Valuation · McLaren · P14 · 2017-22
McLaren 720S
4.0L twin-turbo V8 · 537 kW / 770 Nm · 7sp DCT · RWD
AVOIDRated within the over $100k band · 84 of 104 at this money
Model value
$350,000
Must gain each year to break even
+5.1%
The projection does not clear it, and nor does most of the library.
CarQuant score
55/100
Scored against the over $100k band, not the whole library
Evidence grade
Thin
One to three recorded Australian sales
$350,000
$212,375 lowhigh $392,697
Calibrated to a thin record
Two Australian results, $450,000 and $329,000, and they are 25 per cent apart once distance is removed. The 570S and 675LT records in this library frame them
Looking at a 720S for sale?
Put in the asking price and the odometer reading. You will see what this model should make at that reading.
Should make, typical example
$350,000
At about 40,000 km. Enter an asking price to compare.
Odometer only. Colour, options, history, condition and the photographs move it further, and that is what the report reads.
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Price history
Today $350,000 · modelled median at five years $305,241
Solid line: the value this library has carriedDashed from 2026: modelled · even money $256,393 to $351,243
The green band is the even-money range and the one to plan on: half of outcomes land inside it. The pale band behind it bounds eight in ten ($212,375 to $392,697). The path is this model's own: it starts along the momentum of its recorded history and bends toward its projected median as the horizon lengthens, so no two cars share a future curve.
The verdict
The numbers argue against it. Scores 55/100, ranking 84 of 104 in the over $100k band. Demand durability is the strongest input, scarcity the weakest.
Running it costs about $15,900 a year (4.5% of value), which is what the economics score measures. All in, including the projected value change, it is $28,352 a year.
The model's five year median is $305,241, a -12.8% move, with the tenth percentile at $212,375.
Value calibrated to a thin record. Treat the level as provisional.
Evidence
Thin2 recorded sales
Off its peak
-27%
Value band
wide
At least one recorded transaction plus a source. Direction is sound, the exact level less so.
Scored against every recent Australian sale this library holds, half its values land within 11.2 per cent of the price paid and the rest miss by more, in either direction. Projections are therefore damped toward flat in proportion to how little is known, and the plausible band is never narrower than the error the model is known to make.
Short term (1-5 years)$28,352 a year all in, -12.8% median value move
Long term (10-15 years)Scarcity case already formed
Negotiate from$350,000
Recorded sales
Every recorded observation, and when
2 rows on record$545k$424k$302k
20252026
the value this record published, year by yearnow $350kwhat the model expects across 1k–14k kmsold
Every row, with its price and note (2) ↓
Library value against the sold record
2 sales · median $389,500Value $350,000
$329,000$450,000
Jun 2025Collecting Cars$329,000Sold
SOLD. 30 Jun 2025, Broadbeach QLD, 14,000km, 2019 build, Performance spec in Volcano Yellow (a P1 colour) with full-body PPF, second owner, Australian-market, four dated McLaren services from 81km in 2019. Aftermarket wheels. Normalises to about $314,300 - 25 per cent under the 2022 car
Nov 2024Collecting Cars$450,000Sold
SOLD. 29 Nov 2024, Essendon East VIC, 813km, 2022 build, Performance spec in matte Onyx Black, one owner from new, carbon-ceramics, matte PPF. Serviced Jul 2024 at 740km by McLaren Richmond, WHICH NOTED BOTH REAR DAMPERS STARTING TO WEEP OIL. Normalises to about $420,400 at 40,000km
2 completed Australian sales of 2 rows. Rows marked asking, no sale, or context are shown for honesty but do not count toward the evidence grade: an ask is not a transaction, a pass-in is a refusal, and a provenance or overseas result does not price the ordinary local car. The badge on every row is computed by the same rule as the grade, so the two cannot drift apart.
Score breakdown
Against the over $100k band median
104 cars in band · ink tick marks the medianOwnership economics30% of total
52/100-17
Scarcity25% of total
46/100-19
Demand durability20% of total
68/100-10
Liquidity15% of total
56/100+24
Risk resilience10% of total
62/100+28
Sub-scores run 0-100 before weighting; the weighted total is 55/100. Medians are computed live from the 104 cars currently in the over $100k band, so this picture moves when the library does.
The working behind each factor: baseline and drivers ↓
Ownership economics30% weight
52/100Baseline62 pts
− 3.8% of value a year to run before depreciation-10 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)52 pts
Scarcity25% weight
46/100Baseline26 pts
+ Around 180 delivered, nearly all surviving+20 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)46 pts
Demand durability20% weight
68/100Baseline34 pts
+ The consensus supercar of its generation on ability+24 pts
+ 765LT collectibility spilling toward the standard car+10 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)68 pts
Liquidity15% weight
56/100Baseline14 pts
+ 62 days on market+30 pts
+ A handful of sales a year+12 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)56 pts
Risk resilience10% weight
62/100Baseline84 pts
− Still in depreciation, floor not yet proven-14 pts
− McLaren service cost and network concentration-8 pts
Sub-score (baseline plus drivers, clamped 0-100)62 pts
Model output, not advice or a valuation. Verify independently before acting.
