Esprit Market Watch

[s4simon]

After 16 years of ownership and 10 months on the market, I received the official word today that my '94 S4 has sold and is now with its new owner.

Sold for: AUD$74,000

I bought the car in the UK (Paignton) way back when, and pretty have driven it every week.  Imported to Oz on '06. Loved every moment. Looks just as good today as when I first saw it back at the UK dealer in 2002.

[Jeanvm]

That's a very good price for a good S4, isn't it.(47000 euros) The black one will cost much more.

[Giniw]

That is a nice price and I am happy you sold it well but that is still a bit sad to let it go!

[Jacques]

And more important: What will replace it?

Kind regards,

jacques

[Giniw]

 

[s4simon]

Yes - sadly another red car. 🙂

problem now is that the wife has just seen our new inflated bank balance. 😞

 

[nello]

Flip me now this - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1979-Lotus-Esprit-S2/312196923773?hash=item48b063017d:g:9t8AAOSwwI5bVd8h - is nice! (apols if already posted elsewhere)

Edited August 17, 2018 by nello

[robington]

Yes, thats very very nice 😊

[nello]

Is it supposed to have black sills?

[pete]

13 minutes ago, nello said:

Is it supposed to have black sills?

Does it matter? thanks

[nello]

23 minutes ago, pete said:

Does it matter? thanks

To me yes - this image in that colour (with black sills) is probably my all time favourite Esprit.....

[Gis]

A fairly original S1 has just been auctioned off for 39k usd on BaT https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1977-lotus-esprit-2/ quite a nice original car with some flaws and some mods. Another S1 in better condition is featured @no reserve in the upcoming RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction next weekend (estimated at 80-100k) https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/MO18/Monterey/lots/r0103-1977-lotus-esprit-series-i/693515 will be interesting to see where it ends up. Both these cars are not even close to the best ones of some of our forum members, ie Fabian’s @Lotusfab and others.

[silverfrost]

13 hours ago, nello said:

To me yes - this image in that colour (with black sills) is probably my all time favourite Esprit.....

Totally agree as do plenty of other folks,  great colour for the S2 and by far the best looking esprit design in the series imo 

[Bibs]

 

[cnpapa24]

[cweeden]

7 hours ago, Bibs said:

 

https://rmsothebys.com/en/auctions/MO18/Monterey/lots/r0146-2000-lotus-esprit-v8-se/699528

80km from new, still a great price. Let's hope they keep going in that direction. :-)

cheers

-Chris

[JNW3]

Just gonna leave this here 😊👍🏻

[Mark Blanchard]

Brexit seems to have dampened prices here, but the rest of the western world prices are going great guns.

[Barrykearley]

Not sure @Tocus would agree with that. Mainland Europe doesn’t seem great either

[Trevsked]

The best cars always command the right price. If it’s average to good it’s still a hard sell.

 

Trevor.

[Fridge]

You can sell anything if the price is right. Even more so if you have a good reputation and a quality product. But for anyone trying to game the situation by squeezing the most out of deals, often at the expense of their customers, then I'm afraid they'll have to wait for willing buyers.

[Andyww]

45 minutes ago, Barrykearley said:

Not sure @Tocus would agree with that. Mainland Europe doesn’t seem great either

Yes nowhere is great. Ferrari prices are dropping, a friend has been trying to sell a 430 Scuderia for months and its LHD so has a world market but simply cant shift it even with the current GBP exchange rate.

Dealers are still advertising crazy prices to make the market appear better than it is, but they are taking anything they can get.

[pete]

2 hours ago, Mark Blanchard said:

Brexit seems to have dampened prices here, but the rest of the western world prices are going great guns.

How has Brexit done that?

[Fridge]

11 minutes ago, pete said:

How has Brexit done that?

Anything that makes the general public eg the classic car buying market, uncertain of the economic future, will make them more likely to hold onto as much of their savings as possible. Simple socio-economics really.

[pete]

Really? Seems like BBC propaganda to me. Think the market is just settling down after a period of overheating now interest rates are starting to rise