What do we think to the current Chimaera market?
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your headliner could be also formualted "what dowe think to the current niche-car market" or it could be even extended to:
"what do we think to the current 2nd hand-car market"
from what i can see and hear at dealers here: the market is dead!!
the only market which looks, even highly priced, active, is the low cost market for cars around 800 to 4000pound.
even the middle class sees a loss of its prosperity.
i have lots of friends all round europe which report more or less the same:
we do NOT go out anymore so often in the restaurant, we do NOT buy the same amount of clothes anymore, we o do NOT go into holidays 2 or 3 times, we will NOT change our car, instead keep it another 2-3 years, we do NOT spent so much into "high-class" food, instead watching on our budget and go to Lidl.
"what do we think to the current 2nd hand-car market"
from what i can see and hear at dealers here: the market is dead!!
the only market which looks, even highly priced, active, is the low cost market for cars around 800 to 4000pound.
even the middle class sees a loss of its prosperity.
i have lots of friends all round europe which report more or less the same:
we do NOT go out anymore so often in the restaurant, we do NOT buy the same amount of clothes anymore, we o do NOT go into holidays 2 or 3 times, we will NOT change our car, instead keep it another 2-3 years, we do NOT spent so much into "high-class" food, instead watching on our budget and go to Lidl.
EddieJT said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
You start.
OK.....there seem to be loads of them for sale which aren't shifting.2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
It's a (minimum) 20 year old analogue car with a bad reputation (mostly unfounded).
And....the old geezers that usually drive them are even older. So, it's an ancient car mostly sold to a dwindling audience.
Sorry to be so cheerful!
Hah this is the reason I want one!And....the old geezers that usually drive them are even older. So, it's an ancient car mostly sold to a dwindling audience.
Sorry to be so cheerful!
EddieJT said:
Chimaera98 said:
….and a lot of them have survived, so plenty to choose from.
Simple supply and demand.
Oh really. I read 6000 were made; how many are we still at do we know?Simple supply and demand.
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
It's a (minimum) 20 year old analogue car with a bad reputation (mostly unfounded).
And....the old geezers that usually drive them are even older. So, it's an ancient car mostly sold to a dwindling audience.
Sorry to be so cheerful!
Hopefully I’ve done my bit to buck the trend - just picked up one today from Amore and I’m 36And....the old geezers that usually drive them are even older. So, it's an ancient car mostly sold to a dwindling audience.
Sorry to be so cheerful!
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
It's a (minimum) 20 year old analogue car with a bad reputation (mostly unfounded).
And....the old geezers that usually drive them are even older. So, it's an ancient car mostly sold to a dwindling audience.
I think the biggest culprits for spreading the bad reliability reputation are the owners, most seem to delight in any reliability issues for some odd reason. I cannot think of another group of owners so quick to run their own cars down so much.And....the old geezers that usually drive them are even older. So, it's an ancient car mostly sold to a dwindling audience.
My 18 year TVR journey never once resulted in a car not starting or a breakdown of any kind. That said all the maintenance required was done properly rather than wait for something to go wrong before fixing it. In that time I drove all over Europe untold times and enjoyed pretty much all of it.
What amazes me is how little Chimaeras are worth today given how rare they are compared to other ‘classics’. I suppose the reputation hasn’t helped and added to that they are not cheap to maintain properly, but still seem undervalued to me.
I think you are right about the dwindling audience bit though
agreen said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
It's a (minimum) 20 year old analogue car with a bad reputation (mostly unfounded).
And....the old geezers that usually drive them are even older. So, it's an ancient car mostly sold to a dwindling audience.
Sorry to be so cheerful!
Hopefully I’ve done my bit to buck the trend - just picked up one today from Amore and I’m 36And....the old geezers that usually drive them are even older. So, it's an ancient car mostly sold to a dwindling audience.
Sorry to be so cheerful!
981Boxess said:
I think the biggest culprits for spreading the bad reliability reputation are the owners, most seem to delight in any reliability issues for some odd reason. I cannot think of another group of owners so quick to run their own cars down so much.
The thing that I have noticed about TVR owners is that many just can’t stop themselves from tinkering with their cars and then wondering why they are unreliable. Clearly some do have some mechanical competence but many don’t. agreen said:
2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:
It's a (minimum) 20 year old analogue car with a bad reputation (mostly unfounded).
And....the old geezers that usually drive them are even older. So, it's an ancient car mostly sold to a dwindling audience.
Sorry to be so cheerful!
Hopefully I’ve done my bit to buck the trend - just picked up one today from Amore and I’m 36And....the old geezers that usually drive them are even older. So, it's an ancient car mostly sold to a dwindling audience.
Sorry to be so cheerful!
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