From Mondays HJ Auction Report....
The other price precedent of the day was a top bid of £24,000 for a 6k mile 06 Citroen C6 2.7V6 HDI Exclusive, but the auctioneers had Citroen on the phone and they would not let it go for that.
Is this the model featured on Top Gear, months back, when the question of depreciation & re-saleability, was mentioned to Citroen, they said not to worry, 'we'll buy it back'?
Looks like they've got this one!!
VB
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That really sends a message. Lets face it - not many will get sold anyway, so the fact that citroen could intervene is a real kicker. They dont need ot do it all the time, just enough to keep it a live urban rumour
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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You fancy one too do you TVM?
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well as it appens guv.......
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TourVanMan TM < Ex RF >
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Rotten so-and -sos. I was sure I'd pick one up for about £15 later this year!
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Phil
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"£15"
Maybe a little optimistic - I think the word "thousand" is missing!
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Phil
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I had the 2.2 Exclusive on a four day test drive last month - amazing car - and it felt pretty special to drive a car that hardly anyone has even seen - I certainly didn't see another during the four days. It so smooth and wafty it almost made a trip to Ipswich down the A12 bearable...
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Didn't see another for 4 days?
Pah, I see at least 10 EVERY day!!!!
Maybe that's because I work next to Citroen head office in Slough though....
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To be fair, this is the £38k list, £34k discounted top model - i.e., 530d money but maybe with a bit more kit.
The 2.2 HDi base spec is about £10k cheaper and so I would have thought that £15k would be attainable by the end of the year - if you can find one.
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By 'on the phone' and 'wouldn't let it go' does that mean that Citroen were bidding by phone to secure a resellable car rather than throwing their toys out of the pram? I wouldn't have though an auction house would have bowed to pressure from a manufacturer telling them how to do business.
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I took it to mean Citroen were the seller.
On prices, the original report is from March, time moves on.
I saw one in France at the beginning of the year and really liked it. I'll have PhilW's when he finishes with it.
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