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Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« on: 04 June 2014, 17:15:36 »
....equivalent to £95,208  in June 2014.

To what specifically do I refer?
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #1 on: 04 June 2014, 17:30:14 »
LC?
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #2 on: 04 June 2014, 17:41:31 »
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 04 June 2014, 17:15:36
....equivalent to £95,208  in June 2014.

To what specifically do I refer?
Your ground rent?
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #3 on: 04 June 2014, 17:51:24 »
Quote from: TheBoy on 04 June 2014, 17:30:14
LC?

Yep. Can you imagine anyone (in their right mind) paying more than £95,000 for a VXR8 today.

I think that £50,000 is way too pricey.

And yet back in 1990 Vauxhall had no problems selling every Lotus Carlton they could produce.

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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #4 on: 04 June 2014, 19:27:10 »
Wasn't there a slump in 1990. ?

I seem to remember houses lost value that year. Maybe people were still making lots of money from shares- IPO's etc.
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #5 on: 04 June 2014, 19:29:07 »
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 04 June 2014, 17:51:24
Quote from: TheBoy on 04 June 2014, 17:30:14
LC?

Yep. Can you imagine anyone (in their right mind) paying more than £95,000 for a VXR8 today.

I think that £50,000 is way too pricey.

And yet back in 1990 Vauxhall had no problems selling every Lotus Carlton they could produce.

Don't forget that way back in 1990 there was very little that could live with the LC performance wise,worth a premium just for that :y :y
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #6 on: 04 June 2014, 19:30:19 »
 Vauxhall did struggle at the end to sell the last few LC,s. Some were offered to interested parties who had gone in for a new GSI at the GSI price Lotus wanted to do an estate version as well but VX would not allow it
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #7 on: 04 June 2014, 19:33:00 »
Quote from: Varche on 04 June 2014, 19:27:10
Wasn't there a slump in 1990. ?

I seem to remember houses lost value that year. Maybe people were still making lots of money from shares- IPO's etc.

Yep.....spot on, Mr Varche.

In 1988/89 the housing market was booming. Houses were being sold at full asking price or even at a premium.

By 1990 it was a very different story with  estate agents (crooks) actually having to work in order to sell property.
The classic car market followed the housing market slump with many 'classics' losing a significant amount.

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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #8 on: 04 June 2014, 19:34:55 »
Quote from: henryd on 04 June 2014, 19:29:07
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 04 June 2014, 17:51:24
Quote from: TheBoy on 04 June 2014, 17:30:14
LC?

Yep. Can you imagine anyone (in their right mind) paying more than £95,000 for a VXR8 today.

I think that £50,000 is way too pricey.

And yet back in 1990 Vauxhall had no problems selling every Lotus Carlton they could produce.

Don't forget that way back in 1990 there was very little that could live with the LC performance wise,worth a premium just for that :y :y

 Agreed, Henry. Broadly speaking the LC was as rapid as a Countach. :y
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #9 on: 04 June 2014, 19:38:12 »
What was the LC competing against in those days  :-\
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #10 on: 04 June 2014, 19:39:46 »
Rs200  ;D
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #11 on: 04 June 2014, 19:40:25 »
Quote from: Emd on 04 June 2014, 19:38:12
What was the LC competing against in those days  :-\

It certainly used to piss all over the BMW M5 of the day. :y
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #12 on: 04 June 2014, 19:44:04 »
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 04 June 2014, 19:40:25
Quote from: Emd on 04 June 2014, 19:38:12
What was the LC competing against in those days  :-\

It certainly used to piss all over the BMW M5 of the day. :y

Wasn't the LC made specifically to be the fastest road car to compete against a particular car  :-\
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #13 on: 04 June 2014, 19:49:04 »
Quote from: Emd on 04 June 2014, 19:44:04
Quote from: Doctor Opti on 04 June 2014, 19:40:25
Quote from: Emd on 04 June 2014, 19:38:12
What was the LC competing against in those days  :-\

It certainly used to piss all over the BMW M5 of the day. :y

Wasn't the LC made specifically to be the fastest road car to compete against a particular car  :-\

I'm not sure about that.

176 MPH around Nardo though. :y
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Re: Apparently, £48,000 in 1990 is..........
« Reply #14 on: 04 June 2014, 19:51:47 »
I had a meer 2.0 CDX manual Carlton , 0-60 in about 20 i think  ::)
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