As the UK distributor of this car, I have read with interest some of the comments arising from Frank Catt's post. I would therefore like to make the following points:
1. A lot of comments have been made regarding the price of the CAV (which is fair enough) but a lot of them are also inaccurate. Firstly, when comparing like for like spec between the US and UK (and ignoring the fact that the US sales tax in CA is I think 7% and ours is 17.5)the UK model is about £3k more expensive which covers the work leading up to and including the SVA process. Both Bob Lacey (US) and I would be very happy to provide more information on request.
I was also interested in the quote from the guy with the invisible MDA ( /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif) I am very much looking forward to seeing this car, which I am sure I will admire (as I do most GTD's that I see) The facts though are this. A turnkey SVA'd CAV on a 350hp 302 with Getrag, Leather, Aircon and full carpeting is £62,275 inc VAT and delivery. A rolling chassis (turnkey minus) of the same high spec is £49350 in VAT and a comprehensive kit package starts at £22k. If someone goes down the home build route, they would easily get a very high quality CAV on the road for a lot less than £40k all in. Seems a lot less than an estimated £65k for a car that isnt yet delivered.
It is easy to say that the CAV is expensive, but it is worth remembering that it is an extremely high quality car, on a stainless monocoque and I have been told many times that the fit and finish is the best available (not my words) It is not the intention of CAV UK to price itself out of the market, nor are we able to provide the cheapest option out there. It is simply that you get what you pay for and in this case I believe it is well worth the investment.
I also saw one comment about the CAV not being a "proper kit" What does this mean? It is available in various options and stages, with a quality build manual and UK phone line support. Am I missing something?
Finally, there are many extremely high quality GTD's/MDA's/Tornados etc available. CAV has now joined the UK party with another high quality replica which differs in certain ways to the others. Surely this is good news for a burgeoning worldwide club?
Rick Chattell
1. A lot of comments have been made regarding the price of the CAV (which is fair enough) but a lot of them are also inaccurate. Firstly, when comparing like for like spec between the US and UK (and ignoring the fact that the US sales tax in CA is I think 7% and ours is 17.5)the UK model is about £3k more expensive which covers the work leading up to and including the SVA process. Both Bob Lacey (US) and I would be very happy to provide more information on request.
I was also interested in the quote from the guy with the invisible MDA ( /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif) I am very much looking forward to seeing this car, which I am sure I will admire (as I do most GTD's that I see) The facts though are this. A turnkey SVA'd CAV on a 350hp 302 with Getrag, Leather, Aircon and full carpeting is £62,275 inc VAT and delivery. A rolling chassis (turnkey minus) of the same high spec is £49350 in VAT and a comprehensive kit package starts at £22k. If someone goes down the home build route, they would easily get a very high quality CAV on the road for a lot less than £40k all in. Seems a lot less than an estimated £65k for a car that isnt yet delivered.
It is easy to say that the CAV is expensive, but it is worth remembering that it is an extremely high quality car, on a stainless monocoque and I have been told many times that the fit and finish is the best available (not my words) It is not the intention of CAV UK to price itself out of the market, nor are we able to provide the cheapest option out there. It is simply that you get what you pay for and in this case I believe it is well worth the investment.
I also saw one comment about the CAV not being a "proper kit" What does this mean? It is available in various options and stages, with a quality build manual and UK phone line support. Am I missing something?
Finally, there are many extremely high quality GTD's/MDA's/Tornados etc available. CAV has now joined the UK party with another high quality replica which differs in certain ways to the others. Surely this is good news for a burgeoning worldwide club?
Rick Chattell