Saxo values

[Samuel]

So this past year I was away I've noted VTS's/saxos in general have seem to hit a reall all time low on prices. Anyone reckon a VTS will ever go up in value? Or just stick to sinking right down to the bottom of the pit sticking at 500-800 quid lol?

[holdawayt]

Pristine, low mileage ones will probably demand a higher price eventually but the run of the mill shit heaps that tend to grace this forum will hopefully stay around the £400 mark.

[Samuel]

Pristine, low mileage ones will probably demand a higher price eventually but the run of the mill shit heaps that tend to grace this forum will hopefully stay around the £400 mark.

Hahahahaha. I hope they shoot up in value one day would be hilarious

[SimpleJoee]

Prickles is valued at over 9000.

[Gandi699]

because they churned so many of the fucking things out (namely furios and VTRs here) then it'll be a while but the day will come when all the knackered ones have been scrapped or are dead.
Regardless of the car, once they become scarce people decide they want them and it can happen quite quickly, even for cars people love to slate. For instance I remember picking up fairly tidy MOT'd metro gtis for less than £250 probably about 6 years ago or so, now 99% of them are dead you wont find them so the values have gone up and even basket cases fetch a good deal more.
Look at 106 rallyes, 205 gtis, mk2 golf gtis etc etc

[manta]

A mate of mine is after one, so I've been trawling ebay for him, gotta say some of the prices are ridiculous, high mileage cars for like a grand.

He's after a vtr specifically, but I was searching last night for like an hour purely puzzled by the prices of them.

When I bought my vts around 3 years ago, it cost me £400 had done 60k, nice bodywork and had a list the length of your arm of engine mods. 160 ish brake for £400 what a bargain.

[0rang3peel]

They will of course go up in value, as said look at metro gtis, novas etc a whole host of other ghastly car.

in 5 years they'll be worth a few grand

[Jizanthapus]

I'm so glad we're having this discussion again, it must be at least 3 weeks since it was last brought up.

I was honestly starting to get worried!

[MuZiZZle]

Prickles is valued at over 9000.

I'd make sweet gay love to Prickle like, in a gay way :y:

[opee]

I just bought my VTS back off a friend for £200. I paid £1600 for it in 20101

[Ryancoyle]

I just bought my VTS back off a friend for £200. I paid £1600 for it in 20101

Did you buy your car in the future?

[Stissy]

The Sax is just getting old now. The newest one is going to be at least 12 with circa 70k on the clock. And being brutally honest, there are a lot faster, newer and better looking cars out there now for not a lot more ££s, for those wanting for a hot hatch. Couple that with the fact that the scene has shifted so much over the last 3 years. Back when I was 17 it was all about getting the fastest car your insurance/bank would allow – then modifying it to make it even faster. Nowadays it’s all about the ‘low and slow’ VW scene, where a £800 1.0ltr Lupo on tacky coilovers is the ultimate dream. Unfortunately that means cars like the Saxo, are less desirable to the youngens.

It’s not like the VTS was iconic either, they were only so popular because of 90s boy racers and the fact they were sold from the manufacturer as part of a deal which included insurance. I doubt the VTS will ever go up in value by a lot, even a mint condition one, anyone who believes otherwise is delusional.

[Stissy]

Double post.

[Ryancoyle]

They will start going up in price again as long as it's standard / mint condition. The only question is, when will they start going up on price?

The less of them on the road will only improve the price of them so I can see the price rising.

[Stissy]

They will start going up in price again as long as it's standard / mint condition. The only question is, when will they start going up on price?

The less of them on the road will only improve the price of them so I can see the price rising.

Be real man. Who in the right mind would pay anything above £1,000 (or equivalent at that time) for a 15+ year old saxo? This forum probably hosts most if not all of the UKs Saxo enthusiasts. Would you buy one? Would anyone from this forum? Probably not.

Even if Saxos were to rise in value, there’s no way they’d rise by enough to make it worthwhile. Instead of spending a grand on a standard, mint condition VTS and keeping it, you’d be much better off taking that grand and investing it somewhere.

