I am looking to change my Sport TD for the new V8TD....delivery on both the Sport and RR pretty much the same, late January.

Difference in cost is about £15k before getting silly with extras.

Just wondering if anybody has driven both of them yet and would consider the RR over the Sport?

Also, how dreadful would the depreciation on the RR would be over the RRS, which is obviously fantastic at the moment, but I assume that won't last.

I've driven a RR TDv8 and it is a wonderful machine. I haven't sampled a TDv8 RRS yet but would imagine that it won't be that much different. It all depends what you want - smaller more compact RRS or a limo that can go anywhere.
I think that for the time being the demand for the TDv8 RR is sufficiently high that it won't depreciate too much in the 1st 2-3 years. I would imagine that in the next 12 months the prices of used RRS's will ease as more of them come on the market at 2-3 years old and owners start thinking about changing them. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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As an indication of where S/H prices will go, a friend of mine is considering exchanging a 11k mile, 20 month old RR Vogue for a RR TDv8. Was offered a mere 29k for the RR against full list for the TD!

[EDIT - it wasn't a S/C, but still horrific depreciation]

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i would go for the RRS TTDV8 - better handling..... 
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that is horrific depreciation ... nearly £45k in 20 months, £2.2k a month! OUCH!

philmw wrote:

As an indication of where S/H prices will go, a friend of mine is considering exchanging a 11k mile, 20 month old S/C RR Vogue for a RR TDv8. Was offered a mere 29k for the RR against full list for the TD!

There's a rumour there will soon be a 4.4 TDV8 to compete with the german diesels. TDV6 - gone
TDV8 - gone
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and then a V12 diesel to compete with the forthcoming V12 Audi Q7 [ we can wish anyway ]  
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What did he expect to get changing an old model slow diesel for the new smoother faster better model Go where I want Knot Where I'm Told !!!!!!

My understanding was the 4.4 was US only for Ford trucks. What depreciation do you reckon a SC RRS would suffer over the same period?

Would choose FFRR that's for sure. RRS is more like a toy then a real thing. 2014 Mercedes-Benz S500
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