Anyone have an outlook for old Sports Series range?

It also seems to have missed it's last service which will probably make the Warranty null and void.

Good spot on the missed service, could be a costly omission for somebody.

Sounds like not only a great car but a well-timed purchase - interesting to hear more evidence of how much cheaper they recently were.

Since then prices have risen and the cheapest spider is another £10k over what you paid for yours. The sixty-four thousand dollar question is, to what extent is this rise putting prices back 'where they belong', supported by market demand, and to what extent is it a temporary post-covid-rebound effect that's destined to reverse over the coming 6-12 months?

I don't claim to know the answer, but discussion & variety of views here is all interesting.

I am hunting for a 600 LT, spotted that a few this week have dropped 5-8k in price, though typically cars which were priced north of 160k, cars are hanging around, only really good spec (carbon, senna seats) are selling and only when in the 150k region of price.

An interest rate hike on the cards today / next week and winter approaching I can see prices softening for sure on Mclarens and also many other brands of super car as well.

I am sitting on my money, can see a 600LT Spider around 130-140k early next year, back to where they started at beginning of pandemic. As to 570S I can see a few more trading hands in the 65-75k region, so much car for the money.

I dont see the 570s dropping that low, a good example is 90-100k plus, 25% or more would be a big ask. A very base spec with high miles maybe but that doesnt represent the market at all.

There is nothing new down the line, no more sport series, no more v8's, whilst hybrids might be the "future", the last of the ice cars will be in demand, same goes for the 600lt, 650s etc

If i had sat on my money last year i would have missed an absolute great year and a half of ownership, its time i could never get back had i sat on the fence, i was prepared to loose some money for the experience.

Jump in now, if your financing any money and interest rates keep rising, your loosing all the time anyway.

Man maths:

Price was v high on the car I was selling - so maximised the sell point for that

Reiterating what was said above, 90-100 was the 'average' for a 570GT for age, spec, mileage.

I've bought from a dealer, so I can equate 4k per year of the spend being the warranty provided. The peace of mind here is priceless

Financing now before the rates jump saves a penny. Rates are only going one way for the foreseeable future - which then generates the downside, that it will force prices to drop.

The finance company put considerable thought into the value of the car after 3 years - this is where the risk is for them. The biggest challenge is they dont know what the value will be. Will the car be only worth 50K, will it be 70? There are no 570's to compare it to. Compare it against the MP12 and what that did doesn't take into account when McL launch competing cars.

Paying 95k now knowing that there is a bubble on prices accepts that there will be point in which the value drops beyond the curve of just age/mileage depreciation. There whole second hand car market is currently stuffed - but for supercars it isn't connected to the same issues. Elsewhere supply and demand (there are few new cars, parts are a nightmare, price of oil is more volatile than ever) has resulted in huge bubbles for 'normal' cars - I know, I've exploited it to sell my previous car. The bubble on supercars does exist - but IMHO not to the same extreme. There is a smaller market and people who can afford will be still willing to pay for the limited number of vehicles available. I dont think this bubble will pop - just slowly deflate as the number of people able to pay is reduced due to inflation/cost of living / loss of disposable income.

I bought my low-mileage 570S spider 18 months ago for £120K from a main dealer and twelve months later I hadn't noticed anything of a comparable spec going for anything less. Prices have probably softened a touch now as we've entered Autumn but only by a bit.

I was in McLaren Glasgow last week to drop mine off and they are very short of stock. The car park was busy but a few non McLarens for sale (taken as PX) and I'm guessing customer cars awaiting service.

I think they had 8 McLarens in stock at the time. Quite a change from last year when there around 40!

When i was looking, Feb/March 2021 there were roughly 20 ish coupes and spiders on ph, 40 ish on Autotrader and you are spot on, they halved by summer on both, i think ph was down to 12 at one point.

Currenly 253 Mclarens total for sale on PH and what can you buy new from Mclaren at the moment, i dont think we need to worry about over supply.

Ive had a 570s spider at mine for the past week as a friends gone on holiday. It’s been fun driving my 650S back to back with it.

I can’t put my finger on it but there is definitely something missing from the 570 compared to the 650, both engine and chassis.

It’s not the proactive chassis ride quality and not outright pace either. Looking forward to trying a 720S soon to compare.

Fair point. Here's the comparison year on year including 2020, still a huge increase in availability this year.

570s coupe
- Sep 2020 = 18
- Sep 2021 = 12
- Sep 2022 = 44

570s spyder
- Sep 2020 = 13
- Sep 2021 = 14
- Sep 2022 = 26