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I missed out on the "HIS 'N HERS" comments about the "Rukus"

It seems that this car has an 'appeal' to Baby Boomers as well as Gen Y.

So back to SAU Forums for a more balance opinion....

Q. Do you think that buyers, looking at either the Cube or the Rukus are in the same demographic?

Q. Will buyers of the Cube be tempted to individualise it like Rukus owners often do?

Q. What will depreciation figures reveal, say 3 years from now on the Cube?

Q. How will the Cube depreciate compared to the Rukus? Sorry, probably a silly Q...

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I missed out on the "HIS 'N HERS" comments about the "Rukus"

It seems that this car has an 'appeal' to Baby Boomers as well as Gen Y.

So back to SAU Forums for a more balance opinion....

Q1. Do you think that buyers, looking at either the Cube or the Rukus are in the same demographic?

Q2. Will buyers of the Cube be tempted to individualise it like Rukus owners often do?

Q3. What will depreciation figures reveal, say 3 years from now on the Cube?

Q4. How will the Cube depreciate compared to the Rukus? Sorry, probably a silly Q...

The Cube definitely has appeal to people of all ages, just based on the people who've come up to me asking for more info when I've been driving mine around. I'm searching for three or four baby boomers at the moment.

To answer your questions:

Q1. Probably, although the Cube is a fair chunk smaller on the outside and has a much smaller engine. The Cube also has a 7 seat option that the Rukus doesn't.

Q2. Younger buyers will probably mod them with aftermarket gear, the factory individualising stuff is best left to people who buy Kia Souls. Older people won't really car that much.

Q3 & Q4. I doubt you'd see a Cube dip under about $7-8K unless it had really high mileage. The Cube will depreciate better than a Rukus purely because it doesn't have as far to fall. I think if the Rukus had been sold here from 2005 or whatever, it might've been a different story, as there would be used examples of both on the market to get a better comparison. It's a bit of an apples and oranges comparison, but even still, a used car will always depreciate better than a new one.

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At the price of the Rukus you can see not cheap it is literally a different demographic, the only mods will more then likely be official Toyota ones and the Rukus will depreciate quite a fair bit but the Cube wont change much.

Cube pricing will only be lower if undervalued at true costs or is a shitter with a lot of klm's flicked off it, they don't have much to move in Japan as they are cheap to buy and all cost's AUS side are at the bare bones.

I bought one into the country in June 2008 and another in Jan 2010 and pricing wasn't to different, actually cost more for the recent purchase.

The 2010 Toyota Rukus, Note: prices are Manufacturer's List Price and do not include dealer delivery or on-road costs.

* 2010 Toyota Rukus - Build 1: $27,490

* 2010 Toyota Rukus - Build 2: $29,990

* 2010 Toyota Rukus - Build 3: $31,790

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on a trivial point. bought a full set of service manuals for this thing. 3 books and all of NOT CHEAP from nissan japan.

kinda helps to have a set of them when you have a car that for some strange reason will not rev past 3k.. ( david and I fixed the thing btw.)

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For anyone interested, I now have a full set of factory overfenders and the factory retro stripe kit for the bonnet and sideskirts, and am planning to reproduce both to make them as a kit with Rota RBs (Watanabe copies) to make the plain ones look a bit purdy.

The factory stickers only come in a metallic black colour, and the most of the Neo Classic Cubes all seem to be police car blue, so it'll be fun to see what they look like.

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I am a little annoyed that mine won't be a unique snowflake as that's exactly what I'm doing :P

Well...that's if I find one the doesn't sell before I get to it/won't be sold outside of Japan like the last few *sigh* :)

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they are asking drug money for black ones (700FOB was what david and my self watched them go for.) and to be honest a 'normal' one has almost doubled in price as well. japs have worked out this car is now worth money..

the fellow that bought the 1.5 in is for a rude shock. there are 2 people in the country that can do them (one in brissy and one in sydney) and they do not goof around and comply them cheaply.

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Car numbers at auction have been low for the last month or so, right across the board, so it's definitely a seller's market at the moment. I paid 510 car cost for a nice grade 4BB EX today.

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yep but for resale its a bit high. think about it from that angle without putting numbers to it. its the same concept as those fellows that think the AE86 is worth silly money for a 25 y/o car. I remember seeing them on ISI for 50FOB and now they are somthing like 500 FOB.. supply and demand at its finest.

(shoot me an email when you get a sec.)

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Oh yeah I forgot you were getting a 1.5, I was bidding on a 1.4 for friends, but the seller is asking drug money...

I was mainly looking at 1.4L's as 1.5L's were all out of my price range, until this one. Just lucky. You'll know what I got it for but please keep that to yourself :)

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the fellow that bought the 1.5 in is for a rude shock. there are 2 people in the country that can do them (one in brissy and one in sydney) and they do not goof around and comply them cheaply.

I'm not a fellow :( I'm well aware of what it's going to cost to comply and make it's way down to Melbourne. This isn't the first car I've imported ;)

Car numbers at auction have been low for the last month or so, right across the board, so it's definitely a seller's market at the moment. I paid 510 car cost for a nice grade 4BB EX today.

I've noticed that too, number of cars coming up daily has been dropping off significantly. And it's the same crappy examples not selling and coming up the week and repeating the cycle.

I was very lucky with my purchase. It was from a small auction house.

Here she is:

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Da...ub-t329992.html

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