I noticed that there are big differences in car prices between Europe and USA,
no matter if it is about new or old(classic) cars. I found a price list for
Triumphs in a German classic car magazin (Oldtimer Markt). The prices were
researched by watching actual sellings and auctions and are still in DM. I
scanned/edited the list and had excel calculating the USD figures which might
be more interesting for the majority of the listers.
The 5 conditions mean:
Condition 1:
Like new or better than new quality car. No additional or missing parts. Very
rare
Condition 2:
Good original or restored car. No shortcomings or defects. Little marks of use.
No additional or missing parts. Condition as expected for a 2 year old car.
Condition 3:
Used car. Normal marks of use and years. Little defects, but ready for use.Work
needed, but not immediately. Not nice but usable
Condition 4:
Worn out car, might be in driving condition. Some little or medium rust holes.
Some little parts might be missing. Easy to restore.
Condition 5:
Non runner, can be in parts, missing parts, rustholes, can be restored , but in
need of very much work and money
cond.1 cond.2 cond.3 cond.4 cond.5
TR 3 A 46000 35000 25800 15200 7100 DM
27050 24588 15176 8941 4170 USD
TR 4 A 39000 30300 22500 13000 6500 DM
23471 47524 13238 8000 3824 USD
TR 250 43100 33000 24400 14700 6900 DM
25353 19412 14363 8647 4080 USD
TR 5 Pl 49800 38000 28200 16900 7400 DM
29294 22353 16588 9941 4353 USD
TR 6, -72 38000 29000 19400 11600 5200 DM
22353 17059 11412 6824 3050 USD
TR 6,72-76 37100 28300 18800 11300 5000 DM
21824 16647 11059 6647 2941 USD
TR 6 Pl 42000 31800 24200 12800 5900 DM
24700 18706 12471 7529 3471 USD
TR 7 conv. 19400 14500 8200 3800 1500 DM
11412 8629 4824 2235 882 USD
TR 8 ----- 20300 12500 6900 2100 DM
----- 11941 7353 4059 1235 USD
Herald conv. 15800 10000 6000 3100 1100 DM
9204 5882 3529 1824 647 USD
Vitesse Mk 2 22000 15900 10700 5900 2400 DM
12941 9353 6294 3471 1412 USD
Spitfire l500 18500 13400 8700 5400 2000 DM
10882 7882 5118 3176 1176 USD
Gt 6 + 22400 14500 9600 5300 2400 DM
13176 8529 5647 3118 1412 USD
STAG 32800 23300 16800 9100 5200 DM
19294 13706 9882 5353 3059 USD
I understand that the price differences in Europe are negligible. But how about
the USA ? Is there a similar list which would make it possible to compare
prices?
BTW this price list is acknowledged by insurances. But they want to see an
expertise about the condition of the car as it was before the crash. If the
expertise dates after the crash, they will allways state that the car was
allready damaged or badly restored at the time the crash happened.
Gerhard Wiederholl
1969 TR 6
1976 TR 7 RV
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