Ford RS200 Group B Rally Car Information & Database

cxa2000 wrote:#156 sold today at the Bonhams auction for £114,000 plus commossion takes it to £126,900, nice car and i see it also had the problem of weeping brake fluid reservoirs that eventually drips fluid onto the chassis leg, must be a design fault.
Lancia S4 was a good buy at £95k plus commossion

Thanks for the info Claudio.

Good value for the Lancia too...

Klaus wrote:

cxa2000 wrote:#156 sold today at the Bonhams auction for £114,000 plus commossion takes it to £126,900, nice car and i see it also had the problem of weeping brake fluid reservoirs that eventually drips fluid onto the chassis leg, must be a design fault.
Lancia S4 was a good buy at £95k plus commossion

Thanks for the info Claudio.

Good value for the Lancia too...

I was quite tempted on the Lancia and had quite a hard time keeping my hands in my pocket , the wife also red me the riot act

I was there also standing next by the patio doors next to that red Porsche 959.

I watched the bidding with a chap next to me bidding until it hit about £80k then leaving it to a telephone bidder and a chap at the back (who seemed to be taking instruction on his mobile).

I think that was as interesting auction which has set the current bar Re: pricing

The reason I say I think it was interesting is that the car had some milage, I think 1800 ish, it was very very clean as you would expect but it was not perfect.

It was RHD which is a good benchmark for us UK RHD owners and it was registered albeit only 1 or 2 owners I think.

To hit £114,000 (plus the fees) shows really what people are happy to pay - I know that changes depending on who is in the running but we have to base prices on some kind of facts and here we have it. I think the buyer (who just auctioned it off) paid about that figure when he bought it so that further endorses the price.

Last year when C20 ORS sold it was not so clear cut as the car had many many parts and a model made of it's image - This, for me, made it more complicated but with that in mind and now this sale (and the one of the same car before) I think we can say that 1800cc cars that are straight examples with no competetion background or famous owners or piles of spares are all fetching about £110,000 to £120,000 - Add something to make it more special and it will be upwards of this benchmark.

With this in mind I just upped my agreed value (and hence premium !) to £110,000 (which is about £500 for 1000 miles for me as it happens).

Justin

Would have bought you a drink if i knew you were there Justin, might even have stretched to a pint instead of a coke

Was a nice car but as you say not perfect

I guess you guuys would know the same car just sold at auction for 127,000 K at Bonhams... so i guess it was worth 100K on Ebay .

sorry... didnt see the previous posts .... my fault.