, fails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quintus Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 This thread reminds me of a Citroen C5 estate that was on 'long term' test in Car some years ago. They drove it for a year and in those twelve months they reckoned it lost something like £8k Judging by the prices of these on eBay nowadays, they're potentially a huge amount of load space for the money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seth Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 These must be down to about £700 now surely? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Is that a phaeton, seth? i don't think i have ever seen one of those FO REEL. Am i right in thinking that underneath the inflated passat body they are essentially the same as those very fast but exceptionally vulgar bentley coupes [as beloved by premier league footballers and proponents of rubbish music]? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr_Bo11ox Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 I like those Bentleys, admittedly they are a bit footballer though. I went through Knutsford today where I saw about 30 of them parked up around the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pogweasel Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Dont get me wrong they are marvellous machines, but much like most of aston martins offerings and the range rover sport i would be rather embarrased to be seen in one due the association with oafish sexpests who happen to be alright at kicking a ball about.How much or little is a qp masser now by the way? the swoopy current sort. Now that is a properly class bit of kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted October 9, 2010 Share Posted October 9, 2010 Is that a phaeton, seth? i don't think i have ever seen one of those FO REEL. Am i right in thinking that underneath the inflated passat body they are essentially the same as those very fast but exceptionally vulgar bentley coupes [as beloved by premier league footballers and proponents of rubbish music]? I someone who owns a wobbley 12 Faye-Tonne and runs it on a shoestring. I'm doing my best to keep in favour for when he flogs it (for £3.99) in five years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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