Selling a Corrado VR - challenging?

[wafers 0]

I'm the nearest I've ever been to buying a Rado VR. The final thing I need to get into my head is saleability. Back in 2002 and 2004 when I sold my old valvers I seem to remember finding it quite difficult to shift them, even though they were fairly priced.

Are Corrados still difficult to sell? I know it's a bit of a 'how long is a piece of string' question, but I could do with having a rough idea in my head, if I can no longer afford having a weekend car plaything, I could sell it on without too much hassle.

Any thoughts?

[Portent 0]

I would say that they are tricky to sell. They are a specialist car which reduces your pool of buyers and the market isn't good for any used car right now. But don't let that put you off. They are great cars :)

[robo22sri 10]

corrado prices are at rock bottom any way! The vr6's are not going to go much lower

 

I paid £2300 for mine last year and that would get a minter this year sadly :(

 

so factor that in! your not going to lose much

[lilfuzzer 1]

I would say pretty hard as tried to sell my blackberry before paint so people could see what they got and had a base. But it didnt sell so I painted it and put polished porsche wheels on to make some more appeal but still nobody interested maybe I am too far away I dont know

 

:(

[Thumper 0]

Raddo prices are bad at the min but in the longer term I think they will pick up a bit. The only advice I think is buy the best one for the money you can and enjoy it, if you keep thinking of resale then it'll tarnish the fun of the car. I bought a VR needing mot and some minor work, now I'm getting it a full respray and just put leather in it! Gets addictive! :)

[James. 9]

The market seems very hit and miss. They're available at about parts money now. Due to econonimc pressure on luxury purchases, more and more owners are parting good cars out rather than spending months trying to sell them.

 

This increasingly is leaving an emerging drift in the market, between the good and great cars.

 

What with the scarceity of parts and the rising parts prices, I envisage the top end quality dropping off a little and the bottom cars eventually being parted out.

 

As a result it seems a case of "last man standing" may have to be played out before prices start any kind of increase.

 

Personally I think the prices will stay where they are for a good few years yet though. I bought one to take apart and practice my my spanner/resto skills on. The other is for bluffing round in on a daily basis.

 

I say best to enjoy them in the moment and don't get too worried about trying to sell it on. If push came to shove, you could always break it !

[Jim 2]

It's definitely on it's arse in a big way. I've seen some crazy bargains in the last 6 months or so! We can only hope that it makes some kind of recovery :(

[Kevin Bacon 5]

The current price crash is just what the car market needs right now. For far too many years have Brits been ripped off left, right and centre for all things motoring. Finally, it's a buyers market and hoo f'ckin ray to that.

 

And come on, why would anyone buy a Corrado as a investment, I mean, seriously?! Just buy it because you want to enjoy it's legendary looks and handling and no other reason :D

[poll250 0]

I think people are finding all performance orientated cars hard to sell at the moment, not just Corrados. A few exotic (read heavily modified) cars have sold for relatively big money over the last 12-18 months, where as I've seen mint standard cars sit around for months with no interest.

 

It's a strange market at the moment.