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What a classic Triumph sells for at auction

The median, the usual range and the way prices have moved, from 4,666 recorded Triumph sales at public auction since 1995: which models make the most, which come up most often, and what each of them sells for.

Part of: Triumph, the full marque guide
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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 £12,098
Usual range £6,794 to £18,301
Recorded sales 4,666 since 1995
Data to 10 August 2026

4,666 Triumphs have sold at public auction since 1995, at a median of £12,098; the middle half of them made between £6,794 and £18,301. The sale rooms see about 517 a year and 77% of the cars offered find a buyer. The TR6 is the one that comes up most often, with 1,280 sales on record at a median of £13,850. The highest result is £258,750, paid for a TR2 Works in November 2019.

In 2025 the median classic Triumph sold for £10,084 across 538 sales, 9% down on 2024. In real terms, typical classic Triumph prices were down about 48% over the five years to 2025, once inflation is accounted for.

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Triumph median sold price by year, nominal and adjusted for inflation
Year Sold Median In 2025 money
2026 (so far) 360 £9,828
2025 538 £10,084 £10,084
2024 544 £11,025 £11,448
2023 483 £13,478 £14,463
2022 515 £12,982 £14,867
2021 503 £14,000 £17,312
2020 305 £15,394 £19,508
2019 271 £13,500 £17,282
2018 235 £12,320 £16,039
2017 226 £12,579 £16,756
2016 159 £11,211 £15,318
2015 100 £11,909 £16,434
2014 80 £10,938 £15,154
2013 48 £10,464 £14,706
2012 60 £8,840 £12,707
2011 48 £9,903 £14,601
2010 30 £8,317 £12,739
2009 34 £8,843 £13,883
2008 30 £9,338 £14,949
2007 28 £7,335 £12,152
2006 29 £5,625 £9,536
2005 18 £6,834 £11,877
2004 12 £6,468 £11,474
1996 4 £8,262 £16,645

Which Triumph models make the most

Not every Triumph is priced alike. The TR4A sits at the top of the marque, with a median of £18,854 across 232 sales and most of them between £12,979 and £22,996. The Spitfire Mk IV sits at the bottom at a median of £4,735, so the dearest Triumph model typically makes about 4 times what the cheapest does.

The TR6 alone accounts for about 27% of the Triumph sales on record, so the marque-wide median leans toward it.

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 Triumph models in the sale rooms

Auction prices by Triumph model
Model Sales Usual range Median Sold prices
TR6 1,280 £10,320 to £18,371 £13,850 By variant and year
Stag 529 £6,812 to £13,439 £9,720 By variant and year
TR3A 327 £13,721 to £23,692 £18,480 By variant and year
TR4 247 £13,220 to £22,678 £17,650
TR4A 232 £12,979 to £22,996 £18,854
Spitfire 1500 229 £3,402 to £7,590 £5,267
GT6 Mk III 142 £7,366 to £16,672 £10,692
TR3 121 £12,611 to £22,089 £17,468 By variant and year
TR7 Convertible 113 £3,000 to £6,496 £4,860
TR7 105 £3,565 to £8,700 £5,300
Spitfire Mk IV 94 £3,000 to £7,237 £4,735
TR8 91 £8,788 to £16,234 £12,508

Plus 1,156 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 Triumph guide is the place to start.

The latest Triumph sales

  • £19,477 TR6 Bring A Trailer, 10 August 2026
  • £13,936 TR6 Collecting Cars, 10 August 2026
  • £9,816 TR4A Bring A Trailer, 9 August 2026
  • £8,258 TR250 Bring A Trailer, 7 August 2026
  • £31,164 TR4 Bring A Trailer, 6 August 2026
Quick answers

Frequently asked questions

How much does a classic Triumph sell for?

Across 4,666 recorded auction sales, the median classic Triumph made £12,098, with most selling between £6,794 and £18,301 (as of August 2026). Those are sold prices rather than valuations: condition, history and specification move any individual car well outside that range.

Which Triumph is worth the most at auction?

Of the Triumph models with enough sales to read, the TR4A carries the highest median: £18,854 across 232 recorded sales, most of them between £12,979 and £22,996, with the TR3A next at £18,480 (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 TR4A.

What is the cheapest way into a classic Triumph?

At auction, the Spitfire Mk IV: a median of £4,735 across 94 recorded sales, with most between £3,000 and £7,237 (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 Triumph prices rising?

No, not on the evidence to 2025. Adjusted for inflation, the typical classic Triumph made about 48% less in 2025 than five years earlier. The 2025 median was £10,084 across 538 sales, 9% below 2024. Those are medians across every Triumph model and every condition the sale rooms see, so a single model can be moving the other way.

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

The highest recorded auction result for a classic Triumph is £258,750, paid for a TR2 Works in November 2019. Results like that are exceptional cars at exceptional moments; the typical range is £6,794 to £18,301.

How often does a classic Triumph come up for sale?

Frequently, by classic-car standards: roughly 517 sell at auction each year, and 77% 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. 4,666 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 (1995 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.