Five used cars, including supercars and 'normal' four wheels, to look at with the eye of long-term investment.
The ranking is the one that, at the end of the year, compiled Carvago.com, a European marketplace specializing in used cars and which selected five car models, even very different from each other by type, which are proving to be a useful investment for those who bought them in unsuspecting times.
To start with supercars, those who bought a Ferrari A58 Speciale Aperta in 2014 made a good investment.
Valued in that period 250 thousand euros, today it is worth 703 thousand.
If about 3000 copies were made of the closed version of the Speciale, the spider is even rarer.
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Five 'investment' models
Ferrari only released 499 examples, of which only 450 were left-hand drive.
375 thousand euros is instead the valuation of a Lexus LFA in 2010, revalued today to over one million euros. When the LFA went into production, five years after the first concept was unveiled, it became clear that Japanese engineers had created a driving tool par excellence.
Developed in collaboration with Yamaha, the 4.8-liter V10 engine was reminiscent of the F1 single-seaters of the time. The bodywork was made of a composite reinforced with carbon fiber.
At Mercedes, one of the reference models on the revaluation front, bears the name of Mercedes-Maybach G 650 Landaulet, in its 'open' version, or rather with a retractable canvas roof. Although the 12-cylinder turbocharged engine produced 630 horsepower, the top speed was limited to 180 km / h due to the off-road chassis. So far the Landaulets have not undergone a drastic price increase, and several little-used examples are on sale in Europe, but still at a higher price than what Mercedes originally requested for the 'standard' version.
Remaining in Germany, a 2017 Porsche 911 GT2 RS (991) was valued at just over € 285,000, while today's average price would be € 459,000. Since 1993, the basic recipe for the GT2 has always been the same, that is to remove all-wheel drive 'ballast' from the 911 Turbo, leaving a legacy of extreme dynamism. In addition to 700 horsepower, the GT2 RS also boasts the lightness that has led to record times not only on the Nürburgring Nordschleife, but also on several other racing circuits around the world.
The world of second-hand revaluation is not just supercars, however.
Suzuki Jimny, for example, again according to Carvago.com, can be included in the list because it illustrates the universal validity of the principle that an excess of demand over supply leads to an increase in prices.
Immediately after its launch, the new generation Jimny disappeared from circulation due to CO2 emission limits.
The solution had to be the N1 version, but the production capacity would not yet keep up with the demand, pushing the prices of 'used' cars (mostly new with minimum mileage) towards sums with which it would be possible to buy an SUV of superior category.
