What a classic Rootes Group sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 1,739 recorded Rootes Group sales at public auction since 1998: which models make the most, which come up most often, and what each of them sells for.

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Part of: Rootes Group, 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 £11,200

Usual range £4,980 to £30,375

Recorded sales 1,739 since 1998

Data to 10 August 2026

1,739 Rootes Groups have sold at public auction since 1998, at a median of £11,200; the middle half of them made between £4,980 and £30,375. The sale rooms see about 167 a year and 72% of the cars offered find a buyer. The Alpine (1959 - 1968) is the one that comes up most often, with 229 sales on record at a median of £9,407. The highest result is £868,530, paid for a Tourist Trophy Race Car in August 2024.

In 2025 the median classic Rootes Group sold for £9,140 across 180 sales, 8% up on 2024. In real terms, typical classic Rootes Group prices were down about 57% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Rootes Group median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year	Sold	Median	In 2025 money
2026 (so far)	128	£7,306
2025	180	£9,140	£9,140
2024	176	£8,450	£8,774
2023	160	£9,410	£10,098
2022	160	£11,378	£13,030
2021	157	£10,920	£13,503
2020	96	£16,896	£21,410
2019	95	£18,000	£23,043
2018	83	£12,689	£16,520
2017	59	£12,073	£16,082
2016	78	£10,930	£14,935
2015	61	£19,209	£26,508
2014	39	£20,833	£28,865
2013	39	£21,375	£30,038
2012	47	£13,800	£19,838
2011	34	£13,800	£20,346
2010	27	£14,950	£22,898
2009	30	£8,156	£12,805
2008	15	£8,855	£14,176
2007	16	£9,502	£15,742
2006	8	£8,719	£14,782
2005	27	£5,750	£9,994
2004	16	£9,706	£17,216
1999	3	£10,324	£19,624

Which Rootes Group models make the most

Not every Rootes Group is priced alike. The Tiger Mk IA sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £45,981 across 71 sales and most of them between £34,030 and £57,418. The Super Minx sits at the bottom at a median of £3,024, so the dearest Rootes Group model typically makes about 15 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 Rootes Group models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Rootes Group model
Model	Sales	Usual range	Median
Alpine (1959 - 1968)	229	£6,000 to £12,375	£9,407
Tiger Mk I	208	£32,358 to £53,816	£42,658
Minx	82	£1,746 to £5,600	£3,267
Tiger	74	£23,811 to £51,283	£39,471
Tiger Mk IA	71	£34,030 to £57,418	£45,981
Alpine (1953 - 1955)	55	£18,200 to £49,684	£33,750
90	53	£3,000 to £9,100	£4,872
Super Snipe	50	£2,575 to £8,850	£6,225
Rapier	43	£4,692 to £8,393	£6,666
Lotus	40	£16,688 to £33,042	£23,638
Super Minx	35	£1,905 to £4,665	£3,024
Gazelle	31	£1,865 to £4,434	£3,400

Plus 768 rarer variants with too few sales for a row of their own.

The latest Rootes Group sales

£11,760 Mk III Brightwells, 5 August 2026
£2,500 Gazelle Mathewsons, 30 July 2026
£3,304 Vogue SWVA, 30 July 2026
£11,424 Lotus SWVA, 30 July 2026
£5,344 Hunter H&H Auctioneers, 29 July 2026

Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Rootes Group sell for?

Across 1,739 recorded auction sales, the median classic Rootes Group made £11,200, with most selling between £4,980 and £30,375 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Rootes Group is worth the most at auction?

Of the Rootes Group models with enough sales to read, the Tiger Mk IA carries the highest median: £45,981 across 71 recorded sales, most of them between £34,030 and £57,418, with the Tiger Mk I next at £42,658 (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 Tiger Mk IA.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Rootes Group?

At auction, the Super Minx: a median of £3,024 across 35 recorded sales, with most between £1,905 and £4,665 (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 Rootes Group prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Rootes Group made about 57% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £9,140 across 180 sales, 8% above 2024. Those are medians across every Rootes Group model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

What is the most expensive classic Rootes Group ever sold at auction?

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Rootes Group is £868,530, paid for a Tourist Trophy Race Car in August 2024. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £4,980 to £30,375.

How often does a classic Rootes Group come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 167 sell at auction each year, and 72% 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

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Selling a classic privately
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Agreed value insurance
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Strong evidence. 1,739 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 (1998 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.