What a classic Jaguar sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 13,465 recorded Jaguar sales at public auction since 1993: which models make the most, which come up most often, and what each of them sells for.

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Part of: Jaguar, the full marque guide

Median sold price by year, with the dashed line restated in 2025 money. Hollow final dot: the current, incomplete year.

Median sold price £21,514

Usual range £8,180 to £57,375

Recorded sales 13,465 since 1993

Data to 10 August 2026

13,465 Jaguars have sold at public auction since 1993, at a median of £21,514; the middle half of them made between £8,180 and £57,375. The sale rooms see about 1,199 a year and 73% of the cars offered find a buyer. The XJS Convertible is the one that comes up most often, with 690 sales on record at a median of £10,006. The highest result is £16,641,143, paid for a D-Type in August 2016.

In 2025 the median classic Jaguar sold for £13,405 across 1,339 sales, much where it was in 2024. In real terms, typical classic Jaguar prices were down about 69% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Jaguar median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year	Sold	Median	In 2025 money
2026 (so far)	859	£12,584
2025	1,339	£13,405	£13,405
2024	1,148	£13,393	£13,907
2023	1,217	£16,417	£17,617
2022	1,205	£20,215	£23,151
2021	1,087	£22,500	£27,823
2020	717	£34,560	£43,795
2019	745	£23,955	£30,666
2018	687	£27,860	£36,271
2017	685	£36,000	£47,954
2016	597	£37,980	£51,893
2015	545	£45,500	£62,790
2014	480	£26,460	£36,661
2013	400	£21,891	£30,763
2012	291	£31,075	£44,670
2011	246	£36,093	£53,214
2010	167	£44,438	£68,063
2009	163	£25,875	£40,623
2008	132	£25,755	£41,232
2007	139	£22,213	£36,799
2006	97	£27,000	£45,774
2005	175	£22,389	£38,913
2004	130	£18,362	£32,569
2003	49	£27,188	£48,917
2002	22	£30,468	£55,542
2001	39	£32,463	£60,052
1999	18	£22,813	£43,364
1998	9	£21,511	£41,634
1997	18	£22,340	£44,042
1996	27	£23,708	£47,762
1995	19	£19,220	£39,825
1994	11	£18,239	£38,782

Which Jaguar models make the most

Not every Jaguar is priced alike. The E-Type Series I Roadster 3.8 sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £105,009 across 415 sales and most of them between £76,352 and £147,300. The XJ6 sits at the bottom at a median of £5,025, so the dearest Jaguar model typically makes about 21 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 Jaguar models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Jaguar model
Model	Sales	Usual range	Median	Sold prices
XJS Convertible	690	£6,777 to £14,243	£10,006	By variant and year
E-Type Series III Roadster	630	£41,280 to £71,103	£55,380
XK8 Convertible	630	£5,615 to £11,311	£7,935
XJ6	585	£2,870 to £8,901	£5,025	By variant and year
XJS Coupe	480	£3,950 to £10,956	£6,192	By variant and year
E-Type Series II Roadster	474	£40,028 to £66,670	£55,378
XK120 Roadster	441	£49,830 to £83,892	£64,866	By variant and year
XKR	433	£6,900 to £15,032	£10,351
E-Type Series I Roadster 3.8	415	£76,352 to £147,300	£105,009
XJ8	408	£3,323 to £9,907	£5,889	By variant and year
E-Type Series I Roadster 4.2	376	£71,269 to £130,440	£96,123
Mk II 3.8	370	£15,225 to £29,952	£21,471	By variant and year

Plus 7,533 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 Jaguar guide is the place to start.

The latest Jaguar sales

£54,147 XK140 Fixed Head Coupe Bring A Trailer, 10 August 2026
£50,641 E-Type Series II 2+2 Bring A Trailer, 10 August 2026
£8,374 XJ8 Bring A Trailer, 10 August 2026
£63,019 E-Type Series II FHC Bring A Trailer, 9 August 2026
£49,904 E-Type Series II Roadster Collecting Cars, 9 August 2026

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Jaguar sell for?

Across 13,465 recorded auction sales, the median classic Jaguar made £21,514, with most selling between £8,180 and £57,375 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Jaguar is worth the most at auction?

Of the Jaguar models with enough sales to read, the E-Type Series I Roadster 3.8 carries the highest median: £105,009 across 415 recorded sales, most of them between £76,352 and £147,300, with the E-Type Series I Roadster 4.2 next at £96,123 (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 E-Type Series I Roadster 3.8.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Jaguar?

At auction, the XJ6: a median of £5,025 across 585 recorded sales, with most between £2,870 and £8,901 (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 Jaguar prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Jaguar made about 69% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £13,405 across 1,339 sales, close to 2024's. Those are medians across every Jaguar model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

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

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Jaguar is £16,641,143, paid for a D-Type in August 2016. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £8,180 to £57,375.

How often does a classic Jaguar come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 1,199 sell at auction each year, and 73% 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. 13,465 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 (1993 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.