OUR RATIONALE

In keeping with the long-standing theme of each January issue being our Performance special, for this instalment we searched for some of those exciting cars from a few years back. These are supercars or hot hatches, not specially developed for racing or rallying, but still scary enough to deliver a thrill to any wellheeled petrolhead.

Here we list the three least expensive participants from our 2019 Shootout. Others that competed were the Aston Martin Vantage V8, BMW M5 Competition, BMW M2 Competition, Audi RS5 Coupé, Mercedes-amg GL63S Coupé, Kia Stinger 3,3T, Porsche 911T and Porsche 718 Cayman GTS.

For interest’s sake, we wondered in which direction the residual values for some of these (or the nearest model year) have subsequently gone and made some interesting observations. A used Porsche 917 Cayman GTS now sells for R1,25 million (new: R1,12 million); 2018 Porsche 911T for R2,5 million (new: R1,5 million); 2014 Aston Martin Vantage V8 for R1,4 million (new: R2,9 million); 2019 Audi RS5 Coupé for R1,1 million (new: R1,3 million); 2019 BMW M2 Competition for R781 000 (new: R1 million); and a 2020 Mercedes-amg GLC63 S Coupé for R1,5 million (new: R1,7 million).

Most of these prized possessions had less than 15 000 km under the belt, but there is no way to know just how hard those miles may have been on the mechanicals. Still, it does show that if you look after your supercar and try to not put too much mileage on the clock, you can get back most of – or sometimes more than – your initial outlay.