What it costs to own · about 6,154 km a year
Annual cost of access, excl. fuel
$15,900a year
Share of value per year
4.5%
Scheduled servicing$4,20026%
Tyres, annualised$2,20014%
Registration and CTP$8005%
Insurance$5,20033%
Sinking fund (failure table)$3,50022%
All-in annualised (a different number)
Purchase (model value plus duty)$364,000
Running costs × 5 years$79,500
Median exit, net of selling cost$301,741
All-in annualised over 5 years$28,352/yr
Share of value per year8.1%
Cost of access is what the car costs to run. All-in annualised adds depreciation, duty and selling costs across a five year hold. They answer different questions and are labelled separately for that reason.
Break-even appreciation, 5 year hold
5.1%a year, only to get the money back
This library projects
-2.7%a year
The projection falls 7.8 points a year short of the hurdle. On these assumptions this car is a cost, not an asset, which can be an entirely rational thing to buy but should be bought knowing it.
Purchase$350,000
Stamp duty$14,000
Running costs x 5 years$79,500
Selling cost at exit, 1.0% of the salescales with price
Sale price needed at +5 years$447,980
Storage
Bought at
No forecast is used to compute the hurdle. It is the purchase, the duty, any premium and 5 years of running cost, grossed up for the cost of selling and spread back over the hold. The projection it is measured against is the weakest number in this product and is drawn that way in the chart above. Transport, finance and any restoration spend sit outside it.
Specification
Engine4.0L twin-turbo V8
Power / torque537 kW / 770 Nm
0-100 km/h2.9 s
Transmission7sp DCT
DriveRWD
Kerb weight1,419 kg
Built worldwide4,700
Delivered to Australia180
Effective AU survivors170
Australian sales / year8
Typical days on market62 days
Launch price$489,900
What moves the price on this model
Colour hierarchy
McLaren Orange+5%
Azores Orange+4%
Burton Blue+3%
Onyx Black-1%
Options
MSO paint and carbon packs+5%
Performance specification+4%
Sports exhaust+2%
Vehicle lift+2%
Full McLaren service history+8%
Odometer sensitivity±1.8% per 10,000 km vs 40,000 km
Applied on top of these
Condition, history, originality, ownership, delivery and modification multipliers apply to every car in the library. They are applied automatically when an advertisement is analysed, and the schedule is set out once, on the analyser page.
Projected value in five years
Projected value at five years
$305,241
-12.8% on today
The model's figure. Today it is $350,000.
Even odds it lands between $256,393 and $351,243.
$212,375 lowhigh $392,697
The shaded range is even money and 37% wide; the outer figures bound eight outcomes in ten. Band width follows the evidence - a model with a tight measured record carries a tight band.
A weaker five year outlook than 86% of the library.
-26.6% weakest projected move in the librarystrongest +73.1%
Five-year cost of ownership
Value change alone: -$44,759 across five years.
Running costs over the same period: $79,500.
Duty and expected selling costs: $17,500.
Net cost of five years of ownership: $141,760, or $28,352 a year.
The projected value fall is added to the running cost. Depreciation is the larger number here.
The case for and against
The case for
The best car of its supercar generation by consensus, production finished, with the LT variant above it already collectible. Buying near the flat of the curve costs far less than buying the eventual recognition.
The case against
It is still a depreciating used supercar, and the two Australian results are 25 per cent apart on build year alone once distance is removed. Heavy running costs, and a brand whose residuals have historically punished patience less than Ferrari's reward it.
Known faults and risks
Risk 1Depreciation phase not confirmed over
Risk 2Service cost concentration
Risk 3Accident and track history in the pool
Annual McLaren service$4,200
Proactive suspension pump and hoses$6,500
Front lift system repair$4,000
Similar cars, and what they cost to run
Evidence behind this valueThin · 2 recorded sales
Carried value
$350,000
Historical price
2019 · $480,0002026 · $350,000
Thin
At least one recorded transaction plus a source. Direction is sound, the exact level less so.
Two Australian transactions on a record that had none, and they are 25 per cent apart once distance is removed
$450,000 at Essendon East VIC on 29 November 2024 for a 2022 Performance with 813 kilometres and one owner from new. $329,000 at Broadbeach QLD on 30 June 2025 for a 2019 Performance with 14,000 kilometres, second owner, on aftermarket wheels.
Read the rest of the evidence notes (4 more)
At the 40,000 kilometres this record expects
The first normalises to about $420,400 and the second to about $314,300.
Distance does not explain that and neither does seven months of market
- the gap is build year. A 2022 car with delivery mileage and a 2019 car with 14,000 kilometres are three model years and one ownership apart, and on a car still inside its depreciation curve that is most of the money.
The value moves $420,000 to $350,000,
Between the two and weighted to the more recent, which is also the more representative: almost no 720S in Australia has 813 kilometres on it.
The 2024 car also had both rear dampers weeping oil
At its July 2024 service, disclosed in the listing and evidently not priced by the room.
This page prices the model.
The report prices the car in the advertisement.
The report prices the car in the advertisement.
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This model, today$350,000
Half of sales are further out than$39,127
The report$249
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