16vG60

[BILLCOR 1]

John Mitchells beast, hefty price tag http://pistonheads.co.uk/sales/4047516.htm

[dragon green 5]

Can't believe John's selling. !!!

[Portent 0]

Quite surprising. The ultimate g60. I would love that (although if I had that money spare I probably.wouldn't be buying a Corrado so that's the catch 22). I hope it goes to someone who appreciate it.

[Jim 2]

Can't believe he's selling it. You wouldn't believe the attention this car gets at shows and deservedly so... absolutely stunning!

[Swompy 0]

The car underneath it is pretty good ;)

[JMC 0]

Lovely car - wonder what power it actually makes (says in the ad 'capable of 300bhp', not produces 300bhp)?

[Abdul 0]

Lovely car - wonder what power it actually makes (says in the ad 'capable of 300bhp', not produces 300bhp)?

 

X2... With 300 bhp id say it's worth near asking price. Anything less then 270-280 forget it IMO.

[Jim 2]

X2... With 300 bhp id say it's worth near asking price. Anything less then 270-280 forget it IMO.

 

I think that's a slightly simplistic view of things. There is so much that has been done to that car and it's absolutely pristine. 20BHP off the power figure and it's immediately not worth the asking price? Bear in mind the power to weight element here too - carbon fiber roof and bonnet go some way to shaving a substantial amount of weight off the thing which will make 280BHP in that much more than 280BHP in an original Corrado!

[JMC 0]

Agreed Jim - I can say from experience what even swapping to a cf bonnet makes compared to standard (especially with 250bhp, lol). The roof was always something I wanted to do, but never got round to it. I'm just intrigued to know how close to 300 he did get - can the glader reliably push enough air to make that sort of power (other than having to rebuild it every 20mins)?

[tentonhammer 10]

Loverly beast for sale, I recognize it from some where? Always been a fan of the CB bonnet & CB roof I bet it shaves loads off the weight. And to get close to 300BHP out of it... That's pretty serious! I'm sure it's worth the money to the right buyer

[BILLCOR 1]

Loverly beast for sale, I recognize it from some where? Always been a fan of the CB bonnet & CB roof I bet it shaves loads off the weight. And to get close to 300BHP out of it... That's pretty serious! I'm sure it's worth the money to the right buyer

 

Have a look here http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?52022-JMR-16VG60-Corrado

[tentonhammer 10]

Have a look here http://the-corrado.net/showthread.php?52022-JMR-16VG60-Corrado

 

yep lol - That's the one alright, always been a fave of mine

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Knowing full well the amount of blood, sweat, toil and cash that goes into cars like this, that's a very fair price indeed. Probably worth it for the engine alone as from what I gather, decent 16V G60 engines are rare as hen's teeth and not cheap to build!

 

Whether the asking price will be realised in this climate or not remains to be seen, but hopefully someone with the right mindset will crack their wallet open for it.

[Abdul 0]

Whether the asking price will be realised in this climate or not remains to be seen, but hopefully someone with the right mindset will crack their wallet open for it.

 

I doubt it. My point in my original post was most guys would rather a newer engined rado ie a 20v with a ko4 which will make a comfortable 280 brake and when these come up for sale they sell for less then 5k these days. To ask 7.5k for a rado in joe public's eye you'd need something seriously rowdy.

 

While this car may have great engineering it's not something that's generaly appreciated without the figures to back it unless you are of course a true corrado nut etc but how many people are these days?

 

Just my humble opinion... 7.5k buys you a hell of a lot of machinery these days.

[g60knight 0]

That cars up for £12500 mate

Edited July 11, 2012 by g60knight

[Graphite 0]

I doubt it. My point in my original post was most guys would rather a newer engined rado ie a 20v with a ko4 which will make a comfortable 280 brake and when these come up for sale they sell for less then 5k these days. To ask 7.5k for a rado in joe public's eye you'd need something seriously rowdy.

 

While this car may have great engineering it's not something that's generaly appreciated without the figures to back it unless you are of course a true corrado nut etc but how many people are these days?

 

Just my humble opinion... 7.5k buys you a hell of a lot of machinery these days.

 

I think you would need to have seen and been in the car to know that it is worth every penny in my opinion.

 

Personally I have (extremely) luckily had the pleasure of seeing AND I have been (extremely, extremely) luckily had the amazing pleasure of being in this car also.

 

A 20vT running 280 will not beat the sound, smell, power delivery and all round experience. I have been driven in a 20vT corrado running 300 and it didn't feel close to John's car at all.

 

I agree that the engineering may not be appreciated by a lot of people however, I think that helps (for me) to justify the price. If I had a lack of knowledge and gave some one a brief to build me something like this it would probably not be the desired result and I would probably spend more in the long run.

