Value of our cars?

[JH32]

Whats going to happen to the value of our cars in the next year or so?

Will R32s, such as my own, plummet in price due to the abundance of 1989 R32 GTRs that will no doubt flood the market?

Do we all have hugely depreciating assets on our hands

[MM2death]

I hope that values go up due to the new import restrictions coming in. Or is that QLD only? hmm

Scott

[PACEY]

They should stay where they are if not increase a little. With the supply to Australia getting dramatically cut there will probably be a higher demand for the ones that are here.

I think they arent letting in anymore R32s'?

[Gav]

Before yor freak out too much - put it into context.

How mch does the average (say used $20k) Falcadore devalue per year? Maybe $2k? The imported SKyline is unlikely to be much worse.

Also - if you are anything like me, the cost of mods over your few years of ownership will probably far outweigh the cost of devaluation.

Bottom line, if owning and driving a Skyline makes you happy - keep it.

If you are going hungry and/or are about to be divorced, kicked out of the folks house, locked up for not paying speeding fines etc - then sell it.

[adam 32]

its still nice to know that were not throwing money down the toilet just by owning a skyline.... this 15 year rule sucks!

[JH32]

Yeah exactly

what Im talking about is cars such as that GTR that is for sale. 15900 for a freakin GTR

Even my GTS4 cost more than that

[adam 32]

and so you would have to assume its now worth less... as cheaper cars come onto the market they will drive down the prices of the more expensive cars

[ricknismo]

Seriously every man and his dog will want a GTR for those prices so I'm sure cost will be according to demand and not much will change.

[JH32]

Well that's what I thought would happen! But it seems not so far! Someone said that the GTRs in Japan were going to be giong up in price because they knew about the Aussie 15 year thing :confused:

Ahhhh well stuff it I like my car I'm gonna keep it

[puckish]

I agree with Gav. Always be worth more than a Falcodore

Sure the value of imports will go down but Skylines will always be in demand.

I'd be more worried if you had a Soarer or Early Supra. They are niegh on impossible to get rid of... Just look through the Quokka to see what I mean !

[C-Red]

I wouldnt worry dude. As I said in another thread the whole 15 year thing is going to be changed to 20 years to prevent all the good stuff coming in. The quality of the '89 stuff will be pretty low, I mean how good is a GT-R going to be after 15 years of caning?

Jash

PS I waved to you yesterday

[N I B]

R31 GTS imports are not a lot cheaper than R33 GTSs ($15000 v $20000) so don't panic. HSV cars drop in value the price of a R33 GTSin about 3 years so spot the Dick heads.

A mate wanted a Jash GTR a while ago and needed to sell his

HSV to buy it the car is better than new condition and Colin

could not get 1/2 new price so a 20grand R33 GTS could be

burnt in 3 years and still not loose as much as a Heavy Slow Vehical

[Grim]

So will the value of our skylines drop a lot over the next yer or will they actually gain in value?

[C-Red]

Speaking of Heavy Slow Vehicles we were out in the Stage on Saturday and my 2yo daughter goes "Oooh nice car dad" pointing at a spanking new GTS - "No dear thats an HSV"

Jash

[zanda]

Originally posted by Steve-SST

R31 GTS imports are not a lot cheaper than R33 GTSs ($15000 v $20000) so don't panic. HSV cars drop in value the price of a R33 GTSin about 3 years so spot the Dick heads.

A mate wanted a Jash GTR a while ago and needed to sell his

HSV to buy it the car is better than new condition and Colin

could not get 1/2 new price so  a 20grand R33 GTS could be

burnt in 3 years and still not loose as much as a Heavy Slow Vehical

yeah but steve the GTS R31s are relatively rare and are collectibles, whereas the 32 GTRs are still fairly prolific.

one of the biggest differences in the prices is related to the difference in the processes required for import.

[JH32]

Originally posted by GTAAH

I wouldnt worry dude. As I said in another thread the whole 15 year thing is going to be changed to 20 years to prevent all the good stuff coming in. The quality of the '89 stuff will be pretty low, I mean how good is a GT-R going to be after 15 years of caning?

Jash

PS I waved to you yesterday

So do you think they will change it to 20 years?

The people who buy cars now will be pretty pissed!

PS I waved back but couldn't get my hand up through the gap in the window quick enough and you had turned your head back

PPS I like that Stagea! :burnout:

[C-Red]

Wouldnt be suprised at all.

Jash

[EXIT]

The price of GT-R's and GTS-T's will keep dropping slowly over time. Remember, a car is a depreciating liability, not an asset! (unless you happen to own a Ferrari F40 for example).

Have a look at this . I think that pretty much sums it up!

[JH32]

Well yeah, obviously

But what I originally meant was, are our cars going to depreciate at a previously "unreasonable" level. For example might an 18k R32 drop in price to 12k by the end of the year instead of to, say, 15k.

[gtrgold]

Well whats one of the original dead stock Nissan Australia distributed worth in VG condition <80k on clock?