2001 Z8 (#60941) Silver/Black - Sold on BaT auction

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Silver over black, 9,000 miles

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2001-bmw-z8-2/

[Musta10000]

Sold for $178,000 “hammer price”. Going to the Netherlands... another one leaving the US and making the final cost a lot higher than the auction price.

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BaT buyer premium maxes out at $5,000.

Couple of comments of European auctions bringing nearly twice that amount. Maybe Europe is still the best market?

[Musta10000]

This was posted on BaT - not sure how accurate:


Verstrepen 0
It is a bargain for a Z8 with about 15.000 km on the odometer.
But… I hope the buyer has taken into account that import duties and VAT has to be paid.
{(Purchase price + auction costs + shipping )+ 10% } + 21% . I would be about 252.000$ ,or about 217.000euro, to get it home. But still a bargain

[AlpinaOkie]

I’m a little surprised that BAT is paying market rate. I figured that would be a site for bargain hunters.

[Musta10000]

That actually is a great site and some cars do end up being great buys. The expertise and knowledge displayed in the many comments on the cars (some quite rare) is mind blowing. I love the feature of the action time being extended by two more minutes when a bid is placed in within the last two minutes protecting the seller from a last second steal. Also makes it a blast to “watch”the action while on the site.

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What Skip said.

There is always something interesting on BaT. I love the car-guy discussion format on each auction.

I think it started out as bargain hunter's site but has morphed into a site that has some fine automobiles. Really strong sales prices for Porsches, especially air-cooled cars.

lesser model BMWs consistently do well too.
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Example, 1 of 1 Fisker Latigo;

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2006-fisker-latigo/

And 1M;

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/2011-bmw-1m-16/

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[Tyler]

I've bought ('72 Citroen SM) and sold ('58 Fiat Abarth) on BaT and have found it to be an excellent resource for us car folks. I wouldn't hesitate to sell a car there again.