Who's trying to convince you of anything anyway, dp? I KNOW the market is huge, in Europe and even over here. I personally have had the Bruce Canepa company interested in my early L, NOT a batmobile at $100k, and a guy from Sweden recently was VERY interested at $110k. I could have sold it a dozen times at over 100, thats a fact. I just don't want to sell it yet because I love it and I know it will appreciate even more.
A friend, an American living in the UK paid 80,000 euros, over $120K for a regular Inka CSiL. NOT A BAT. That is real. The people on this board are not the ones who pay that money, its speculators, collectors, cognizenti. No, I would not nor could not pay that kind of money myself.
Another for instance, factory race cars HAVE DEFINITELY SOLD for $250-500k. Thats a half a million dollars. IT IS A REAL phenomenon, the BMW CSL is a $100k plus car NOW, and will go higher. I know this from personal experience, I hear soxrus paid over $300k for Conways two Ls.
Look at the American CRAP that sells for two million dollars at auction, like a Hemi Cuda Convert. What is that about, this was a $4k car!? People will pay for what they want, and they want CSLs, especially in Europe. That Golf Bat 2 DID sell for $110k, and the Tiaga Bat will sell for that as well or more
I also get lots of inquiries on my Bat 2 under restoration. They dont flinch at $200k, they are lining up for it when its finished (if that ever happens, ever try to get a car done ground up?). Time to wake up, the CSiL is finally a real collector car, as it should have been all along. Why is a similar Porsche 911RS worth a quarter mil and not the equivalent CSL?