The anti-thesis - When the sedan is more valuable than the convertible
02/08/2016
Normally, saloons have a significantly less favorable value development than sports coupés or cabriolets built in parallel. For example, a four-door Mercedes 220 Ponton is worth perhaps half as much as the convertible. An Alfa Romeo Giulietta Spider today probably costs twice as much as the Giulietta saloon or more. And this ratio even applies to the Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow and its brother Corniche Cabriolet.
But there is another way. If, for example, you compare the prices of the Mercedes-Benz 500 SL (R 129) with the Mercedes-Benz 500 E (W 124) saloon, you will quickly see that the four-door model easily costs twice as much as the innovative two-door Cabriolet, while the new prices were at a similar level.
Of course, unit numbers play a role here, as the 500 E was relatively rare. Nevertheless, it is interesting to see that the wolf in sheep's clothing built by Porsche overturns the old price prejudice that saloons don't get off the ground in terms of value. That's why we recently dedicated a report to the 500 E ...
Incidentally, there are other examples: the Bugatti EB112 saloon proved to be significantly more expensive in Paris than the two Bugatti EB110 super sports cars that were also auctioned. But here too, the four-door version is much rarer. And then there is the BMW M3 E30, which was available as a saloon and a convertible ...
