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What a classic Ford sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 4,058 recorded Ford sales at public auction since 2004: which models make the most, which come up most often, and what each of them sells for.

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Median sold price by year, with the dashed line restated in 2025 money. Hollow final dot: the current, incomplete year.
Median sold price £10,500
Usual range £4,928 to £24,000
Recorded sales 4,058 since 2004
Data to 10 August 2026

4,058 Fords have sold at public auction since 2004, at a median of £10,500; the middle half of them made between £4,928 and £24,000. The sale rooms see about 514 a year and 69% of the cars offered find a buyer. The Escort is the one that comes up most often, with 301 sales on record at a median of £5,000. The highest result is £493,821, paid for an Escort RS200 in August 2023.

In 2025 the median classic Ford sold for £9,939 across 680 sales, much where it was in 2024. In real terms, typical classic Ford prices were down about 58% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Ford median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year Sold Median In 2025 money
2026 (so far) 398 £9,232
2025 680 £9,939 £9,939
2024 541 £9,775 £10,150
2023 530 £11,133 £11,947
2022 416 £9,085 £10,404
2021 404 £11,081 £13,702
2020 174 £18,521 £23,470
2019 149 £14,625 £18,722
2018 149 £14,080 £18,331
2017 142 £15,725 £20,946
2016 159 £13,860 £18,937
2015 81 £10,012 £13,817
2014 42 £7,574 £10,493
2013 27 £9,240 £12,985
2012 29 £12,320 £17,710
2011 27 £11,200 £16,513
2010 18 £13,442 £20,587
2009 5 £2,250 £3,532
2008 16 £1,820 £2,914
2007 15 £2,812 £4,659
2006 19 £2,869 £4,864
2005 25 £4,230 £7,352
2004 12 £2,925 £5,188

Which Ford models make the most

Not every Ford is priced alike. The Escort RS Cosworth sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £47,694 across 88 sales and most of them between £39,375 and £63,248. The Fiesta sits at the bottom at a median of £2,012, so the dearest Ford model typically makes about 24 times what the cheapest does.

Each bar runs from the quarter mark to the three-quarter mark of that marque's sales, so it covers the middle half of them and leaves out the project and the concours car. The thickest bars have three thousand sales or more behind them, the thinnest fewer than five hundred. The scale is by ratio, every gridline about three times the one before, which is the only way a Reliant and a Jaguar fit on one axis.

The busiest Ford models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Ford model
Model Sales Usual range Median Sold prices
Escort 301 £2,000 to £13,728 £5,000 By variant and year
Escort RS2000 225 £17,440 to £40,426 £29,744 By variant and year
Fiesta 190 £1,350 to £3,841 £2,012
Escort RS Turbo 162 £11,317 to £25,255 £17,600 By variant and year
Escort XR3i 161 £3,994 to £9,500 £6,357
Granada 139 £2,600 to £8,462 £5,269
Sierra RS Cosworth 136 £23,989 to £51,110 £39,144
Sierra Sapphire Cosworth 98 £19,062 to £28,750 £24,000
Fiesta XR2 94 £8,237 to £14,454 £10,450
Lotus Cortina 93 £22,500 to £46,412 £32,625
Capri Mk III 88 £4,565 to £13,130 £8,850 By variant and year
Escort RS Cosworth 88 £39,375 to £63,248 £47,694

Plus 2,283 rarer variants with too few sales for a row of their own.

Model by model

Each of these has its own page where the figures are broken down by variant and by year, with the sold prices restated in today's money. For the cars themselves, their history and what to check before buying, the Ford guide is the place to start.

The latest Ford sales

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Ford sell for?

Across 4,058 recorded auction sales, the median classic Ford made £10,500, with most selling between £4,928 and £24,000 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Ford is worth the most at auction?

Of the Ford models with enough sales to read, the Escort RS Cosworth carries the highest median: £47,694 across 88 recorded sales, most of them between £39,375 and £63,248, with the Sierra RS Cosworth next at £39,144 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices for cars in every condition; a concours example of a cheaper model can still out-sell a project Escort RS Cosworth.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Ford?

At auction, the Fiesta: a median of £2,012 across 190 recorded sales, with most between £1,350 and £3,841 (as of August 2026). The bottom of that range is usually a project rather than a bargain, and a cheap car to buy is rarely a cheap car to put right.

Are classic Ford prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Ford made about 58% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £9,939 across 680 sales, close to 2024's. Those are medians across every Ford model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

What is the most expensive classic Ford ever sold at auction?

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Ford is £493,821, paid for an Escort RS200 in August 2023. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £4,928 to £24,000.

How often does a classic Ford come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 514 sell at auction each year, and 69% of the cars offered find a buyer. There is a steady supply, so it pays to wait for a good one rather than stretch for the first car you see.

Before you buy or sell

  • Buying a classic at auction

    Why the hammer price is never the price, what Category S and N actually mean, why a clean-looking V5C proves less than buyers assume, and how to think about bidding on a car nobody has let you inspect.

  • Selling a classic privately

    A private seller is not a shop, and the law knows it. Which consumer protections fall away, which three rules still bind you, why selling an unroadworthy car is an offence whoever you are, the DVLA steps that end your liability, and the payment habits that keep the money.

  • Agreed value insurance

    The trade valuation guides insurers use do not value cars over about twenty years old, which is why a classic on a market-value policy is a claim waiting to be argued. What the Financial Ombudsman expects, what the regulator found when it looked, what agreed value actually promises, and the evidence that sets it.

  • What a restoration really costs

    Why restoration bills reach numbers that horrify outsiders, where the money actually goes, and the practical protections that matter when handing a valuable car to a workshop for a year. Staged payments, written scope, and what happens if the business fails.

Strong evidence. 4,058 recorded sales and a dozen or more a year: the median and the range are well founded. Sold prices from public classic car auction results (2004 to 10 August 2026), not asking prices and not a valuation: a concours car and a project both sit inside these ranges, and condition, history and specification move any one car well outside them. Inflation-adjusted figures use the ONS CPIH index, in 2025 money. How to read these figures.