AMG GTS FUTURE VALUES

[1hardwork]

I'm seriously considering an AMG GTS. My other choice would be a 911S, i'm swayed towards the Mercedes with it's fresh face and I guess just a change from having a 911.

I have given a little thought to future values £££££ Be interested to hear other peoples opinions on the idea a GTS doing a CL plummit or a slow clime back into bed SLS style ?

Thanks :~D

[Doppelkupplung]

Somewhere in-between the two and not to dissimilar to a 911s.

[alex_gray255]

Depreciating a bit but not that badly

Much better than 911s

[erics]

they are really good value. Much less common and special than vanilla 911's. Also nearly half the price of a gtr!

[edo]

Delighted with mine. It was just under a year old with 3k on the clock and that saved the initial 40k drop!

My wife has a 911 and whilst possibly better steering, the GTS is just more of an occasion.

I have only seen another on the road, and got a wave (much to my wife's amusement).

Just ran it at vmax and it showed a very clean pair of heals to a 911 GTS on the way to 180mph before hay bails loomed!

[Por911T]

Just bouncing this back to the top ......this post has been dormant since last year i was just curious about peoples view on current and future AMG GT values . Currently £67000 would by an early one and £100k plus a later convertible.

All views and opinions appreciated

Thanks , Barry

[zed4]

Por911T said:

Just bouncing this back to the top ......this post has been dormant since last year i was just curious about peoples view on current and future AMG GT values . Currently £67000 would by an early one and £100k plus a later convertible.

All views and opinions appreciated

Thanks , Barry

I'm thinking the same. I have £50-70k to spend on a car, it must be fun, just a weekend car, but importantly I'd like to minimise depreciation.

My short list is the Mercedes AMG GTS, Porsche Boxster Spyder or a Ferrari California.

I think the AMG GTS represents great value at the moment, I can't see them falling much in price, but who knows!

[1hardwork]

I've had mine sinse April 2018. It's a Red GTS, Ceramics & Sports seats. I paid £67K, one year later i've been offered similar money but it's not for sale.

I've had dozens of 911's but after driving a Carrera S & the GTS back back for me the GTS has it :~D

[1hardwork]

Here's mine looking very red.

[thepanays]

I have a 2017 GTC Roadster and have had the pleasure of owning a SLS. The GT will never increase in value or be a collectors car. The GT and it’s derivitives have unknown build numbers, whereas the SLS has a world wide build of approx 4000 of which only a few hundred were for the UK in RHD.also the SLS has a few other things in its favour namely the gull wing doors and being the first car that AMG built not forgetting it was the last of the normally aspirated AMG engines.

However, the GT is a very fine car and in some ways better than the SLS. What surprised me was the comfort level particularly in comfort mode on the Roadster at least, not sure about the GT/S or GTR. There are lot of cars out there at the moment including new GTR’s under list. I bought mine with only 2k miles and saved approx 55k on new list price, not to be sniffed at. The Roadster is a great car especially with the roof down and the noise in Sport+ in quite addictive.

[av185]

The horrific depreciation from new tells you all you need to know about the Mercedes.

Cars such as this that are overpriced and oversupplied will continue to depreciate at an alarming rate.

Unlike the 911.

[thepanays]

Have you ever tried to sell a 911 at anything like the value you put on it?. Only the dealers seem to get anything close to a decent price, only because they can offer finance and give a warranty.

[av185]

Good spec gen 1 991 GT3s still getting over list even at 4 years old and 15k miles.

Sold mine privately replaced by gen 2.

As ever, spec and mileage is crucial.

[PhantomPH]

Just picking this thread up as I (like others) have been having my head turned by some of the lovely looking AMG GTS' available in the classifieds for around the £75k mark.

My worry is that they have absolutely thrown money away and whilst money is not everything, I do like to change my cars and as such try and minimise the hit of depreciation.

My current 718 Cayman S is holding value surprisingly well (which my 981 CGTS also did), but the AMG GTS makes me a little nervous...

I'd be putting on about 8k miles a year, so I have a feeling I'd be better off burning my money - please someone convince me otherwise!!

(Also - any owners want to give me a real world range per tank? MPG is neither here nor there...I just don't want to be stood like a teapot every 10 minutes due to a minute tank!)

[alex_gray255]

PhantomPH said:

(Also - any owners want to give me a real world range per tank? MPG is neither here nor there...I just don't want to be stood like a teapot every 10 minutes due to a minute tank!)

I was getting 27-32 MPG last weekend and did a 148 mile trip to get from 90% full to about 50% full.
Mostly A and B roads, driving at cruising speeds with only a bit of stop and start

[zed4]

PhantomPH said:

Just picking this thread up as I (like others) have been having my head turned by some of the lovely looking AMG GTS' available in the classifieds for around the £75k mark.

My worry is that they have absolutely thrown money away and whilst money is not everything, I do like to change my cars and as such try and minimise the hit of depreciation.

My current 718 Cayman S is holding value surprisingly well (which my 981 CGTS also did), but the AMG GTS makes me a little nervous...

I'd be putting on about 8k miles a year, so I have a feeling I'd be better off burning my money - please someone convince me otherwise!!

(Also - any owners want to give me a real world range per tank? MPG is neither here nor there...I just don't want to be stood like a teapot every 10 minutes due to a minute tank!)

I've just gone from a 981 Boxster S to an AMG GTS. All good so far, I am missing being able to take the roof off though! The Mercedes is seriously quick, very impressive. It feels a lot bigger, but handles incredibly well.

I've only driven it a couple of times so far. Last trip was 19 MPG.

I'm hoping they've dropped a big chunk of their value now (mine has dropped £57k from it's new price!) so I'm hoping it will level out a bit now and I won't loose too much.

[anonymous-user]

I looked at a GT when passing leeds mercedes 1.5 years ago when they had a car in at £86k, 1 year old and lowish miles. The sales guy showed me their future book values and had it at £54k after 3 years. That seemed like a bigish drop for 2nd/3rd year to me. Felt very SL-like financially and been there done that.

Great cars, I think you either need to be in and out quickly and take the hit or buy to keep amd enjoy the miles.

[CitySlicker]

For whatever reason performance is not a word which is synonymous with Mercedes. I think the general public still have a very old viewpoint with the brand. I remember the SLS in 2014, nobody wanted them and the values tanked and then all of a sudden the whole world seemed to fall in love with the car at once and praise its capabilities. I’m not saying that the same will necessarily happen with the GT range regarding values but the car really is something special. Analogue steering, glorious engine/exhaust note, superb chasis, power delivery is nice and linear for a turbo car and if you spec the carbon ceramic brakes it stops on a dime. It’s hard to beat a used GT in terms of value at the moment.

[Rob F]

I’ve just got into a 2016 GT. I’m absolutely loving it so far - have done a big trip up to the Lake District from London. On the motorway miles the car was doing about 29-30 mpg which I thought was pretty decent. Agree with the attractions above - it feels like a special car, handling is nice, the sound is awesome and, to me at least, it doesn’t feel like a turbo car in terms of power delivery. I’m glad I’ve got this version of the car and not planning to change it for a while. It’s interesting to see that the facelift has done away with the nice metallic switches on the centre console and replaced with digital panels. Personally I prefer the tactic analogue nature of the original car.

[zed4]

Here's mine, just picked it up!



2016 Mercedes AMG GTS, Premium Pack, Interior Carbon Pack, Night Pack, Driving Assistance Pack, etc.... fully loaded with toys.

Edited by zed4 on Friday 19th April 21:06