Originally Posted by
you&me
Limited, in almost any case except for some Ferraris means actually numbered, like 1-of-XXX. Most "special" series cars (like the Porsche GT cars, the LT McLarens, etc) see a premium when they're first available, but that has more to do with rich guys wanting to out-do their friends by having something cool before their other rich friends do (this is far more common in the states, particularly around Miami and LA)... Typically these premiums are short lived and only last as long as it takes to satisfy the very rich "gotta have it now" crowd (Porsche 991 GT2RS premiums have dropped by
~75% in 6 months!).
The McLarens, outside of the P1 and Senna (and Speedtail) are not hard to get. That's been McLaren's problem since the start. They had sooooo much brand equity built up from the halo of the F1, but they couldn't manage the supply of their new cars and instead raced to sell cars and over-supplied the market (the styling of the 12C didn't help either). If McLaren had instead originally come out with the 650S (basically better looking 12C) and had the patience to produce it in a limited quantity, say 1000 units over 3 years, their brand and resale values would be much stronger... That would have set them up nicely to then rolled out the limited LT series cars that would have had more prestige and eventually move downmarket with the 570/40s.
The market in Canada is separate and different in a lot of ways from the scenarios I mentioned before. The fact that we have a distributor also acting as the point of sale (and they have a massive lease portfolio that's probably holding the bag on a lot non-existent equity!) causes a lot of distortion. Eventually the market will sort this out - either the prices will drop to be in line with the relative depreciation seen in the US market, or suddenly a bunch of wealthy Canadians figure they really want a McLaren and don't care about relatively overpaying... I think I know which of those is less likely.
(Sorry for the jumbled post - this is what happens when I try and post between calls and other tasks - hope it makes some sense!)
Coles notes - no, no non-Ultimate Series Mclaren is currently hard to get, including the 600LT. This is at least partially McLaren's own doing, because they mismanaged their production car launch.