Wow I'm impressed, I honestly would have expected the two blue elises to be around 100K easy, I'm talking original purchase, development (including all those little mistakes and changes along the way) and the final build costs.
Still it would have to be up there surely?
Elise's aside, I think my comment 'I'd say at least a quarter of our field are $100K + cars. With a couple in the multiple hundred thousands!' would still be pretty accurate, based on 2011 Enduro fields at least.
Yeah, my bad, should have been $20-30K including entry, not including the cost of the car or post event rebuilding. Sure it's not going to be a front running car, but if you choose a reliable car, driven with a view to finish (and assuming nothing major goes wrong) it could be in for a class podium.
Entry: $11K
Tyres: $3-4K (one new set and a few used sets - admittedly I haven't looked at the 'tyre contract' though?)
Fuel: $1.5-2K
Food & Accomodation: $1-2K (how much was camping this year?)
Oil, filters, belts, freshen up etc pre event: $1K
Brakes rotors and pads: $1K
Post event freshen up = another 100,00Km engine from an importer - $1000