[Gandi699]

they wont ever fetch big money but the price will rise in the future provided its a very tidy one.
Dont expect to make mega bucks though as you wont, but they will be out of the 250 quid snotter area. They made so fucking many of them though it'll take a while

[chinkostu]

The povvo specs will be cheap as houses, but decent vtr and vts s will be on ok money. Look at mk1 rallyes and xsi's!

[D4MJT]

Be real man. Who in the right mind would pay anything above £1,000 (or equivalent at that time) for a 15+ year old saxo? This forum probably hosts most if not all of the UKs Saxo enthusiasts. Would you buy one? Would anyone from this forum? Probably not.

Even if Saxos were to rise in value, there’s no way they’d rise by enough to make it worthwhile. Instead of spending a grand on a standard, mint condition VTS and keeping it, you’d be much better off taking that grand and investing it somewhere.

I'd say in a few years they'll go for over a grand.

Slate them all you like, predictable image japes aside, they're a bloody good chassis out of the box, rewarding to drive, cheap to maintain and upgrade, and exciting / easy to drive near the limit.

Hot hatches nowadays are nothing like this, 300bhp plus, sometime 4wd, loads of leather and creature comforts, they're nothing like as raw and fun.

In a few years time, when they're even thinner on the ground, and EU regulations continue to make everything new look even more alike, I could see myself happily paying a couple of grand for a super clean one to lash around in on a weekend. I'm not suggesting for a moment they're going to skyrocket to thousands and thousands of pounds, but I think they're worth more than a few hundred quid.

Cupra wanker x

[Stissy]

I'd say in a few years they'll go for over a grand.

Slate them all you like, predictable image japes aside, they're a bloody good chassis out of the box, rewarding to drive, cheap to maintain and upgrade, and exciting / easy to drive near the limit.

Hot hatches nowadays are nothing like this, 300bhp plus, sometime 4wd, loads of leather and creature comforts, they're nothing like as raw and fun.

In a few years time, when they're even thinner on the ground, and EU regulations continue to make everything new look even more alike, I could see myself happily paying a couple of grand for a super clean one to lash around in on a weekend. I'm not suggesting for a moment they're going to skyrocket to thousands and thousands of pounds, but I think they're worth more than a few hundred quid.

Cupra wanker x

I’m not slating the Saxo, I’m a big fan of them, however they will never be a ‘desirable car’. Unlike the 106 GTi, which superseded the famous 205 GTi, the Saxo doesn’t really have any heritage behind it. It’s a bit like the Metro GTi, a hot hatch in its day that quickly faded into the background once bigger and better things came along. The little Metros were worthless in the early-2000s, they’re worthless now in the mid-2000s and I guarantee they’ll be worthless in the late-2000s. The Saxo will go the same way.

On top of that, who is going to keep one? If you take into account storage costs for a car, even if you keep it in your own garage it’s going to cost you. A super clean one won’t be super clean unless it was properly maintained whilst it was stored. Starting the engine once in a while, ensuring all the mechanical parts are adequately serviced, all the perishables are preserved and the paintwork is properly protected. From an investment point of view it’s idiotic. You’d be much better off taking a grand investing it for 15 years, rather than buying a Saxo and storing it.

On a final note, in a few years time when you have a couple of grand to spend on a weekend car, would it really be a Saxo? Imagine the sorts of things which are around the £5,000 mark now (E46 330ci, E36 M3, Caterham Seven, Elise, 200SX, 350Z etc) in a five years, they’ll all be within your budget, and arguable better weekend cars.

…and there’s nothing wrong with a cheeky 20vT (which coincidently will also be within your 2k budget by 2017/18).

[saxokid100]

Ile just have to keep my three vts"s for another 10 years!!
they might go up in value like my 205 gti and metro gti..

[Samuel]

Ok, if they dont go up in price that's fine. I'd rather just keep it then sell it for £200 hahah. Cause they are fun run arounds... It would cost me more to sell one in case I needed to buy another car in the future. Insurance is the only shit part, but for the fun you get in them it's worth it. EG i'm going away and dont plan on coming back for a long long time, thus this post. Really not phased about it going up, would just be cool if it did. Could go either way tbh but wont ever be worth stacks lets face it. But I would keep one than sell it for few hundred lol, more hassle than it would be worth..