To be fair, the advert does say it's a replica, and with my Devil's Advocate hat on, it could be that the thinking is that it's still a lot cheaper than a genuine car. But with my Get Real hat on, you'd wonder why anyone would pay that price when you could build your own new one for, what, a third of the asking price?
As I see it, a car's value is increased due to one, or a combination of, several factors - usually, its desirability, restricted availability and the fact that they aren't made any more. So the Real McCoy is currently sitting in the stratosphere (appropriately), value-wise, due to a combination of all three. A Hawk or a LB, however, can still be bought new (unless something's changed lately), and so values for them must be anchored (roughly) by the price of a new, turn-key car, e.g. if a car of a given spec would cost £75k built, a good used one would be about the same, but maybe somewhat more if availability issues (e.g. long waiting list) applied and people didn't want to wait.
If, however, both companies decided to jack in the Stratos rep thing and get into something a bit less stressful, then replica values could also rocket as the yardstick of new car availability/price would disappear.
So the point I'm trying to make (finally!) is that, although I've argued several times that our cars' values are rising in line with their respectability and quality, 245K Euros is, er, a tad over the top...well, at the moment, anyway
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