Intermeccanica has raised the base prices of the Speedster $31,900, and Roadster $33,500 - that's a 7% & 9% increase since Theron originally listed their prices in the maker's section.
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Intermeccanica has raised the base prices of the Speedster $31,900, and Roadster $33,500 - that's a 7% & 9% increase since Theron originally listed their prices in the maker's section.
Thanks to the incredible shrinking American dollar and our record debt. If he raised prices to maintain pace with that, the increase would be even more.
Don't Blame Me.. I voted for Kerry in '04
J Ward
Don't Blame Me.. I voted for Kerry in '04
J Ward
I wonder when was the last time they sold one at the base price....
As long as there are guys willing to pay the bucks the prices will increase, no matter who is president....Kerry was an asshole....
His wife is an asshole.....Sorry Jim.....
As long as there are guys willing to pay the bucks the prices will increase, no matter who is president....Kerry was an asshole....
His wife is an asshole.....Sorry Jim.....
Vince,
And Bushy ain't one? Get real. Thank him when you pay much more for everything than you did in 04.
Bruce
And Bushy ain't one? Get real. Thank him when you pay much more for everything than you did in 04.
Bruce
So whats the deal, no political threads the whole time I am gone. I just start posting and it all starts again, ok, I get it, I will stay gone.
When I bought my Intermeccanica I gave the money changers $100 U.S. and was given $150 CDN back. A year ago, January 2004 I received about $120 CDN back for my $100 US. Of course the cost of the Intermeccanica is going to go up.
But Shame on you guys for turning this into another Political Bashing on this thread. Take it to the "anything goes" section or onto some political blog. It is not needed here. Gee Wiz.
But Shame on you guys for turning this into another Political Bashing on this thread. Take it to the "anything goes" section or onto some political blog. It is not needed here. Gee Wiz.
OK
Vince,
A little class...please.
A little class...please.
Sorry guys, I lost my head.....(when Mike put it on the picture of my speedster on another thread) ......No more politics........
It was totally inappropriate of me to voice my opinion about the leading Democtat the party had to offer...or his wife...
It was totally inappropriate of me to voice my opinion about the leading Democtat the party had to offer...or his wife...
yeah sure david, but who did you vote for?
Good point Dale.
My point wasn't to bash IM, it was to point out the prices in the makers section are no longer accurate
My point wasn't to bash IM, it was to point out the prices in the makers section are no longer accurate
Bruce, don't ask, don't tell!
When I was a kid $1 CDN was about 1.05 US. When our dollar was higher. Now it's the other way around. The CDN dollar is hovering around 83 cents US. Over the last 5 years it has gone as low as 68 cents. Boy those were the days for Canadian manufacturing. I was making about 100K a month on foreign exchange since we sold in USD. But now the weakening of the USD in relation to the strenthening of the Euro has bolstered the CDN dollar.
The Canadian government would be excited if it stayed around 75 cents USD. We have become a manufacturing and export economy. So in a nutshell the difference between the USD and CDN dollar is that the USD has shrunk over 40% in the last 18 months. The costs of steel alone have risen more than that. If the price adjustment was only 9% for the Mercedes of Speedster you got off lucky.
Now that sounds like an accountant talking doesn't it. Hang on..............tshhhhisshhh.......glooo-gloooo-glooooo........slirp.....ahhhhh now that I have a beer in me. SUPPORT YOUR CAR SHOW, ATTEND KNOTTS AND CARLISLE
The Canadian government would be excited if it stayed around 75 cents USD. We have become a manufacturing and export economy. So in a nutshell the difference between the USD and CDN dollar is that the USD has shrunk over 40% in the last 18 months. The costs of steel alone have risen more than that. If the price adjustment was only 9% for the Mercedes of Speedster you got off lucky.
Now that sounds like an accountant talking doesn't it. Hang on..............tshhhhisshhh.......glooo-gloooo-glooooo........slirp.....ahhhhh now that I have a beer in me. SUPPORT YOUR CAR SHOW, ATTEND KNOTTS AND CARLISLE
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Right your are Mike, and thanks...
Hey, along with the message about downloading pornography lets add "no politics" LOL
Back to the subject at hand....I think the prices are well shown on Henry's site now and they probably don't even need to be posted here?
Back to the subject at hand....I think the prices are well shown on Henry's site now and they probably don't even need to be posted here?
Mike,
What great "Speedster World" art !
What great "Speedster World" art !
Let the price go up! Let all the vendors raise the price of a base model. It will make the used Speedsters sell for more. We can all gain from this.
Or Not.
MRDS
Or Not.
MRDS
"Some people know the cost of everything and the value of nothing..."
