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What a car is worth is the easy half. These are about the reason behind the number — written for people deciding whether to buy, keep or sell.
Six more cylinders costs £6,000
A DB7 with the supercharged six is £32,000. The same body with an all-new V12 in it is £38,000 — and it is the better car in almost every respect.
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The cheapest manual V12 Ferrari costs £60,000. It has back seats.
A 550 Maranello is £120,000. A 456 GT — same era, same layout, same gated manual, one V12 — is half that. The difference is two seats nobody uses.
· 5 min
A gearbox worth £26,000: the last manual 911 Turbo
Two Porsche 997 Turbos, same year, same engine, same power. One has three pedals and is worth £88,000. The other has two and is worth £62,000.
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Two identical E-Types, £175,000 apart. The difference is paperwork.
A Series 1 3.8 with its original engine is £250,000. The same car, same year, same colour, with an engine that came from somewhere else is £75,000.
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Everyone says "the last air-cooled 911". Here is what the phrase actually costs.
A 993 Carrera is £80,000. The 996 that replaced it two model years later is £35,000. Almost nothing else about the two cars explains a gap that size.
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The 996 Turbo is punished for an engine problem it does not have
The IMS bearing ruined the 996's reputation. The Turbo does not use that engine — and it is still priced as though it does.
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The E30 M3 costs more than every M3 built since. That isn't nostalgia.
A Sport Evolution is £140,000. A G80 M3 — quicker in every measurable way — is £75,000. The gap has nothing to do with which is the better car.
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