Subaru STI is out of print, hurry up and go shopping for second-hand? 600,000 I have, suche really does not

There has always been an interesting phenomenon in the used car market, if the model product is discontinued, the price of the used terminal will not fluctuate too much. But if it is some "special" model that encounters a discontinuation or similar event, it will make its second-hand price soar. For example, after Suzuki withdrew from the domestic market, it boosted Jimney's further "canonization". The emission switching of China VI makes the residual value of the Land Patrol, Prado and Tule also ride the wind. As for the six-cylinder crown and so on, it is also an evergreen tree in the second-hand market.

Some of this is a priceless opportunity to speculate, and even disturb the impression of many consumers on used cars. There are also priceless market options, such as when Subaru announced the end of the WRX STI (internal combustion engine), but I also know that this car is going to "go to heaven" in the second-hand market, and I also know that I once had a small H with a manual subaru BRZ and wanted to come to the door. (Note: This story comes from a real case)

BrZ was stopped last time and was shot high by him

Little H University and I are classmates, learning driver's licenses together, studying cars together, and preparing to buy cars together. But the trajectory of life is here that forks begin to appear. In 2013, subaru BRZ went public. This is undoubtedly a huge temptation for us in our early 20s. What is even more rare is that this imported sports car with longitudinal rear-drive and horizontal opposing engine actually asks for less than 300,000 yuan. This seems to be an option that can be obtained by running away, especially at the beginning brz has a cash discount of about 20,000 yuan in the store.

The reality is that he eventually ran to the Subaru BRZ, confident that he had just obtained his driver's license, and actually chose manual transmission. And I later "compromised" the original Mazda 3 Axela who created the blue sky, which is another story. But there is more drama behind, BRZ in the terminal price continues to strengthen, with the 2017 suspension, BRZ in the second-hand market on the rocket. And his manual vegetarian car has become a fragrant feast. Considering that driving the manual transmission all the time is not a long-term solution (he is still quite envious of my 6AT), and the car dealer also gave a price that is difficult to refuse, Xiao H finally chose to drop the bag for safety.

However, in the past three years or so, the two of us have really experienced the charm of many forums and websites from this Subaru BRZ. If we were given another chance, maybe a lot of brain-opening modification ideas at that time would really try it. However, the advantage of the vegetarian car is that it is sold for a good price, no matter from which angle, it can not erase the feelings of Small H for the Subaru brand, so he changed to a Toyota. The reason for running to me, of course, is ignited by the news of the end of STI, and I want to pay tribute to the second-hand market.

STI car "slightly up", the vegetarian car is a legend?

Before I left, I gave him a "preventive injection" and didn't get too much hope. Sure enough, I didn't see the shadow of the WRX STI after an afternoon of walking. When passing by a shop where Subaru Lishi was located, we were ready to try our luck. Although at first the boss thought that we had come to "make trouble", after indicating his intentions, he was quite willing to share it with us. But first of all, it is a basin of cold water, and before the out-of-print news comes out, you can still see the shadow. After the news came out, I only heard that the price of the car rose by 20,000-30,000 yuan, and the market did not see the car anyway.

However, the boss also added that in fact, the price is still secondary, and the price of subaru WRX STI before the news comes out is very strong. The profit from the collection to the terminal, even if there is an increase, can not be compared with the performance of the Land Cruise, Tule and other models switching to the national six two years ago. After all, not only did the price skyrocket at that time, but the market also had a good source of cars, and now STI really has no cars. As for if you want to see a vegetarian car, it's more like smashing the field. Taking the last version of the STI 2014 model of the National Bank of China as an example, even if it has been modified, as long as it is still within the annual inspection standard, the market price is conservatively estimated to be 550,000-600,000 yuan. If the year of the card is shorter, it is not surprising that the current situation exceeds 600,000 yuan.

The online information is complex, basically 600,000+

Four legs and two pairs of eyes to find a car is really too much effort, after leaving the market, we found a place to stop, ready to look for the shadow of the Subaru WRX STI online. It is true that it is difficult to find STI on several major used car platforms, and in the end we only found one 2018 model, and one 2006 model. The former was a parallel import model, and the latter was the version of the National Bank of China at that time.

First look at this 2018 parallel import version, the WRX STI imported from domestic channels is generally from North America. That is to say, it is equipped with a 2.5T horizontal opposed engine, rather than the Japanese version of 2.0T. Since the Subaru STI after the 2014 VA code, a number of minor modifications or limited edition models have been introduced. Therefore, what is the configuration of the "official version" of the 2018 vegetarian car, just look at the online information is not very accurate. However, it can be judged roughly based on pictures and video information, the car changed the wheel hub of the BBS, but the brakes were not moved, and the exhaust probability was also the original factory. The interior has been changed greatly, and the audio, carbon fiber decoration, seats, etc. have basically changed over and over again. The "quasi-vegetarian car" with a mileage of 57,000 kilometers and a mileage of 4 years is currently asking for 618,000 yuan.

Relatively speaking, another 2006 national bank version of the STI is more interesting. This car has been licensed for more than 15 years, and it can be said that it has just passed the hurdle of an annual inspection. However, euro IV emission standards still give it a certain practical significance. According to online data, the car has only a mileage of 19,000 kilometers, and the asking price has reached 620,000 yuan. However, the information of this car is doubtful, because the picture provides not the most familiar "pig nose head" shape for domestic consumers, which looks a bit inconsistent. Let's take it as a reference.

Write at the end:

How much is the sentiment worth? Personally, I think it is "reasonable" to be able to take a Subaru WRX STI for 600,000 yuan. Compared with the resurrection of brZ, the end of STI this time is at least the end of the pure internal combustion engine version. But for STI, the difficulty has never been recognition of value. The difficulty is that it really does not have any car circulation in the market, which is one of the reasons why it does not have a "surge". A very small number of high-quality car sources will not flow into the market at all, and have long been digested in the small circle. And if you are the lucky one who owns the STI, don't learn that little H sold the BRZ that year, remember to buy a safe and keep the key.