Is the value likely to go up in the summer?

[mycerbera]

Just bought a 4.2 for a fair price, do there values tend to go up in the summer at all, or do they just keep on going down?
What's the yearly deprecation on a 4.2 Cerbera likely to be?

[kris wood]

Prices only ever seem to go down. However, you always get greater demand in summer so the supply/demand rule comes into play so prices can be held up a bit. In terms of how much you are to lose, that all depends on how new your car is as the previous owners may have taken a lot of the depreciation for you (if your lucky), however if its new then expect the price to fall. All that said, i dont actually think that TVR's depreciate any worse than other cars and you should expect to lose about 45% of the value over 3 years (about 15% per year).

My best advice is to use the car and enjoy it, don't worry about the depreciation as it happens to all cars, that is just a nature of the game.

[flasher]

Values of Cerbera go down, never up. Your 96 Cerb is worth about 11-12K if you traded up at a dealer,some of them wouldn't touch anything that was built before 97. Stupid really. High mileage is even worse. Some dealers wouldn't even stock a Cerbie with more than 28K miles on it.

The good news is that higher mileage cars are usually well sorted and had various upgrades/rebuilds etc.

I would say £15- £17k is about right for a 96 Cerb. If you got it private. If you got it from a TVR dealer with a warranty then you are a car-buying genius

[mycerbera]

Cost me £17K from a private sale, with 39000mls on the clock.
Seen most in autotrader / topmarques for £18,500 ~ £20,000 for similar cars with 35k plus mls and private sale. Whats the difference with cars 97 onwards then?
Please let me know so i can see if mines had the changes, and if not what it will cost to have them done! (Mines a Dec 23rd 1996 car)

>> Edited by mycerbera on Tuesday 29th January 09:20

[kris wood]

If you want to know call the factory, they keep a record of whats been done to your car. However, i would not worry if you have full service history as essential mods would have been applied during the service.

[philshort]

That must be the Cerbera Convertible then!

Prices of the open top TVR's can be seasonal (though lately they've just been consistantly bad!). Can't see why the same should apply to the Cerbie, unless unscrupulous dealers resticker them in spring to "maintain differentials".

[flasher]

quote:
Cost me £17K from a private sale, with 39000mls on the clock.
Seen most in autotrader / topmarques for £18,500 ~ £20,000 for similar cars with 35k plus mls and private sale. Whats the difference with cars 97 onwards then?
Please let me know so i can see if mines had the changes, and if not what it will cost to have them done! (Mines a Dec 23rd 1996 car)

>> Edited by mycerbera on Tuesday 29th January 09:20

Here's a few of the changes:
1. door seals- these were shite on original cars and most early cerbs had soaked door inserts. The later rubbers are perfect.
2. Dipstick position- changed from the middle to the front on later cars. (if it's moved on your car it's probably been re-built at some stage.
3. seats- post 98 had different seats. wouldn't worry about that!!
4. Cams- later cars had "whisper" cams fitted, which were softer and less noisy. and less likely to go pop I think your car may have the soft ones by now but you never know. Hard cams were quicker, so I have heard? Any one know any more things to look out for?

[mycerbera]

No, dipstick still in the middle and I have no record of cam change. Door seals seem ok, but only had the car a week (well 2 days and then in the garage to be fixed!)

[kris wood]

Prices can be seasonal even if you do not have a soft top. Demand is higher for cars in spring then winter (like houses really). However, I do agree that used Cerb prices are pretty flat all year round but you have more chance of selling in spring or summer so that could dictate the price as demand is higher.