Holden Commodore Limited Edition models

[426Cuda]

Doesn't car collecting history show that manual cars are always worth more then their automatic transmission equivalents?

Yeah. But this is new and the auto's were dearer.

 

[White Swan]

Still, a better buy than a more exe BMW or Audi etc. Here's why, give it a few years and they're worthless. If you can't afford a new one, you can't afford a used one!View attachment 199893 View attachment 199894

Point taken but that is a real bread and butter Audi you've chosen to highlight compared to some of their fancier performance models and unless it's a limited run like the MSE most cars will depreciate for a long time before leveling out and then possibly increase if they fall within the desired category for collectors.

The MSE's will only ever have appeal here and even they won't compete with models like the W1 or reach the dizzy heights on the world stage like some European cars do.

 

[White Swan]

Yeah. But this is new and the auto's were dearer.

That means nothing after the initial purchase as a collector would be looking for the manual if it was available as an option as it's still considered the Holy Grail for a performance vehicle .

The M4/M3 comes with the auto as the stock trans and even though it may be straight line faster than the manual version I was reading recently if collectability is your game you'd be doing yourself a favour by grabbing the at no extra cost manual option as they'll be rarer, more track focused and considered as more engaging for drivers which would influence future collectors.

 

[426Cuda]

Point taken but that is a real bread and butter Audi you've chosen to highlight compared to some of their fancier performance models and unless it's a limited run like the MSE most cars will depreciate for a long time before leveling out and then possibly increase if they fall within the desired category for collectors.

The MSE's will only ever have appeal here and even they won't compete with models like the W1 or reach the dizzy heights on the world stage like some European cars do.

Yeah, I only used that one and posted, as I saw it today and took the pics. It demonstrates a good point though. Is it really a bread and butter Audi? I'm no expert. What would it have been new, $150k?
Actually, looking on Carsales it sounds like a bit of a bargain...
Of course an MSE will never be worth similar to a W1! The W1 is rarer, has amazing driveline and cost 3x as much. Nor a PH3, see one sold today? For $1.03m and an A9X hatch for $500k. As others have said, homologation specials have a unique alure. But, even Plane Jane Monaro's, Torana's Falcons and Chargers bring big $ these days. Why? Because they're desirable and in short supply. The same will happen to VE's and VF's one day.
But, the fact remains, big $ Euro's suffer seriously from rapid depreciation. Plus if you buy one, you better have an open cheque book when things start to go wrong. As they inevitably do on such cars. The opposite is true for the Aussie made cars.

 

[426Cuda]

That means nothing after the initial purchase as a collector would be looking for the manual if it was available as an option as it's still considered the Holy Grail for a performance vehicle .

The M4/M3 comes with the auto as the stock trans and even though it may be straight line faster than the manual version I was reading recently if collectability is your game you'd be doing yourself a favour by grabbing the at no extra cost manual option as they'll be rarer, more track focused and considered as more engaging for drivers which would influence future collectors.

Totally agree.

 

[lmoengnr]

Of course an MSE will never be worth similar to a W1! The W1 is rarer,

And a Magnum is rarer than a W1!

 

[426Cuda]

And a Magnum is rarer than a W1!

Hey! You cut my sentence off at a comma. That's engineering a different context!
Yeah it's rarer. But it's cheaper too. Haha. It's not all about supply though. There's also less demand for utes. It's all relative mate.

 

[lmoengnr]

Hey! You cut my sentence off at a comma. That's engineering a different context!
Yeah it's rarer. But it's cheaper too. Haha. It's not all about supply though. There's also less demand for utes. It's all relative mate.

There's NO demand for utes anymore, they've all been sold, bar a few GTSR Maloos...

The end of a unique Aussie vehicle...

 

[426Cuda]

There's NO demand for utes anymore, they've all been sold, bar a few GTSR Maloos...

The end of a unique Aussie vehicle...

Unless you consider girlie trucks utes?
Yeah sad.

 

[lmoengnr]

Unless you consider girlie trucks utes?
Yeah sad.

Cant call them utes....
Light weight pick up trucks?
Tonka toys without Tonka toughness...