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Postby snwtoy » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:42 am

Does anyone have any good reference websites for checking what the new cost of a car was?

Specifically I'm looking for Caldina GTT of course, but also want to compare it to a mate's poverty spec 2001 Audi A4 for a laugh.

I found one site which puts the manual GTT at $22k, but I have no idea what currency that would be, possibly US (website was .net).
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Postby 1I1 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:47 am

Carjam, depending on car... Which it doesn't have for your Wagon.
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Postby fuel » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:49 am

carjam usually shows the price of the car brand new, but mostly for NZ-new models.

*edit* whoops, beaten!
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Postby fivebob » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:04 pm

GTTs were 2,688,000yen for the manual and 2,798,000yen for an auto when they first came out, so about $NZ45-48,000 at today's exchange rate.
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Postby B1NZ » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:04 pm

http://english.auto.vl.ru/catalog/ - Japanese cars only and prices are in Yen
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Postby RomanV » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:15 pm

MZ10 soarer was $51300... In 1981

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Postby 1I1 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 12:29 pm

B1NZ wrote:http://english.auto.vl.ru/catalog/ - Japanese cars only and prices are in Yen


That's a cool site!

Corolla was only 27k 8O
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Postby MR2BOY23 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:12 pm

Think the MR2 GT were around $50k
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Postby fuel » Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:17 pm

fivebob wrote:GTTs were 2,688,000yen for the manual and 2,798,000yen for an auto when they first came out, so about $NZ45-48,000 at today's exchange rate.


That's actually pretty cheap given how much they still cost now for a 10+ year old used one. I wonder how much they would have sold for here had they been offered NZ-new.
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Postby B_giB » Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:46 pm

My old Mercedes in my spec was $125,000 new, I paid $8000 for it in 2006.

Can you say depreciation?
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Postby RunningRich » Thu Aug 26, 2010 1:48 pm

Well the ST205 initially retailed here for NZ$96,000 in 1994 (plus the optional aircon and leather), later reducing to $83,000. I would've expected the Caldina to be similar.

Kinda explains why they were not offered NZ new...
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Postby 1I1 » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:04 pm

lol @ NSX-R around $200k NZ. I'll take two
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Postby B_giB » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:15 pm

Wasnt a JZA80 Supra like $160,000 or something?
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Postby Mr. Mainstream » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:31 pm

Id Be Interested if anyone remembers how much NZ-built Escorts were new?
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Postby fuel » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:41 pm

I think one of the biggest depreciating cars are BMWs, E39 540s were $206k brand new in 1995-1997, from around 2008 onwards higher kms examples were only starting from $5k - now you could almost get a good example for $5-6k.

One of the better value holding vehicles at the moment are Mazda 6/Atenzas, for a $35k new car even 2002 models today are still $12-13k+ second hand.
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Postby ryanfels » Thu Aug 26, 2010 2:55 pm

wow the gx81s were worth about $53,000 new, you can pick one up for between $1000-$3000 now
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Postby pjay » Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:48 pm

Bumdubs was $104,900 brand new..

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Postby loudsir » Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:52 pm

pjay wrote:Bumdubs was $104,900 brand new..

Wow.. iLol'd.
What model is it? Mine was $101,900 in 1995 and I paid $5500 for it in 2008! 328i SE sedan, auto.
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Postby Emperor » Thu Aug 26, 2010 4:58 pm

According to that site, my Stagea was $24,000 new and RX7 $28,000 new...
Pretty sure RX7s were more..
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Postby dnalunchie » Thu Aug 26, 2010 5:09 pm

I remember reading an old Autocar issue which mentioned that in 1998 Subaru Aussie brought in 20 Version 5 Sti's at a cost of Aussie $100k

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