Dangermouse
04-18-2013, 04:19 PM
I have been amazed at the number of cars on Chris’ DeLoreansForSale page so I decided to track them for the first quarter of 2013. Were there really that many of these “rare” cars being offered for sale? Here is what I found:
There were 61 cars listed for sale in US and Canada in 1Q13 (from Chris’s site as well as other sources), 27 on ebay, 22 on craigslist and 4 others. This does not include those cars currently in inventory at the various DMC franchises (at least a further 20 cars). These were cars that were freshly advertised and may not include cars that were listed in 2012 but did not sell. To the best of my ability I looked at the craigslist cars and removed any that had a corresponding ebay ad, so I am fairly confident that these are 61 different cars.
There were 7 cars in January, 25 in Feb and 29 in March
Average miles, for those cars that listed a mileage, was 29411
Average Asking Price (when stated) was $24,000 and Average Sales Price, where known, was $20,470
So that’s quite a collection of cars for a prospective buyer to choose from, maybe 20 or 30 from private buyers available at any one time.
In addition, there were a few cars (8) available internationally (UK, Europe, Australia). Interestingly, while their advertised mileage was broadly similar, at 30465, their Average Asking Price is considerably higher at $38,875 (converted from local currency). The only one that I could find sales info on, had sold for the equivalent of $39,700.
No, I won’t be repeating this exercise as it was way too much work. I’ll leave that up to Ozzie and that other recently posted website
There were 61 cars listed for sale in US and Canada in 1Q13 (from Chris’s site as well as other sources), 27 on ebay, 22 on craigslist and 4 others. This does not include those cars currently in inventory at the various DMC franchises (at least a further 20 cars). These were cars that were freshly advertised and may not include cars that were listed in 2012 but did not sell. To the best of my ability I looked at the craigslist cars and removed any that had a corresponding ebay ad, so I am fairly confident that these are 61 different cars.
There were 7 cars in January, 25 in Feb and 29 in March
Average miles, for those cars that listed a mileage, was 29411
Average Asking Price (when stated) was $24,000 and Average Sales Price, where known, was $20,470
So that’s quite a collection of cars for a prospective buyer to choose from, maybe 20 or 30 from private buyers available at any one time.
In addition, there were a few cars (8) available internationally (UK, Europe, Australia). Interestingly, while their advertised mileage was broadly similar, at 30465, their Average Asking Price is considerably higher at $38,875 (converted from local currency). The only one that I could find sales info on, had sold for the equivalent of $39,700.
No, I won’t be repeating this exercise as it was way too much work. I’ll leave that up to Ozzie and that other recently posted website