This 61k mile 2003/53 Corsa 1.3CDTI Life looked cheap to me at £3,000, even though it was really only £225 under book and needed Dentmaster to sort out the drivers door. A 66k mile 2003/53 Nissan Primera S with satnav was genuinely cheap at £3,250 despite the screw holes from the taxi plate on the back bumper. And MINIs are now under £6,000. A 96k mile 2001/51 Cooper with leather and full length sunroof started at £4,000 to finally sell for £5,550.
With the Congestion Tax spreading to Kensington and Chelsea in February, three exempt dual-fuel Vauxhalls caught my eye. A 62k mile 03 reg Astra 1.616v LS dualfuel estate sold for £3,000, a 56k mile 2002/52 Zafira 1.8 Elegance dualfuel sold for £5,500, and an 86k mile 03 Vectra 1.8 SXI dualfuel went for £4,050.
But diesels looked expensive. A private bidding battle took a 55k mile 03 reg Mondeo 2.0TDCI 115 Zetec estate to £6,350. A 40k mile 2003/53 Citroen C5 2.0HDI 110 VTR sold for £5,000. And an 87k mile 04 KIA Sedona 2.9CRDI LE made a whopping £6,250.
There were the usual unusuals today too. A 74k mile 1995M Lotus Elan S2 sold for £4,350; an 89k mile LHD 2000W Smart Pulse sold for £1,700. A 73k mile 1998R Nissan QX 2.0 V6 auto sold for £850. And an unwarranted mile K reg Toyota HiLux Surf 2.4 diesel ran out of bids at £650.
Here’s the list. ‘n/w’ means unwarranted mileage. ‘s’ means sold. ‘p’ means top provisional bid. ‘n/s’ means not sold. Emphasis is on part-exchanges rather then fleet cars.
Top Car (includes an MG SVX Coupe), Porsche Retail p/x, Black Horse, Fleet & Finance, Franchised Dealer p/x, Inchcape No Reserve p/x, Reg Vardy Group p/x, Hartwells p/x, Pendragon p/x, Lex.
General Section, Fleet & Finance, Leaseplan, Black Horse, Lex, Jardine p/x, Inchcape p/x, Sytner p/x, Snows Group p/x Trident Honda p/x.
Light Commercials non-runners, Light Commercials from Peugeot, Northgate, Lloyds, Lex, Royal Mail, Fleet Direct.
Light Commercial Non Runners and LCVs from Leaseplan, Hitachi, Citroen, Fleet Direct, Northgate, Dagenham.