Oh, I am the one that is guilty as charged. I baited that post.. a very stupid thing to do. I know that politics have zero place on this forum and I apologize. Vince just reacted to my crud, that's all. I don't blame him at all.
As far as price. I think HR does work with customers to squeeze as much into the deal as he can. There is more flexibility in having a wide range of options. When was the last time Kirk or John cut a special discount? I think everyone pays the price there too. I feel damn good about the price I paid. I Paid the price of a base IM in my VS (at 03 prices) once I chunked that mexi-crap-crate soft anchor that came in it and upgraded brakes and the gas tank and finally got it at the level I should have ordered in the first place. (I blame myself.. I was a rookie.)
Anyway, it's a stupid thread... go price a new SUV and compare it to the prices over the years. I think the trend is common to a lot of things..., including 912s, 911s, and 356s.. unfortunately that upward trend includes gasoline prices.
Jim
No Voting Record.
As far as price. I think HR does work with customers to squeeze as much into the deal as he can. There is more flexibility in having a wide range of options. When was the last time Kirk or John cut a special discount? I think everyone pays the price there too. I feel damn good about the price I paid. I Paid the price of a base IM in my VS (at 03 prices) once I chunked that mexi-crap-crate soft anchor that came in it and upgraded brakes and the gas tank and finally got it at the level I should have ordered in the first place. (I blame myself.. I was a rookie.)
Anyway, it's a stupid thread... go price a new SUV and compare it to the prices over the years. I think the trend is common to a lot of things..., including 912s, 911s, and 356s.. unfortunately that upward trend includes gasoline prices.
Jim
No Voting Record.
This is scary, but I agree with GB...
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"Price is what you pay. Value is what you get"
"The Speedster Kit Car business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic car lot where princes, thieves and pimps run free, trophy girls shine hoods, and good men spend money like wild dogs. There's also a negative side." JBW (ripping HST)
Jim, I really miss that guy. Where will we ever find someone like him again?...thanks for the laughs.
"good men spend money like wild dogs" That is the truth, and the truth shall set you free. Were all wild dogs. LOL
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There is a steel shortage out there. I know with my work stuff it has increased a lot more than just 7-9%. The mining companies have agreed to a 71% price hike this year on iron ore. At first it was just the large items that use a lot of metal, now it's filtered down to smaller components too. Couple this with the weaker dollar, I don't think Intermeccanica's price increase is unreasonable.
Here's another Oscar Wilde quote that I like....especially since I'm a teacher.
"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
"Education is an admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing that is worth knowing can be taught."
Ron, or: "You don't ever know what you know until you know what you don't know".
Ron, that sounds like a lyric from "All you need is love" (song) Beatles.
Lord Kelvin once said: "Large increases in cost with questionable increases in performance can be tolerated only for race horses and fancy women".
Brian, Lord Kelvin might have included Professional Athletes in that quote had he been born about 100 years later.
But, as any hot-rodder/race-car builder/show-car owner will tell you, "If you wanna' play, you gotta' pay".
The law of supply and demand combined with a worsening exchange rate to bring about a hefty price increase at Intermeccanica this year. Henry seems to be at no loss for work, so one wonders- why in the world would he not raise his price? I doubt if anybody here would not give themselves a raise to be worked a bit less, and make the same amount of money- or work the same amount, and make a little more. The only other alternative would be for him to not work at all, and that would be a loss to the replica community as a whole.
The price increase was substantial. It makes the prices everyone thought outrageous several years ago seem pretty reasonable- kind of like the '63 split window 'vette I could have bought in 1980 for $5K (If I'd only had $5K back then..) looks pretty good in light of what a split window commands now.
You want the '63 split of the replica world, available right now? Check the Mike Wiggens ad in the "Classified" section. $50K will look pretty cheap in a couple of years for that car. Now, if I only had $50K....
The law of supply and demand combined with a worsening exchange rate to bring about a hefty price increase at Intermeccanica this year. Henry seems to be at no loss for work, so one wonders- why in the world would he not raise his price? I doubt if anybody here would not give themselves a raise to be worked a bit less, and make the same amount of money- or work the same amount, and make a little more. The only other alternative would be for him to not work at all, and that would be a loss to the replica community as a whole.
The price increase was substantial. It makes the prices everyone thought outrageous several years ago seem pretty reasonable- kind of like the '63 split window 'vette I could have bought in 1980 for $5K (If I'd only had $5K back then..) looks pretty good in light of what a split window commands now.
You want the '63 split of the replica world, available right now? Check the Mike Wiggens ad in the "Classified" section. $50K will look pretty cheap in a couple of years for that car. Now, if I only had $50K....