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Ford Sierra Sells for $716,907

Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:02 am
by andyofcolumbusmerkur
That's some serious Cozzie tax!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q02cxjgLuVM

Re: Ford Sierra Sells for $716,907

Posted: Wed Mar 01, 2023 10:20 am
by andyofcolumbusmerkur
Seems like bidding got to 530,000 pounds, so 596,250 pounds out the door. Must be the taxes, title and auction house fees added. Someone said the seller paid 80,000 for the car so he got a pretty good return on his investment.

Re: Ford Sierra Sells for $716,907

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 12:33 pm
by zxr250cc
Hi all,

All UK purchases have VAT added into them and that would be 10%, I believe.

The RS 500 was the run to homologate the Sierra for racing. The Ford factory was too busy to do a one off run of 500 so they had Aston Martin assemble them, in Tickford IIRC, and were known collectors items from the start. What Car had a write up about them at the time. All the UK car mags loved them.

Cheers

Re: Ford Sierra Sells for $716,907

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 4:10 pm
by Ed Lijewski
This is a very good article on the car:

https://mol.im/a/11794563

YMMV

Re: Ford Sierra Sells for $716,907

Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2023 5:04 pm
by andyofcolumbusmerkur
Ya Tickford. Wow imagine working there back in the day.
https://www.rs500cosworth.com/tickford-build-page/