I think some people are using money that might have been thrown at a new Porsche ... and in their cases it could make sense
as an example :
You could run this :
'57 reg Porsche 911 turbo - Contract hire = £ 1900 + VAT / month
or instead think why waste all that cash when they could do this, an A4 as a run about / commute car + a weekend toy:
Audi A4 - contract hire = £ 420 + VAT / month
This would save me £ 1480 + VAT / month
Over 3 years this saves me £ 53280 +VAT
For those getting sick of depreciation / having the latest toys it is easy to find the money to buy a very nice 2.4S . After 3 years the 2.4S is paid for, shouldn't depreciate so another A4 could be leased & another toy bought or you could go back to a brand new turbo & have the S in the garage.
Just an example that potentially there are plenty of people out there that could afford these prices if they wanted to .
For me, I could never think about even trying to afford monthly payments on a 911 turbo
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