Whats with the price of Corrados nowaday?

[Joe M 0]

Ive seen a lot of people compaining saying the prices are rock bottom, they are far from it!! When I got my VR6 about 7 or 8 years ago it was £4500, and I sold a 2.0 16v for £3000 to get it. Prices of some mint cars dont seem far off that just now.

Cheapest I can see atm are 1.8's for a grand upwards, and the cheapest VR's are about £1600 upwards. I sold my VR just under 2 years ago for £1200 and that was a '95 with Konis, eibach arb's, full leather and full history. Only thing it needed was a touch of bodywork. Admittedly I let it go cheap as I had a new car coming.

Basically, what im getting at is stop whinging about the prices and start selling cheaper so I can get another. lol

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Yeah prices seem a bit inconsistent at the moment but I think what's getting on people's goats more is bullschitt adverts claiming the car is mint, when it's far from it.

[delfinis38 1]

bring on the price rise... rado's have been going too cheap recently. And most people knock the price in the adverts.

 

hope my VR's not worth £1600 notes :) I paid C.20K for it in 1997

 

great if your selling but not buying

[Jim Bowen 1]

i'd happily pay £5k for a really good one, its worth it if its actually mint.

 

I'm sure a properly mint A1 condition example would be worth more.

 

I think the next 5yrs will be quite interesting, as the 2nd parts values seem to be going mad, yet people struggle to sell a complete car. I don't think the prices will drop anymore, but corrados will be getting rarer. There always seems to be 3-4 being broken each time i look in classified section.

 

What are mk2 golf prices like at the moment?

[coullstar 0]

TBH I dont think there are any mint original cars left unless they have been locked away for a while. Even then they will be silly price. We just have to realise that they are all at least 14years old so they will never be perfect. I dont think they are going to get any cheaper so nows the time to buy IMO.

[Joe M 0]

Pretty high as well, £1000 minimum for an 8v GTi

I reckon ill stop looking at Corrados just now, wait till the end of the year then try and get one thats already been 24v'd or FI'd.

[coullstar 0]

Well my Mk2 16v I had tail end of last year was bought for £2100. Sold it for £2k with losts of interest. It felt bloody old though, a Corrado still feels relatively modern.

[VR6 Lee 0]

vr prices are on the rise I think

[ANDREW 30 0]

vr prices are on the rise I think

 

You think: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=100627

[skinnyman9000 0]

To be honest I think some asking prices I've seen are too high. I mean the car might be 'mint' and such, but it's still a 15yr old car and in many cases asking £4+ is a silly.

[Pat_McCrotch 0]

vr prices are on the rise I think

 

You think: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=100627[/quote:ocxdpt0o]

 

No offence, but you can hardly site that as a unmolested, decent example of a VR6.

 

There are usually 3 types of Corrado seller;

 

1. The type who just happened to buy one 10 years ago, has seen the Top Gear special and thinks his tatty old 16v is worth £3000. Despite not spending a dime on maintenance.

2. The type who has been quite generous on maintenance (usually with inferior quality GSF parts though) at the expense of bodywork, the most important thing on any Corrado. Again, they ask ridiculous money for there cars come resale time despite having 'slight rust' etc (£3000+)

3. The person who inherits, or has owned a garaged, one owner car with 60,000 miles. Which has yet to have the common Corrado issues go wrong. These people will usually ask around £5000-£6000

 

If you want a truly decent Corrado nowadays anything priced below £3250 isn't even worth looking at in my eyes.

[V-Dubstar 0]

To be honest I think some asking prices I've seen are too high. I mean the car might be 'mint' and such, but it's still a 15yr old car and in many cases asking £4+ is a silly.

 

Because it's 15yrs old+ is part of the reason though!! Retro/classic cars do hold/appreciate in value! Obviously there are bangers out there and nicer ones though..

[Alex_G60_Fanatic 0]

Alot of price bashing here fellas... You got to remember that a car is worth what someone is willing to pay for it, if that's 3k for a rusty banger... then it's worth 3k. I got my G60 for £1800 2 years ago and because it was cheep i paid the price with a dodgy subframe... I still wouldn't swap her for the world though.

