Sotheby's Investment Advice

[Neil M]

“THE RATIONAL LOTT£RY

You’ve got money burning a hole in your pocket. The bank is offering piffling interest.
RM Sotheby’s Europe Managing Director, Max Girardo suggests some investments:

1) BMW E9 3.0 CSL
2) Porsche 996 Turbo
3) Alfa Romeo Duetto Spider
4) Ferrari 365 GT4 2+2
5) Maserati Merak
6) BMW E46 M3 CSL
Collectable’ is code for ‘rare’ – the lower the numbers the better.
The E46 generation M3 was a great car and the CSL was the lightest and the best.
Only 1400 were made in 2004 so that’s a small pool of cars.
Find a low mileage example with FSH and it’s a sure-fire classic of the future.

7) Limited Edition Hypercars"

Extract taken from Top Gear Retro

The secret's out

[sailorbaz]

Where's the 'Share on Facebook' button,

[PeteGray]

Good article and find. Amazingly I've got three of the cars on the list, well I will have later this week.

The CSL, Porsche and the Ferrari (mine is actually the 400, which is the 4 rear light - as opposed to 6 rear light - evolution of the 365).

Thanks Max!

[GregorFuk]

What about a high mileage car without a FSH? I do wonder.

[Rick H]

The article . . .

[Chappers]

Originally Posted by GregorFuk

What about a high mileage car without a FSH? I do wonder.

Who's got one of those?

I do have the same thoughts though about the cars still being used, whether the market will drag them up or they'll always be undesirable in the eyes of collectors.

[petery]

If looking at a Porsche 2.7RS would you worry about the mileage or the overal condition and how it's been cared for?

Same with the CSL eventually mileage becomes irrelevant and in my view cars that are used are normally much better than the ones that are sat around. (As I'm currently finding out!)

[GregorFuk]

Originally Posted by Chappers

Who's got one of those?

I do have the same thoughts though about the cars still being used, whether the market will drag them up or they'll always be undesirable in the eyes of collectors.

I have 85K on the clock, ~35K on the engine supplied by Quarry Motors and DIY fitted by myself. A patchy mid life service history to boot. But the car has been a rolling restoration project for me and is now looking fantastic. It's had a full Inspection 2 and will get new dampers all round this winter. So where does it sit now I wonder to myself?

[73CSL]

Originally Posted by petery

If looking at a Porsche 2.7RS would you worry about the mileage or the overal condition and how it's been cared for?

Same with the CSL eventually mileage becomes irrelevant and in my view cars that are used are normally much better than the ones that are sat around. (As I'm currently finding out!)

usually it seems there becomes a normal price bracket that cars fall into .. then there are the exceptions that fall either side either as ultra low mileage , original paint collectors pieces , or at the other end of the spectrum tatty non matching numbers cars etc ( this is with ref to aircooled porsches ) . I imagine CSL's will follow the same.

Out of interest, how many CSL's worldwide ?

[shimmy]

Originally Posted by GregorFuk

I have 85K on the clock, ~35K on the engine supplied by Quarry Motors and DIY fitted by myself. A patchy mid life service history to boot. But the car has been a rolling restoration project for me and is now looking fantastic. It's had a full Inspection 2 and will get new dampers all round this winter. So where does it sit now I wonder to myself?

about £5k imho

makes mine seem like a garage queen!