Why are GT40 replicas so expensive? Obviously, it's a matter of supply and demand, and they're not inexpensive cars to build. Any good used GT40 replica is $50,000 or more, with low-mileage cars with all the goodies (ZF) more like $80K or more.
I just bought a Lotus Esprit for $12K. It's a helluva nice car. It's not quite as fast in a straight line as a good GT40 replica, but she goes around the twisties really well. It has a nice leather interior, proper bumpers and electric windows, luggage space, sophisticated little engine, sunroof, etc. It's a lot of car for the money. It feels somewhat in between a kit car and a regular production car in terms of fit and finish, but overall very nice. Looks OK too I think.
I can't imagine the Lotus is more demanding to produce than a good GT40 in terms of man hours to design and build....yet it costs 1/5 the price to buy. I know a GT40 has a lot more macho Hollywood factor, and is the better looking car....but really, 5 times the relative value? Interesting.
I just bought a Lotus Esprit for $12K. It's a helluva nice car. It's not quite as fast in a straight line as a good GT40 replica, but she goes around the twisties really well. It has a nice leather interior, proper bumpers and electric windows, luggage space, sophisticated little engine, sunroof, etc. It's a lot of car for the money. It feels somewhat in between a kit car and a regular production car in terms of fit and finish, but overall very nice. Looks OK too I think.
I can't imagine the Lotus is more demanding to produce than a good GT40 in terms of man hours to design and build....yet it costs 1/5 the price to buy. I know a GT40 has a lot more macho Hollywood factor, and is the better looking car....but really, 5 times the relative value? Interesting.