Used Phantom smashes auction record

BMW_Dude · 04-20-2007, 05:14 AM

You'd hardly call it a bargain at £208,000, but nonetheless one canny trader scored a bit of a result at a British Car Auctioneers sale in Nottingham recently, picking up one of the few second-hand Rolls-Royce Phantoms available on the open market for a song – relatively speaking.
The 2005 model Phantom had covered just 5000 miles. Bidding on it started at just £140,000, but rose quickly to its final sale price of £208,000. And although the cars have been changing hands for as little as £160,000, this low mileage example would be likely to make its owner several thousand pounds should he choose to sell it on.
The Phantom set a record for the highest sale price ever achieved by BCA for a current production car. The previous figure of £192,000 was also for a Phantom, conveniently enough at BCA Nottingham, which sold in 2005.

Source = Autocar

Hypersonic · 04-20-2007, 05:24 AM

Is this for real?

Surely a second hand Veyron would cost more than that.

BMW_Dude · 04-20-2007, 05:31 AM

It think it's a record just by BCA!

Thinking about it, classic cars, have gone for millions!

Hypersonic · 04-20-2007, 05:37 AM

They did say it was for a second hand cars still in production so classic cars would not be included.

BMW_Dude · 04-20-2007, 05:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rob

They did say it was for a second hand cars still in production so classic cars would not be included.

Good point, well I don't know then!

04-20-2007, 05:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
BMW_Dude Aficionado Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 4,224 My Mood: Thanks: 265 Thanked 392 Times in 234 Posts	Used Phantom smashes auction record You'd hardly call it a bargain at £208,000, but nonetheless one canny trader scored a bit of a result at a British Car Auctioneers sale in Nottingham recently, picking up one of the few second-hand Rolls-Royce Phantoms available on the open market for a song – relatively speaking. The 2005 model Phantom had covered just 5000 miles. Bidding on it started at just £140,000, but rose quickly to its final sale price of £208,000. And although the cars have been changing hands for as little as £160,000, this low mileage example would be likely to make its owner several thousand pounds should he choose to sell it on. The Phantom set a record for the highest sale price ever achieved by BCA for a current production car. The previous figure of £192,000 was also for a Phantom, conveniently enough at BCA Nottingham, which sold in 2005. Source = Autocar

04-20-2007, 05:24 AM	#2 (permalink)
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04-20-2007, 05:31 AM	#3 (permalink)
BMW_Dude Aficionado Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 4,224 My Mood: Thanks: 265 Thanked 392 Times in 234 Posts	Re: Used Phantom smashes auction record It think it's a record just by BCA! Thinking about it, classic cars, have gone for millions!

04-20-2007, 05:37 AM	#4 (permalink)
Hypersonic Connoisseur Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,514 Thanks: 1,017 Thanked 848 Times in 522 Posts	Re: Used Phantom smashes auction record They did say it was for a second hand cars still in production so classic cars would not be included.

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