Facelift value?

[gcon45]

After 7 years of ownership I've been toying with the idea of selling my NSX as I just don't get enough time to enjoy it these days as I have a young family and a business.

The car is cat d and was repaired to a very high standard before I bought it (and I'm fussy!).
Few mods - Type-R style steering wheel, gear knob, boss and manual rack and pre-facelift tail lights.

34,000 miles, excellent condition inside and out.
Water pump, timing belt etc all done at 30K.
Only failure I had was the alternator that was replaced last year.


What sort of price bracket should I be looking at?
i know it's a fairly ambiguous question but it's difficult to gauge the market.

The car in question:

[Hagasan]

Might it be worth re-establishing the original spec to gain maximum value? The lack of an airbag steering wheel, original steering rack and early style lights may make people suspicious? Facelift cars don't tend to have previous generation modifications? After all its the facelift cars that achieve the higher values... Just the sort of thoughts that would go through my mind as an "informed buyer". Selling abroad would see less of a price stigma" with the history..

[gcon45]

Yeah they're all bolt on items that I or the buyer could add if they so wished.
I personally think the modifications improve the car but are easily reversed.
The original rack will be included.

[NZNick]

The short answer is I don't know.
What I do know is that there is a lot of competition out there at the present time (for an 02+ NSX) - there are 4 on Pistonheads for example, all of which have been there a wee while. To sell in favour of these you need an edge, probably price.
Look at what is being asked for these cars and pitch yours accordingly.
The other way would be to approach a specialist / dealer, and see what they offer you.

[gcon45]

I do realise that the car won't command anywhere near what the equivalent non-recorded car would.

At the same time every car has to be judged on its own merit and I viewed 2 non-recorded cars (albeit one was a pre-facelift) before deciding to buy this one as it was a better example.

[NoelWatson]

The short answer is I don't know.
What I do know is that there is a lot of competition out there at the present time (for an 02+ NSX) - there are 4 on Pistonheads for example, all of which have been there a wee while. To sell in favour of these you need an edge, probably price.
Look at what is being asked for these cars and pitch yours accordingly.
The other way would be to approach a specialist / dealer, and see what they offer you.

Personally I would consider the targa and coupe to appeal to different audiences, so gcon will be competing against other 2 coupes. One of which is a last 12 which I would suggest would be tempting for a collector (although this one maybe has too many miles). Which leaves you competing against the 2004 £95k with similar miles. If undamaged and reverted to standard I would take a punt at £80k, CAT D I would try £60k, all IMO.

[nobby]

mmmm would be interested in this ... but the big elephant in the room is my own car and determining the value of it as well to help fund such a purchase!

[duncan]

I don't want to appear rude or disparaging to any of the posters - BUT - put the car, your car, whatever, into the market. Whether EBay, Manhiems(we buy any car) or Bonhams the answer is the same, what it sells for is it's worth.
If you want to, or need to, then sell it.
If you want some form of reassurance that it's now worth £x-xxx,000 or 'I would sell the car if it was worth £x,000' then sorry.

[WhyOne?]

I don't want to appear rude or disparaging to any of the posters - BUT - put the car, your car, whatever, into the market. Whether EBay, Manhiems(we buy any car) or Bonhams the answer is the same, what it sells for is it's worth.
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That's all very well and true(ish) if you are content to sell your car in some form of auction, and I do agree with you that any car is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

However, many people want an understanding of how much to advertise their car for and therefore to have rather more control over what price the car will sell for. Pitch the car too low, you don't realise the maximum potential; set the price too high (the safer of the two options IMHO!) and the car probably wont sell- not the end of the world, but the sale will become a protracted process.

[nobby]

im sorry but i feel you are a tad rude @duncan. This is an NSX forum whereby owners should be able to seek advice on car valuations. No one wants to look like an a$$ when valuating their cars and then get zero interest. If you cant get some valuable advice by very people that own these cars on a dedicated NSX forum then it says alot about the forum in general.

If you have nothing worthwhile to add then ignore the thread better saying nothing than nothing at all of substance

+1 @whyone