How easy is it to sell a high performance car?

[ultralinx]

Hey guys!

Looking for some friendly advice.

I'm about to purchase my first high performance car - a Jag F-Type to be exact.

I'm buying one for around £40k in cash. I'll probably keep it for a year and a half and then sell on.

I'd expect the price to be around £30k when selling so I'm just wondering how easy would it be to sell when the time comes?

How have others sold cars worth more than £20k?

Thanks

[DSLiverpool]

A trader will probably buy it if it's not a stupid combo but I've sold loads from home if you present the car as you would expect it yourself.
I always put why I'm selling and get a franchised dealer check list done which costs little

[Wilmslowboy]

Expect to sell into trade - private sales are much harder than they used to be

Sold last few £20K+ cars to trade, been better offers and generally easier

[ZX10R NIN]

+1 to all the above but you do sometimes get a private buyer price it right get great photos & it will sell.

[akadk]

I owned a F-TYPE R for 12 months, and a V8 S for 3 months

Sold both privately, £56k and £49k respectively

no issue

my advice to you is to buy a V8 S for £45k, will be MUCH easier to sell in 18 months time as will be so much rarer than the V6 and will depreciate a hell of a lot less

find the extra £5k, it will look after you

[davepoth]

Since you're looking for a selling price after a fixed length of time, I'd investigate finance. It'll cost a little bit but you'll know the trade-in value up front.

[ultralinx]

akadk said:

I owned a F-TYPE R for 12 months, and a V8 S for 3 months

Sold both privately, £56k and £49k respectively

no issue

my advice to you is to buy a V8 S for £45k, will be MUCH easier to sell in 18 months time as will be so much rarer than the V6 and will depreciate a hell of a lot less

find the extra £5k, it will look after you

What are the differences between the V6 and the V6 S exactly, apart from the power?

[briang9]

ultralinx said:

Hey guys!

Looking for some friendly advice.

I'm about to purchase my first high performance car - a Jag F-Type to be exact.

I'm buying one for around £40k in cash. I'll probably keep it for a year and a half and then sell on.

I'd expect the price to be around £30k when selling so I'm just wondering how easy would it be to sell when the time comes?

How have others sold cars worth more than £20k?

Thanks

real answer I guess is "it depends" if you crash it, blow up the engine, screw the gearbox, scratch it, wash it with a sponge, burn the seats with a fag end, carry murdered prostitutes in the boot etc, etc, all these can impact on price and how quickly it might sell in a few months

Edited by briang9 on Tuesday 27th December 00:00