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This Peugeot 206 GTI auction result started with a very simple question. How much do you think this will sell for? Because this wasn’t an immaculate, low-mileage collector’s car. It wasn’t the later GTI 180. And it wasn’t being presented as something you could necessarily jump straight into and drive home. This was a 1999 […]
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I was today years old when I discovered that Esso once sold spark plugs. We’ve been working on our 1956 Ford Popular and, after removing the four plugs from its little sidevalve engine, something caught our eye. ESSO. Printed clearly around the white ceramic insulators. We’re used to seeing names such as Champion, Lodge, ...
This Ford Puma auction result made us wonder whether one of the best small Fords of the 1990s is still being overlooked. Although, before we get into that, let’s establish something. This is what a Ford Puma should look like. Sorry, Ford. We’re sure the modern Puma has plenty going for it. There’...
This Ford Anglia auction result suggests there is still plenty of demand for a good example of one of Britain’s best-known 1960s classics. But perhaps the important word there is good. We’ve heard plenty of discussion recently about cars from this era becoming harder to sell. The generation that remembers them when they ...
This Toyota Corolla auction result had us wondering whether one-owner provenance still matters when the car itself is far from perfect. Because this wasn’t a GTI. It wasn’t a homologation special. And there was certainly nothing exotic about it. It was a 1990 Toyota Corolla GL four-door saloon. But it had something we’re ...
This Volkswagen Golf GTI auction result came within a split second of being very different. The car was a beautifully presented 1989 Mk2 Golf GTI 16V, finished in Tornado Red and showing just under 40,700 miles. It had only two previous keepers. Its current owner had kept it for 13 years. There was a substantial […]
This Mercedes SL500 auction result provided one of the most entertaining bidding battles of Anglia Car Auctions’ first Marketplace Classics sale. The 1994 R129 arrived with an estimate of just £2,500 to £3,000. Before the auctioneer had even properly opened the bidding to the room, internet bids had already pushed it beyond £4,000. Then two […]
This Morris Marina auction result started for us several weeks before the car actually went under the hammer. Anglia Car Auctions had a stand at this year’s Festival of the Unexceptional and kindly asked UK Barn Finds to fill half of it with a car, so we took along our 1995 Ford Fiesta Si. ACA [&...
This Jaguar S-Type R auction result made me stop and think. Normally, a 2005 saloon isn’t necessarily the sort of car I’d rush over to film at a classic auction. But this isn’t an ordinary S-Type. This is the R. A supercharged 4.2-litre V8 performance saloon with 400bhp, rear-wheel drive and enough pace ...
Jeremy Clarkson is parting with three cars that have rather more history than the average auction entry. All three appeared with him on The Grand Tour. All three were subsequently kept by Clarkson in his own collection. And all three are now heading to auction with no reserve. Iconic Auctioneers will offer the cars at [&...