What a classic Rootes Group sells for at auction
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.
The busiest Rootes Group models in the sale rooms
| 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.
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. How to read these figures.