I know most (all?) cars depreciate but was wondering what would be the best "fun" and sporty car you could get for a for a budget of about 7-10K that you could sell in about 2 years and recoup most of the money spent...

Ideally nothing too old, or potentially unreliable!

 

Caterham, Westfield or an Elise.

 

Audi RS2, though wont be a minter at the level.

 

Escort Cosworth, though for £10k it won't be a minter either

 

if you could fing another 3 grand you could buy an escort cosworth then in 5 years time sell it for more than you brought it for! if i had 13k to blow this seems like the car to buy for no depreciation

 

haha beat me to it! these STI,s are deffo quicker

 

Morgan?

List price for them after 2 years used to be more than showroom price.

 

TVR Cerbera

May get a few niggles with it, but these seem to bottom out at about 10k.

Can't see a 7k Elise losing too much either now, and these are cheap to run.

 

S2000

 

M635csi or E30 M3.

 

Mini Cooper S.

 

Mini cooper s, I may have my wifes for sale soon if you interested? Great little car but not great for kids soon to come!

 

Well its got to be something relatively rare ...!

 

I have a mini cooper s works for sale at close to that, mega spec. Hold their value pretty well.

 

EK9 Honda Civic Type R

 

Elise.

 

DC2 Integra Type-R


Cheers,
Grant

 

First thought was a 3 door Sierra cossie. But I suspect that might be too old.

 

Any Ford RS really, bought my Sapphire Cosworth nearly 18 months ago and it's still worth more than I've spent on it

 

what he said

 

MX 5 or Elise.

Elise seems to keep coming up

 

Most performance cars a few years old will hold there own very well. Apart from being a petrol head its one of the reasons I always muck about with performance cars, and performance cars generally around the 1996-1999 age hold there value whether it be an elise, M3 Evo conv, TVR chimera, MX5, Skyline, Scoob, Mist EVO, etc,etc

But as said above for a proper little toy for around the 7-9K mark the elise has to be a good bet, depends on the type of car you are looking for.

 

If it's going to be a 2nd car AND will be garaged AND will be used for limited miles, from personal experience i'd recommend an integrale evo.

10k buys a good one which will be worth more in a couple of years provided the condition is maintained. Note that they do rot and do go wrong so utmost maintainence is required!

They also make you feel like a million dollars, best feel good car i've had by a long long long long way. If you don't like attention (of the good kind) then dont bother...you expect blokes to look over/comment on the car but it surprised me the number of car-head ladies and old fogies who would drool over it.....even helped me pick up one very fine looking young lady who i was with for a nearly a year LOL!!!

Uber cool

 

BUGATTI VEYRON £1 Million to buy new £1.6 now Start saving

 

Racing Puma.

£7k will get you a good one with an LSD. As long as you don't let the arches rust and keep the Alcons maintained, you should be able to sell it for £7k in 2 years.

Steve

 

nail on the head mate - I paid 10 grand for mine, ran it for 4 1/2 years without missing a beat, and then sold it for 10,500. the ONLY car I have ever ran for that length of time and got more than my money back!! Sad to see her go!

 

Fire Up The ............ ?

Although its old.

 

After considering all sorts for all of the same reasons, I've just bought a 1999 Alpina B10 V8.

Worth not far off half the amount an equivalent M5, all for a mint, 40k miler one owner car with 350bhp and a bit of rarity value thrown in.

No Vanos or nikasil issues to worry about either. It's gonna drink, but it's a second car anyway, and owners on the Alpina forum seem to quote respectable MPG figures (for a V8) anyway. Time will tell.

It's already depreciated £55k, so don't think it can go much further And the extra £10k saved by not buying an M5 can go into the VX220 fund.

 

VW Corrado VR6 Storm.

Get one in low mileage in great condition for £6/7k and it will, if anything, appreciate.

Whatever you get, get a good one (I mean REALLY get a GOOD one) otherwise it will depreciate. Most cars that don't depreciate are the ones in tip-top condition - so you must keep it this way.

 

Some very interesting options! In no particular order...

Cossie - bang on about already being a classic, but would be scared off due to no mechanical ability whatsoever! As said, hard to find a mint example too...

Intergrale - As with the cossie, fantastic car but with no ability to fix it if (when!) it goes wrong.

MX5 - Already got one, want a change!

Elise - Too small (? I find the MX cramped as I'm 6ft 6) and problems with the engine? Maybe a bit too raw for most of my mileage which is in and around the war-torn streets of SE London... Speedbump central!

DC2 - Tried one, liked it and am looking for a good example. Would you go for a UK or JDM version? I'd imagine the UK would be "easier" to re-sell and insure?

Alpina - Mmmmmm, was looking at some big engined 5 series and this would be an interesting choice.

Corrado - Always liked these, will have a little look! Noted that it MUST be a minter!

Any others? Was thinking Mercs (W124 series maybe?)