S2000 CR Selling on Ebay for $60,000 American Dollars
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Anybody and everybody knows that S2000 prices have been skyrocketing over the past few years. Whether AP1 or AP2, there is a S2000 for everybody. Some prefer the rawness of the AP1’s higher redline and oversteer-happy rear end, while others prefer the AP2’s updated styling and refined driving dynamics.
A couple of years back, a “concours” condition AP1 was sold for $30,000 (valued around $47,200 today) according to Hagerty. That means that the car was literally immaculate, almost if not unmistakably perfect as if it just rolled out the Honda showroom at your local dealership back in 2000. Even poor condition AP1’s maybe requiring an engine rebuild soon or having body damage are still pushing close to $10,000.
That brings us to the CR. With its prized value among collectors and its extremely limited quantities (625 in the US) it should be fetching a high price within our current inflated S2000 landscape. Consider the fact that the CR’s MSRP in 2008 was $36,935, that’s only $2,000 more than a standard S2000. What is the ceiling price for a CR? Since we found this Rio Yellow example listed on Ebay recently for $60,000, we really don’t know anymore.
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This eBay CR has more photos featured of it on its posting than an art gallery and its price point, we better get every single angle we can get. For reference, let’s consider this unmodified 89,139 mile 2008 Apex Blue CR that sold on Bring a Trailer for $24,000 back in 2017.
This Rio Yellow CR has aftermarket coilovers, aftermarket rotors, pads and brake lines and wheel spacers. This is our first red flag. If you are considering selling a vehicle at a near perfectionist level, any signs of modification are usually a big no. Consider the mods equipped to the car, it seems that most likely has been tracked at some point, another point that usually scares collector buyers. This means that even though the miles of this CR is low (18,099 miles), we don’t know what type of driving those miles have been. Considering what we do know, not all of those have been highway miles.
We will say that the car does look visually well taken care of, but being from Connecticut, there is always the potential for rust. Since there are no pictures of the underside of the car, we can’t rule that out. The question remains, is this CR worth $60,000? We don’t think so. Is there a CR out there that be worth that much money? Maybe, but we definitely don’t think its this one.
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