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Yep - Morgan and Caterham are imported by the same guy.

He has an Aero 8 series 2 as a demo (see attached)

The Aero Max is a bit cooler, but non in Aus. They are quite expensive for what they are - I still think a nicely done Cobra replica would be a better car.

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James,

just wondering the sticker price on the Maserati GranTurismo? GF's old man is apparently looking to trade up from his 3200GT(A) and im curious to know how much they go for (without being rude and asking him of course lol)

Hi all - I'm trying to plan my fleet for the new year.

Of the existing machines... Some cars are great and will stay, some cars are great but should probably be refreshed, some cars aren't that great and some are great in my eyes - but just never get used. Following is a list in order of category. I need to keep the total number to around 26.

Group 5

Aston DB9 Volante Sell

Aston DB9 Coupe

Ferrari 360 CS

Ferrari F430 Spider

Ford GT

Lamborghini Gallardo Spyder Refresh, maybe even get a white one?

Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera

Group 4

Audi R8

Audi R8 R-Tronic

Bentley Continental GT

Maserati GranTurismo

Mercedes AMG CLK 63 Black Series

Porsche GT3 Chip and exhaust?

Group 3

Maserati Quattroporte

Aston Martin Vantage

Group 2

BMW M3

Audi RS4 Avant

Hummer H2

Group 1

Ariel Atom 2

Lotus Exige S

Mitsubishi Evolution X MR

Audi Q7 S-Line

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Rules:

Must be available in Australia - so no Alfa 8C

Must be a current model (within reason) - so no Countach

Must be 'affordable' - so no Zonda F

I'm after ideas on great cars - not complete lists. Things like a Continental GTC and Aston DBS are in the works - and a GTR is a given.

But what are we missing? What is cool that you can get in Aus that people would like?

Happy to hear your thoughts!

J

This is a hard question as you've already got most of the best cars on the market :(

In addition to the italics above;

-New M5

-Ultima GTR spyder, they call it a "can am" (pretty sure they're still available in Aus, we have one at work thats aus delivered which is a 5.7L with an HKS turbo hanging off the side)

-The latest sl from merc, SL55's or SL63's arent too badly priced, although some members may have those already

-997 Turbo/Cab, would be nice to have a droptop porka floating around. Didnt you have a Turbo a while back?

-Dodge Viper, if there's someone bringing them in

-Would love to see a 997 GT2 but its a bit pricey, unless maybe an Aston gets sold...

-GT3 RS. Great addition to the white one and rare as hens teeth but not too expensive

-Ferrari California. I think its quite ugly personally but as its the new Italian on the block maybe the members would like it

-E55 AMG. Along the same lines as the white Masa

Thats all i can think of :(

And an R36 Wagon :action-smiley-069:

I hear you on the R36, but not sure it would fit the image of the company.

It's a well-sub-$100K ride and if I was paying $36k pa, well... life's too short.

It would be more viable to test-drive one at the dealers and pay for the privelge of the top shelf stuff.

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James out of curiosity how much is it going to be to bring in a Challenger and get it on the road?

Will you be bringing in one of the special editions or the standard one? ie. the drag race model or the Targa model (or is the Targa from a 3rd party source?)

I hear you on the R36, but not sure it would fit the image of the company.

It's a well-sub-$100K ride and if I was paying $36k pa, well... life's too short.

It would be more viable to test-drive one at the dealers and pay for the privelge of the top shelf stuff.

You have to remember the way the Club works is that different level cars are worth different point values. So using an R36 would costs bugger all points wise compared to the ferrari F430 Spyder. Price wise the R36 is the same as the EVO X (if not slightly dearer for a fully specc'd one) but it falls into the Group 1 cars - which they have bugger all of for use on the roads - and yet has some usefullness that you don't get with a Lotus or Atom, and I can tell you is suprisingly fun to drive. Remember the R36 is the fastest production car VW has ever produced!

So if a member wanted to take the wife and kids away for the weekend the R36 wagon would be one of the few cars the club would have that would allow them to fit everyone plus luggage, prams etc into the car and yet be a damn sight more fun than their 4WD tractor they no doubt already own. I bet it would get more use than James stupid ugly Q7.

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