Motor shows are brilliant, aren’t they? Where else can you see the very latest metal, get all excited and then realise that you can’t afford any of it?
Never mind that you now have sore feet, aching calves and indigestion from that burger, the main take away from the Geneva motor show is going to be that you can’t… Either the latest thing is going to cost a fortune or be filed under ‘interesting concept that will never get made’. There is an alternative: a people’s motor show that includes old models that have depreciated and other oddities. Step this way.
A is for Aston Martin and news that it will make a mid-engined supercar is, I suppose, par for the big-brand course. It hasn’t done that before, apart from the prototype DBR1. We would be inclined to buy a Virage: relatively affordable and head turning, and not DB derivative. Hand-built almost 30 years ago and in need of a rebuild now, 1992 examples can start at £59,990.
That brand-new BMW 7 Series facelift: they’re not getting any prettier, are they? Instead, go for a proper 750 Sport from 2002-08 with 108,000 miles – £6495 from a trade seller with a warranty and all depreciated out. Just check the electrics and suspension.
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Great list of alternatives
But wouldn't it be good if Autocar organised a real Bangernomics motor show? Let's be honest, there's more diversity here than you'll find at a contemporary show and I particularly like the idea that many of the listed models are still relatively new everyday-usable cars which are available for not much money at all.
Maybe I'm cheered by the fact that I own one of those examples above, a rare model not seen on the roads much, but fun, cheap to run and as reliable as anything you can buy new. But I'd hesitate to call it a banger!
LP in Brighton wrote:
Agree, these arent really bangernomics models, more shrewd used car choices. I had a 2010 crz which was huge fun, ridiculously cheap to run and very practical if you dont need rear seats. I only sold/ part exchanged it for a cheaper 2012 colt cleartec to gain some money to sort the 94 eunos roadster I aquired out.
A mate of mine has recently bought a 3.0l diesel 7 series for very little, an incredible amount of car for such little cash, and everything works. Awesome, still not a banger though.