When the Aero came out (2000) it was £44k for a series 1 IIRC, happy to be corrected. I believe at the time a Trad was ITRO £25k ?
The last production Aluminium cars varied (2016 ish as a guide) as they did not overlap in availability.
Plus8 was £80k
Aero S5 was £100k
Coupe £105k
Supersport £115k
So these were already positioned as premium. I ignore the final edition crazy ones at £250k etc as these felt like market manipulation tools to manage second hand prices more than reality. From the number still floating about it appears a few others agree. I believe around that time the Trad was hitting £45k plus popular options? Some of the special editions being a £10k bump above?
So in truth the CX Plus Four (£70k) and Plus Six (£90k) have come into market a little below the price of the Aero's? Also with several developments, mostly good or forced on them by legislation (Euro6 etc). Recent price bumps adding £10k to those I think?
I have mostly observed (sorry as stereotyping is never popular or accurate) that the community does tend to fall into the Trad and Aero fold in many cases. It was interesting to see the comments on the release of the CX, some from Trad people looking to upgrade and others from Aero ownership. From the trad side they very much fell into "it looks like a trad but does not drive like one. Then it went to "I want my trad to drive like a trad, I love it for the driving experience as much as the shape and individual nature." Then we all got into a fight about how an automatic gearbox was the work of the devil, but lets no go there again.
I am just surprised that they took that moment to terminate the Trad. If they had flipped everything to the Aero platform alone in 2000 I think we would not be here having this discussion.
Anyway, this is speculation so I am going to shut my trap and make shorter posts in order to leave the big ones to Mr Luddite.
