Cougars on Autotrader...have you seen them?

WildV6

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Hey guys, was just doing my usual trawling of Autotrader and was shocked to see some both very low mileage Cougars, one being a V6 and onky 26k miles, however, it was the prices that some of the dealers are asking, one of them almost £4k. Are Cougars really fetching these type of prices?? I know they are close to becoming future classics, but I didn't think that, that had hit yet?

I must admit a couple of them on there are on bloody good condition....wish I was in a position to buy another and afford to hang onto it, thus just a pipe dream at the moment.
 
As I always say mate, prices can only go one way now. It's alright people saying thats too much money or they're not worth it, but one day when all the cheap rotten bangers are gone anyone who wants one will need a reasonable amount of money. The last Mk2 Escort I bought cost me £90 with MOT in 2002, I was looking at a reasonable 4-door rolling shell last night for £7k.
 
Yes, true. I was thinking though, where have these cars been hiding? I mean 26k mikes on a 2000 plate V6, is very, very low mileage. Bet it's been garaged all of it's life. Supposedly in pristine condition too....nice!!
 
I think the old saying ' Its worth what somebody will pay for it' is true with them , no amount of money buys mine :)

I do get lots of people now talking to me about them and saying that they will be a future classic.
 
We've had this conversation before about Rover Tomcats. T's perfect one was worth about £750 at one point, but after a restore and a few years you couldn't buy one in that condition for less than £6,000 now, and maybe even £8,000.

Now translate that to the Cougar, :)edit: though bear in mind we're talking about dealer prices, and they have to feed their kids).

I agree with Dan 100% though - a thing is what people want to pay for it when you want to sell it. Wildcat and Jinxy will never be for sale, but people holding Cougars might be pleasantly surprised in a few years' time.

Peter Griffin said:
"She might be worth a million to you, but she's worthless to me!"
 
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Yeah, in 1986 I bought my first car, a 23 year old Ford Consul Classic, for around £300, ready to use.
Just checked and the last two sold on the bay, one went for £890 substantially incomplete and the other, in much worse condition than mine was when it was trailered away for spares, fetched £2151! Good examples are in the £10K region and the Capri variant always commands a premium.