 

Worth is something that someone imparts... it's no good trying to tell people otherwise :tongue:

[delfinis38 1]

this is something that grates me... too many people say it's not worththat much... if this is the case prices of our cars will never rise.... but i guess were not in it for value It's the LUV we show :)

[hombre_paulo 0]

I do think that the corrado (particularly the VR6) is due a sharp price rise in the near future. I cant help but compare it the E30 M3, I know they are worlds apart from what they offer but are both classics in their own right. VRs though make between 1-5k, yet a decent E30 makes ~10k with some examples up to 15k. I do feel that our cars should be worth alot more than the current market value, but then the market value is just that, what someone is willing to pay.

 

The current price isnt so much of a concern for me as I picked mine up for a good price and currently have little/no intention to sell. If i did and the prices had gone up then happy days. If not I`ve enjoyed owning a very very good car

[Kevin Bacon 5]

/\ Agreed. And if you look at 20V UR quattros too, they still fetch £12K - £15K for good ones. As you say though, they were far more expensive, thoroughbred machines to begin with, so not a particularly like-for-like comparison :D

 

The Corrado was very much in the Calibra / Probe / Integra market, but VW were asking 944 money for it, which ultimately back fired on them with very low sales figures.

 

The reality is it's just another 90s VW I'm afraid and it will only ever achieve 90s VW money.

 

The only thing elevating the Corrado above rock bottom Calibra and Probe prices is it's reputation for fine handling.

[VAG-hag 0]

 

The only thing elevating the Corrado above rock bottom Calibra and Probe prices is it's reputation for fine handling.

 

 

that & the fact that Gareth Cheeseman did NOT have one.

[big ben 10]

the prices will go up a lot i think... Most people love the corrado as well, a lot of people always say stuff like "always wanted one of them" etc, so they are desirable and rare now, so its only a matter of time before prices on everything Corrado goes sky high, then we will all be moaning how expensive they are

[Kevin Bacon 5]

a lot of people always say stuff like "always wanted one of them" etc

 

Bet never bought one because it's other reputation - poor reliabilty :lol:

 

 

The only thing elevating the Corrado above rock bottom Calibra and Probe prices is it's reputation for fine handling.

 

that & the fact that Gareth Cheeseman did NOT have one.

 

Who the heck is he??! :lol:

[dukest 0]

The only thing elevating the Corrado above rock bottom Calibra and Probe prices is it's reputation for fine handling.

agreed and plus the rarity value. not saying that calibra's and probe's arent rare either, but at the end of the day they were low end coupes from vauxhall and ford (the low end of manufacturers) so people cared less.

 

the one thing I would say about the price vs condition debate is that, 5 years ago, a mint car could be a low miler with all original parts. these days, a mint car is a reasonably low miler BUT it should have had at least £2k spent on bushes, suspension, brakes & engine maintenance in that last 5 years to make sure that its good for another 10. what i'm trying to say is that you cant do mint by accident anymore, it takes some effort!

[big ben 10]

a lot of people always say stuff like "always wanted one of them" etc

 

Bet never bought one because it's other reputation - poor reliabilty :lol:

 

 

good point :lol:

 

my next door neighbour always use to say he would swap his car in a heart beat if it was more reliable... He owned a 2009 Alfa Romeo Brera i think it was, and it cost him something like £750 for a basic service!?

[Kevin Bacon 5]

Interestingly my brother's Alfa 147 has been dead reliable for years! The only time it played up was when he took it to a rover garage (he knows boogar all about cars) and they c0cked it up.

 

Alfas are very much like Corrados in that they need specialist knowledge & attention or they'll just keep breaking the same old things, over and over.....

[hombre_paulo 0]

Totally agree with Dukest above. As time goes by more and more poorly maintained examples will head to the scrap yar leaving only well looked after examples which should drive prices higher.

[Danny B 0]

 

There are usually 3 types of Corrado seller;

 

1. The type who just happened to buy one 10 years ago, has seen the Top Gear special and thinks his tatty old 16v is worth £3000. Despite not spending a dime on maintenance..........

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Ain't that the truth, I loved this piece of TV but I think some of 'us' got a bit carried away :norty:

 

I think prices will rise ultimately but I think we have a few years to go yet people......but I couldnt give a damm as I didnt buy it for investment :D

[V-Dubstar 0]

 

The only thing elevating the Corrado above rock bottom Calibra and Probe prices is it's reputation for fine handling.

 

 

that & the fact that Gareth Cheeseman did NOT have one.

 

And the fact they're actually nice to look at? :shrug: :lol: