Holy Crap This Aston Martin GT12 Is Being Sold At Double The Original List Price
With seemingly more exotic, limited-run cars around right now than ever before, it’s a damn good time to be a flipper. It’s a simple idea: get yourself on the waiting list for a car that’s in high demand - a Porsche GT of some sort, perhaps - take delivery, drive it for a bit, and then sell it on for a massive premium to someone who either wants to skip the queue or missed out on the original run entirely.
As an example of just how bonkers these premiums can be, we’re taking a look at this Aston Martin Vantage GT12. It has 499 miles on the clock, and although the list price was originally £250,000, this one will cost you £499,995.
Yep, half a million quid, and double the original price. Naturally the first owner will have upped the price with a few options, but regardless, that’s an extraordinary price. The reason? Just 100 were made, all sold long ago. And before you get any ideas about the more recent GT8 being a good solution to your hardcore Aston desires, it’s worth pointing out all 150 of those were sold out before the damn thing was even revealed to the public.
So, what exactly do you get for the price of a semi-detached house in outer London? Lots of carbonfibre for a kickoff, as the front wings, bonnet and the aero kit are all made from the stuff.
Also on the GT12 - called GT3 before a moody phone call from Porsche’s lawyers forced a name change - you get race-derived suspension, a 5.9-litre V12 turned up to 592bhp, plus a sportier interior with carbonfibre bucket seats. Oh, and a soundtrack that might just make the asking price seem worth it…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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That’s a lot of money.
Holy crap, Special edition Astons are increasing in value faster than Nintendo stocks after Pokemon GO
Shmee is gigggling right now. And yes i know he has the GT8 but still.
That’s just what rich people do,and it works.I sh*t you not any special edition 911/Ferrari sports car can do this and classics are the best for this
Being a car ‘flipper’ is totally my dream job… (obviously drive it for a little while)
Like all forms of self-sustaining investing, it requires a massive amount of capital (or credit) to first acquire an asset such as this that will appreciate at a rate high enough to serve as your main form of income. It’s almost paradoxical, to think that being super rich means you can finally buy supercars, only to have them either cost you pennies to own, or actually get a positive return on the investment. But that’s how nearly all $300k+ purchases work; they appreciate, otherwise people wouldn’t make the purchase.
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Step 0: Be rich af
That’s a similar story to the 599 GTO
And the F12 TDF.
So will the price of the GT12 go down or go up when the GT8 arrives?
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If it’s a 5.9L then why does it say 6.0 on the engine?
Hmmm… reminds you of anything? :P