 

John is an excellent engineer and the car is what I would Imagine VW would have produced if they had produced a cup/supersport version as a limited model. The engineering work done has been on the same German thought chain.

 

If I had 12.5k lying around I would ring John this second... but I guess I feel so strongly as I have seen and been in the car to know that it wouldn't be a waste of the money.

[BILLCOR 1]

Getting all emotional there above mate! It is one helluva car with a ****t loda time, money and enthusiasm put into it over the years, I to believe its worth the asking price, its just finding a buyer in this current ****ty financial climate

[VR6 0]

It's nice for sure ... but not £12.5k nice.

[jaded2882 0]

Wow, I thought I payed a lot for mine... I'm sure it's worth every penny and there are still people that want cars like this. I know Oz was surprised by the amount of people interested in his when I got it, as he expected it to take months (or not to sell at all). I even bumped into a few people at Combe yesterday who said they were considering buying the vrt when it was up. If it really is a one of a kind then it has a good chance of selling. Unfortunately, a lot of people with a half decent Corrado see things like this and thinks 'mine has 90k on the clock, good paintwork and some nice mods- must be worth loads!'

Edited July 15, 2012 by jaded2882

[Craig 0]

No doubting the car has the engineering features like cf roof, bonnet and engine, but I think the styling is somewhat to be desired, is this was on eBay and just had a 16v engine I think people would question it more than praise the look.

 

 

Everyone can have an opinion and for that asking price I would be looking at something newer but any prospective buyer that has the spare cash more than likely already has something like an rs6 as a daily and this would be their weekend car ;)

 

I hope John gets as close as possible to his asking price as I'm sure it will be hard to part with something you've spent so many hours building.

[Harrier 1]

In my opinion John is justified in asking price due to the extreme high standard of mods carried out,its a unique car & a credit to Johns skills & ability.The problem with owning that car is that everyone will know it as 'John Mitchells car'

[jaded2882 0]

I notice this has gone from Pistonheads now- did it sell?

[steVR6 10]

[quote=Abdul;914405 To ask 7.5k for a rado in joe public's eye you'd need something seriously rowdy.

 

While this car may have great engineering it's not something that's generaly appreciated without the figures to back it unless you are of course a true corrado nut etc but how many people are these days?

 

Just my humble opinion... 7.5k buys you a hell of a lot of machinery these days.

naaaahhhhh mate your well off there imo!

joe public wouldnt buy a 'rado anyway whether it was £1,250 or £12,500 as like you say

they are an enthusiasts motor nowadays.

i see escort rs turbos and other lesser guff:norty: with no where near that spec or appeal

swap hands for 10k plus on a weekly basis.

the audience may be a smaller one,but keener and more appreciative of such work.

if someone with that kinda coin to play with really really wants an ultimate example like that

they will buy it. if (and i mean if,lol)my numbers came up on the lotto tonight i'd have it.

[__Andy__ 0]

the sole reason performancetrim bought my non-sunroof shell was to produce the carbon roof for this very car, having seen the car several times and speaking to john at length about it that brief spec doesnt come close to the attention to detail thats gone into it..the custom venting alloy bumper 'iron' is an absoloute work of art in itself, every single aspect on the car has been revised reworked and improved on many occasions..the word fastidious to describe john's work is an understatement.

 

worth every penny imho regardless of the bhp figure! huge shame for john to be selling it but i look forward to whatever the replacement will be....tho ive got a funny feeling it might have 5 cylinders and be something v v special indeed.

[clumpy1 11]

I doubt it. My point in my original post was most guys would rather a newer engined rado ie a 20v with a ko4 which will make a comfortable 280 brake and when these come up for sale they sell for less then 5k these days. To ask 7.5k for a rado in joe public's eye you'd need something seriously rowdy.

 

While this car may have great engineering it's not something that's generaly appreciated without the figures to back it unless you are of course a true corrado nut etc but how many people are these days?

 

Just my humble opinion... 7.5k buys you a hell of a lot of machinery these days.

I take it you have never driven an 8v g60 never mind a 16v if you had i think your humble opinion would be rather different cos believe me pal g60's are a special thing to drive looking at this one if i had a little more spare cash recently i wouldn't have bought bristolbaron's r32 i would have bought this car no doubt. i see this alot just recently people trying to get thing's mega cheap cos of the economy etc and the quote regarding 20vt engines the only reason they are so cheap is cos there are so many of that engine about. If you were a proper corrado owner you would be backing up a fellow corrado owner when he is trying to sell instead of trying to get the price down (have a word with yourself):sad: