zedder wrote: A 6 year old car with 56000 miles for 12K ??
What are you on?
To say you are a moderator for a wr1 site you do quite a bit of slating of wr1 residual prices
its one of the best looking limited editions subaru have made !! so why shouldnt it fetch a good price? ive said before on other threads look at the prices of 22bs ,rs escorts, lancia inters,etc why shouldnt a wr1 which was launched to celebrate petters win not hold a good asking price? you should look to be a moderator on evos owners club instead !!!!
Do your numbers. There are less Cossie's worldwide than blob-eye Impreza's in the UK, for starters. So far for exclusivity. We're not even talking about the 22b's then.
Integrale's are indeed fetching a high price. Again, how many good cars are left? In 15 years, a mint WR1 will probably fetch a good price, although I'd put money on the fact that people will want something that looks as close as possible to the actual WRC cars, by then, i.e. a mint WR Blue car with gold coloured wheels...
Today, you can see a blob-eye on every corner of the street (unfortunately even far too often driven by a chav).
Sticking to your logic, The Integrale won quite a few more championships than the Subaru. So did the Evo. Shouldn't that then indeed command premium prices?
As for "Petter's win"... How much does the WR1 reflect that? It's not even called "Petter Solberg"-edition, similar as the RB was called after Richard Burns and it should have been WR Blue with gold wheels maybe to be appropriate...
Except for Gee Wr1 and Caveman, there aren't even WR1 owners here who have a passion for rallying !
Worst of all, as you say yourself, it is
one of the limited editions of the Impreza. We've seen the S203, S204, RB320, RA, RA.R, Spec C, Type-25, etcetc. It's a buyer's market. He who has the money in his pocket has the last say and he will probably look to a few alternatives and get the best his money can buy. And 14K for your 6 year old 56000 miles car... Good luck !