Market Intelligence
New or Classic? The Perfect Auction Purchase for every Budget
Compare car prices from 2005 to 2015 across new and classic models. Discover surprising options within €25,000 to €100,000 budgets, including Ferraris, Jaguars, and BMWs.
During the holidays, I enjoyed browsing new car price lists and realizing how much car prices have risen. So I explored what could be purchased in the past at auctions with three budget thresholds (€25,000, €50,000, and €100,000): comparing new cars and classics.
Let’s start from the farthest period: 2005. That year, with €25,000, you could have taken home a Volkswagen Golf V GTI (€26,000) or a Land Rover Defender, with the short version (90) starting at €23,000 and the long version (110) at €27,000. And among classic cars? At Amelia Island (March 2005), a Jaguar E-Type S1 3.8 Roadster sold for around €24,500. For similar amounts, you could have bought an Austin-Healey 3000 (€24,276), a 1968 Aston Martin DBS (€25,578), or even a 1971 Maserati Ghibli 4.7 (€26,807).
