V4s Depreciation And Good Buying Price

No you are incorrect.
The Pani R which is also known as a Gen 2 Pani R was available 2015 - 2017. The easy way to differentiate is the Pani R has Akras and the earlier Gen 1 R has Termis.
The earlier bike was 1199, the Gen 2 1198 as previously stated.

 

Wasn’t the 1299 FE much later than that, like 2017/18?

 

I think this is correct. 2018 model year on.

 

It will drop and then may pick up in about 5 - 10 years - history will suggest

 

I'd wait 4 years

£30k is a lot of VAT you're not going to get back, also, Ducati as part of VW/Audi may well release a new V4R every year from now on which would make your one hard to justify increasing in value for a long time yet, unless you're happy to lose the money if that is the case and you've effectively had a rental bike

 

Nice, no loss for a couple of years there

 

Best road going V2 ducati made is probably the 1299s

 

For me the issue is losing 12K in 3 years. I also never felt the need for the latest bike. It's never the latest for long.

 

Looks good

 

For comparison
https://www.ducatiforum.co.uk/threads/2016-ducati-1299s.79167/

 

And the last line, dealer gave him 13300, more than he was selling on here for