It has always surprised me that GTRs with history are perceived to be worth less than standard road cars, or a LM. In almost every case in the collector car universe, whenever a manufacturer produced both a road car and racing version based off of the production model, the race car ends up being the more valuable of the two (think Jaguar D-type, Ferrari 250 SWB, Cal Spyder, etc.). The fact is that a 1995/6 GTR were either winners, or capable of winning LeMans when new, can and have on several occasions been legally converted for road use, and have unique race histories (sometimes with F1 and/or sportscar world champions at the wheel). Yes, a road car is a different animal, and tame by comparison, which is not all bad. But 64 were produced against eighteen 1995/6 GTRs (only sixteen raced). Six LMs were built (incl. the prototype), but keep in mind, these were built as commemorative editions for each of the five GTRs that finished the 1995 LeMans 24 Hour race! When have you heard of a commemorative edition being worth more that the original? And as for performance, an unrestricted GTR is best of all. In short, it's well documented that good road cars command upwards of £2M (or more), so I find it interesting that most still accept that GTRs should trade below their road car counterpart. To my point, I know someone who owns both a GTR and road car, and although the market is the market, he places a substantial premium on the GTR over the road car (and both are good ones).
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Originally Posted by Peloton25
Wow - that's a tremendous price for a converted GTR. I'm really quite surprised to hear that.
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