Depreciation
New or Three Years Old: The Five Year Cost Compared
The case for buying used is that the first owner absorbed the 20 per cent the Hagerty data records over three years. The case against is...
The cost of ownership desk
The invoice is the cheap part. Everything after it is the subject.
What a supercar costs to own rather than to buy: depreciation, servicing, insurance, tyres and brakes, tax and import, storage and transport. Every figure is sourced next to the claim.
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Depreciation
When the Depreciation Curve Finally Flattens
The comforting version says a supercar falls for a few years, flattens, and eventually turns back up. Hagerty tested it against 28 limited...
Depreciation
What a Supercar Loses in Its First Three Years
A Hagerty study of modern supercars puts the loss at roughly 6 per cent after one year and 20 per cent after three. Against the average...
Depreciation
Depreciation Against Every Other Cost, Side by Side
Owners budget for servicing, insurance, tyres and fuel because those arrive as invoices. The largest cost never does. Setting the published...
Depreciation
Do Electric Supercars Depreciate Faster
Across more than 950,000 five year old cars, iSeeCars measured electric vehicles losing 57.2 per cent against 41.8 per cent for the market...
Depreciation
Why Limited Editions Sell Above List Price
A limited edition trading above its own list price looks like a market failure. It is the opposite: it is the intended result of a supply...
Depreciation
What Every Thousand Miles Costs You at Resale
Everyone knows mileage costs money at resale. Almost nobody knows the shape of it. Hagerty compared auction results against its own...
Sections
Where the work is filed
Six sections, from the loss that never reaches an invoice to the bill that arrives while the car stands still. Pick the cost you are trying to plan for.
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Depreciation
The largest cost of owning a supercar is the one that never appears on an invoice.
10 articles
02
Servicing
Scheduled work, what it contains, and the jobs that need the engine out before anyone touches them.
10 articles
03
Insurance
How a supercar is rated, what the wording excludes, and the clauses that decide a claim.
10 articles
04
Running Costs
Tyres, brakes, fuel and the parts that wear whether the car is driven or not.
10 articles
05
Tax and Import
Duty, value added tax, registration and the annual charges, which differ more between countries than the cars do.
10 articles
06
Storage and Transport
What the car costs while it is standing still, and what it costs to move it without driving it.
10 articles
Method
How we write
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Answer first
The first paragraph carries the answer. Read one sentence and you are served.
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Numbers with a source
Every figure names where it comes from: legislation, tax authorities, insurers, valuation studies, manufacturer reporting.
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The base, not just the number
List price or transaction price, per year or per mile, which country and which date. A percentage without its base is not a figure.
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No sponsored copy
No manufacturer pays for a place here. When that changes, the label will say so.