RossL

I can't speak for the other but if you find a Scud in the 120-130k range you better run away. Scud prices are holding solid in 170-190 range depending on year, mileage, color, options, etc.

I know of 2 people that purchased McLaren 12C's in the 170s a few months ago.

neanicu

Thanks for the input everyone!

I didn't think you can negotiate such a large discount for an exotic,but admittedly I've never tried...
But since you and Mark(mqandil) are saying 12Cs can be had around 170K when the car is advertised at over 200K,I see no reason to doubt that. I guess you just have to walk in,throw a ridiculously low offer and leave...see if the bomb explodes sort to speak.

Tacet-Conundrum

I swear McLaren did that on Purpose, made the 650 look like the P1. That and how many of us really knew of the P1s being on sale when they were? No one really - it was more of a Ferrari move where they offered the car to previous owners of their cars or people they knew or liked.

Alessandro Ribola, the head Sales Manager - think he might manage the whole place actually, of McLaren of San Francisco has really been putting out the welcome mat for me to take the MP4 out for a night of driving - But I feel kind of odd in doing something to that magnitude when I know I will never bite and purchase one New. Maybe from used Stock buy my taste change from day to day. I know I would rather get into an 993 Turbo S before ever buying a McLaren. That is unless someone could sell me an McLaren F1 for oh about $200K... never going to happen - an 90's McLaren F1 is worth a million more than a Bugatti.

Ultimately, I could see "SOME" European's cross shopping used MP4-12Cs with a Brand New, new engined, Porsche GT3 due to cost. But then again how much are the MP4s going for used in Europe? It's that damned extra carrying cost of Luxury Taxes, VATs, and whatever else what country you happen to be living in want to add on top of that. In the USA I can Config a GT3 before Taxes and Destination charges and still get it out the door for less than how much the new 991 Turbo is MSRP`ing at-at the moment which is a bang up deal... if indeed they did fix the boom bang engines catching fire like they were Ferrari 458s!

AndyBrew

you can buy a used low miles (6000ish) MP4 couple of years old for about £120,000.

jlee504

We have to stop this thread. It's causing me too much competition in the market. I called a dealer this morning to inquire about a car and by the end of the day the salesperson said "we've had an unbelievable amount of interest today! We're going to hold to our asking price"

Jeff

kyrocks

Me too. Already visited the McLaren dealer. Drive one, Sam.

kyrocks

I agree.

jlee504

Are you looking for a mclaren? Apparently there should be a lot of 2012s hitting soon. I called several dealers and they all mentioned expecting cars coming in as pre-trade for the 650s

SamFromTX

Oh boy, peer pressure again. Did you drive one? Considering the enormous sound your RS makes, this must have sounded like a stealth car in comparison. Do tell.

kyrocks

Just drive one. I don't want to affect your opinion. I will tell once you have driven one. Go to PP McLaren on Lemmon and ask for Will Fletcher.

CAlexio

I think people in general like to act like they have and negotiating skills which lead them to announce crazy low purchase prices. It's a humble brag of sorts, but in my experience, negotiating 10-15% of the advertised price of a car is not doable. The poor 12c may have gotten a bad rap BC of lack of character, but it's a world class car and isn't ab to be given away. Prove me wrong

alexb76

+1000... I test drove one last year and it was simply amazing. One huge feature not discussed is how amazing its ride is, while providing fantastic handling.

Arth

I drove one for around 2 hours. Albeit it did not have the sports exhaust.

It was an amazing car. Looks great, goes like Hell, handles fantastic and sounds great too.

That being said, I didn't get out of it thinking, I better get my money back for the GT3 and get one of these.

Something to note. In the UAE you can get a 2012( full software upgrade) fully optioned( I really mean fully optioned) being driven for around 5000 km for around 170,000 usd.

Just 20k more than what I paid for my gt3.

Definitely in the price range for me....... Still not doing it

jlee504

What seems to be killing the 12c is the same thing happening to my m5. The dealers are discounting new 2014 models heavily, a $300k new model will easily be discounted 40k before any negotiating. Several dealers advertise it on their site, and those are spiders.

12c coupes are getting pushed down pretty hard. It could be a worthwhile replacement.

TRAKCAR

Fantastic daily drive for the money.
I'm sure it can handle a few track weekends
I spoke to an owner and after the initial quality issues he had none and for him the car hold up OK on cooler European track days.