The supercar market is brimming with people ready to pay way above the list price in some occasions, with examples coming in mind to include cars like the Ferrari 458 Speciale and Porsche’s Cayman GT4 and off course the 911R.

Since it was first announced, speculation over just how crazy people will get over buying one lead to reports talking about some cars trading on the used market for as much as $1.3 million.

Top Gear magazine spoke to supercar specialist David Rai about this phenomenon. “Two years ago I bought a Ferrari 458 Speciale, shortly after it came out,” David said. “Back then dealerships were really struggling to get rid of them. You could buy them under list. I bought one back then for £217,000 ($285k in current exchange rates). People weren’t really overly concerned about the special editions being released. There just wasn’t that much emphasis on them coming out of recession.

“But then the second Ferrari announced it was stopping production, and people suddenly realized that this was the last naturally aspirated V8. It just went crazy and the market went up to £390,000 ($512,000).

“People are thinking ‘rather than stick my money in the bank, if I can get that car and stick it in a bubble for 10 years, servicing it every year, I know it’s going to be worth a fortune when I come to sell it.’”

The Porsche Cayman GT4 is another prime example of this phenomenon, which retailed as much as £50k more than its £65,000 list price. “When the GT4 came out everyone was going crazy for it. When they were first released they were coming in drib and drabs, so people were willing to pay serious premiums for them, and that list price was excellent value.

“But Porsche released a fair few more here, and there are currently over 400 on UK roads. As time has gone on the prices have fallen from £110,000 ($144,000) for a high spec car to around £102,000 ($134,000).”

Still this is some serious amount of money made out of practically doing nothing else but to own a GT4. Porsche’s car of the moment though is off course the limited-run 911 R.

“The Porsche 911 R is just ridiculous. I know of cars that have been trading hands at £450,000 ($591,000). That car was £150k ($200k) list I believe; £300,000 ($400k) over that is just unbelievable!”

So there you have it, if you are looking to make some serious cash, you better be clever next time you visit a dealer. Oh that, and the tiny fact that you must be at least wealthy if you want to play the game.

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