Ford Sierra. How much??

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This Sierra Cosworth was auctioned yesterday at Mathewsons (the lot from Bangers and Cash).
https://mathewsons.co.uk/auctions/auction-dates/vehicles/16312-1991-ford-sierra-sapphire-cosworth2

Have a guess what it sold for (before fees)!
 
No idea, way to much thats for sure, bonkers how these old motors are appreciating in value.. gonna guess around the 50k mark
 
When I first saw it I was interested in submitting a bid. I (naively) thought I would pay about £18k for it as it is. It will need at least £15k to get it back to an acceptable roadworthy level. That would make about £30-35k on the road. I thought that was a lot so didn't bother. OK so it's got 12k miles but it's been stuck in a barn for 26 years and not looked after in that time.
 
28k at a guess,You don’t get many cars going over the 30k.One of my favourite programs on the box.
 
It sold for £55,000 plus fees :o :o
This bubble in "modern classics" has got to burst one day soon.
 
Pondrew said:
It sold for £55,000 plus fees :o :o
This bubble in "modern classics" has got to burst one day soon.
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I watch Bangers and Cash and wish I still owned some of the cars I once did. I had a droop snout RS 2000, an RS Mexico, a bug eyed sprite and an MG TD to name but a few. :roll:
 
And it's a Sapphire, they are no where near as desirable or valuable as the 3 doors.

A 1987 3 door Cossie (not a 500) with a similar story, low mileage left in a barn for 28 years sold at auction two years ago for £89,000! :o
 
IRD said:
I watch Bangers and Cash and wish I still owned some of the cars I once did. I had a droop snout RS 2000, an RS Mexico, a bug eyed sprite and an MG TD to name but a few.
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Hindsight is a wonderful thing. If all those modern classics were still on the road and had been looked after, though, they would just be "old" cars and would not attract a premium.
 
And to think I owned one of them!
 

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maxman said:
Who pays the fees there ,the buyer or the sellar?
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BOTH. Auction houses are pretty cute, these days. The fees are split between the buyer and seller. It used to be that the seller paid the fees and the buyer just paid the hammer price. It was all changed a while ago, presumably as the fees for the seller were so high people were not entering their goods into the auctions. Remember car auctioneers are still car dealers, no matter how they like to dress it up. And we all know how they like to make a few quid.
 
I reckoned about £50k (which is bonkers btw)

I sold a D plate 72k 3 door Moonstone with a blueprint engine for £7150 and a K plate White Sapphire 4x4 with 101k for £7950 (that was an ex polis car and hadn’t had the easiest life, worse after I’d had it :oops:)

That’s why I’m still working and not retired after sticking these, and many others, in a shed and wheeling them out now to fund my retirement :headbang:
 
Pondrew said:
It sold for £55,000 plus fees :o :o
This bubble in "modern classics" has got to burst one day soon.
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The same week that interest rates pass 5% and the money goes back into ISA's and houses in Cornwall. Can't see these prices holding and there's going to be a few people getting burnt in the process - even on MK2 Escorts and alike!
 
Mad money, these never appealed to me. I've driven a few of them & found driving position poor - feels like the front of the seat is too high, forcing thighs into seat on every gearchange. In standard spec, performance is nothing special - but obviously has easy scope to increase this. Whole car feels heavy. Good brakes & sharp steering though.
 
I don't get why any "fast ford" is so desirable.
It makes this https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202009123640231?advertising-location=at_cars&radius=1500&postcode=pe111xn&year-from=1990&sort=relevance&make=BMW&year-to=2000&include-delivery-option=on&model=M3&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly%20New&onesearchad=Used&page=1
look like a complete bargain. In the early '90s (and even today) I would have much rather had an M3 evo than a cossie
 
It's making me think a late E92/ E93 M3 is worth buying and sticking in the garage though.
 
That’s why I’m still working and not retired after sticking these, and many others, in a shed and wheeling them out now to fund my retirement :headbang:
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Thats a feeling I know well, XR2 x2 / XR3 / XR3i x2 / RS1600i / RS Turbo / 205 GTi one of each / 306GTi / Astra GTe / Capri / XR3i Vert x2 / Clio 16v / Clio 172 / Lotus Elan M100 / Elise and that is just a quick overview another 25 plus cars to to that lot, god if I knew then what I know now
 
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