1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 with just 11k miles SELLS for £122,400
A 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 with just 11,000 miles from new has sold at Silverstone Auctions this weekend for a massive £122,400.
So Ford decided they needed to inject a bit of sparkle in to the Sierra, and the best way to do that was to make it quick and shouty. So we got the be-winged Sierra XR4i.
Having seen an appetite for loud and quick Sierras, Ford soon rolled out the Sierra RS Cosworth to huge acclaim, and the ultimate iteration of that was the Sierra Cosworth RS500.
Ford made just 500 RS500s, and over the years they’ve become a bit of a Ford collectors’ fantasy. But this RS500 must be the best of the best.
Owned by the same, very wealthy, family for 29 years, it has done under 11,000 miles from new, and has been brought back to as new condition by Cosworth specialist John Taylor.
All the original items replaced have been retained, and apart from new discs, fluids and belts, fuel tank and battery, everything is just as it was when Tickford made it for Ford in 1987.
All of that explains Silverstone Auctions chunky pre-sale estimate of £90-100k, but in the end this very original RS500 went for £122,500.
Which is an awful lot of money for a 1987 Sierra.
Richie Jordan says
It was my all time favourite dream car but even still I dont think I could pay that now considering what else you could get for that money….head deffo over rules heart on this one.
Max Marshall says
Absolutely beautiful ????????
mark says
I think this buyer is NUTS
Cars UK says
It does seem a huge amount of money for a Sierra, even an RS500. There was a very similar one sold last year at auction for £75k, but that’s a 65% increase in a year!