Our cars reach far and wide!!

There has often been a worldwide market for many unusual, exotic and classic cars but the nature of our recently depressed used car market and weak pound have meant a lot of cheaper cars have been disappearing from this country.

Yesterday we sold a ten year old Jaguar S Type 4.0V8 that had done 126k, had one previous owner and a new MOT on eBay for £1710 to a chap from Hungary who intended to break it for parts!!

It got us thinking about all the cars in the last two years that we have sold for export.

We have sold a number of immigrant workers cars like a £200 Peugeot 406 which they came all the way from Middlesbrough to collect!

There was the 25 year old immaculate left hand drive Mercedes 300 which made it all the way to a new owner in Italy.

We sold a high mileage BMW 528i SE to some interesting characters from Tblisi in Georgia who intended to convert it to left hand drive and sell it on. Sadly for them they engaged first gear instead of reverse on their departure and the corner of the car was a bit flatter than before their arrival.

A number of cars have gone to Africa including a Toyota Rav4 to Tanzania, a VW Passat Estate to Ghana and a high spec Mercedes E Class to Algeria.

The strength of the Euro has also helped European buyers with right hand drive like Ireland and Cyprus. These buyers seem particularly fond of older Mercedes diesels.

Ultimately we do not mind if the car goes to Exeter or Eritrea as long as the new owner is happy!

Jamie