Once-famous classic cars becoming £1,000s CHEAPER as drivers slowly forget about them – including iconic Jaguar

SOME of the best-loved classical cars are opening to suffer their worth - meaning petrolheads could prime up a bargain.

According to car adept John Mayhead, known for his enactment with classical motors insurers Hagerty, a fistful of the world's astir celebrated classics are becoming overmuch much affordable.

Writing for This Is Money, John says caller information from Hagerty indicates that a fig of radical who retrieve definite classical cars are starting to dwindle - meaning their desirability is ever-so-slightly waning.

Amazing, that adjacent includes the ever-green E-Type Jaguar.

Jaguar E-Type (Series 3 Roadster)

According to Hagerty, the mean terms for an E-Type contiguous is £59,475 - immoderate £10k little than it was successful 2020.

While that's hardly chump change, it does correspond a important descrease connected 1 of world's best-loved motors.

Produced from 1961 until 1974 earlier it was replaced by the XJ-S, the E-Type is considered 1 of the top sports cars ever made and is simply a immense favourite among petrolheads.

It's peculiarly favoured for its stunning aesthetics, with Enzo Ferrari - the legendary laminitis of Ferrari - erstwhile describing it arsenic "the astir beauteous car ever made".

Austin Healey 3000 (Mk1)

On average, you'll beryllium capable to find an Austin Healey 3000 Mk1 for astir £45,000 - down £1,450 implicit the past 3 months having antecedently been static since 2019.

A head-turner for sure, the Mk 1 2+2 is considered the astir affordable of the "big Healeys" but lacks immoderate of the show of aboriginal models.

MG TC

For decades earlier they became a shaper of affordable and stylish Chinese-designed EVs, MG were 1 of Britain's go-to sports car brands.

The MG B and the MG Midget stay 2 of the astir celebrated roadsters ever produced successful Britain, portion the MG F / TF has go a cult icons among fans arsenic the past existent MG.

But going backmost to aureate property of motoring, the MG TC - oregon T-Type - tin truly scratch the classical car itch for a reasonably tenable price.

Hagerty accidental values for the TC person been level for a agelong clip - with a ample spread opening up betwixt pristine examples and those that request work.

A truly bully illustration tin beryllium purchased for the mid-£20ks.

Alfa Romeo Giulietta (Sprint 101 Normale)

Values for the Giulietta Sprint 101 Normale are, connected average, astir £43,175, with a puny £500 emergence successful the past 3 years.

Known for being lightweight, sporty, and precise casual to drive, particularly implicit agelong distances, its parts are besides successful plentiful proviso portion the motor is known for being casual to upgrade.

Less costly than their much elegant 750-series predecessors, the 101 Sprint offers large worth for money.

Daimler V8 250

To the untrained eye, the Daimler V8 250 has each the looks of the Jaguar Mk II - without the monstrous terms tag.

Around £17,250 is enought to prime up 1 of these beauties, and portion replacement parts whitethorn beryllium costly, they are available.

Of course, the precise champion cars tin apical £30k, but, arsenic John says, they are a batch of car for the money.

Fiat 124 Spider (1.6)

Nowadays, a Fiat 124 Spider tin beryllium yours for astir £12,775 - with its terms dilatory dropping since 2019.

The Italian driblet apical isn't rather the aforesaid arsenic the Alfa Romeo Spider - but it's astir a fraction of the price.

Great fun, astatine a precise sensible price.

Ford Mustang tiny artifact V8 (1969)

Hagerty judge 1969 is the saccharine spot for the Mustang, with mean values overmuch little than '68 models and earlier the unsightly 1970 grille was introduced.

Pricing astatine £17,000, the small-block V8 illustration offers plentifulness of benignant for a much-lower terms than immoderate of the high-profile classical Mustangs.

Morris Minor 1000 Convertible

The terms of 1 of the astir celebrated classical motors has risen by conscionable a tiny magnitude successful immoderate 8 years, with an mean of £10,575 - up from £10,000 - capable for 1 today.

Much much affordable than they erstwhile were, the convertible mentation of the Morris Minor combines wind-in-the-hair motoring with a spot much power.

Sunbeam Alpine (Series III)

The terms of the Sunbeam Alpine, specificially the 3rd series, has flat-lined astir wholly since 2017 - with the mean terms successful 2024 present just £13,300.

In fact, the sharp-looking roadster's worth has successful information mildly fallen implicit the past 9 years.

The Series III, which is the rarest of the lot, is inactive precise affordable and combines the accepted 'high fin' look with applicable features - specified arsenic a larger boot, improved shocks and amended brakes.

Volkswagen Karmann Ghia 1600 Coupe

The unique-looking VW Karmann has experienced a crisp diminution successful worth successful caller years since its highest successful November 2019 astatine £23,125.

Five years on, it's priced astatine astir £15,000 - not atrocious for specified a head-turning roadster.

This comes arsenic VW precocious revealed the grade of their troubles, with the German giants acceptable to adjacent astatine slightest 3 of its factories and laic disconnected tens of thousands of staff.

The car marque volition besides shrink their remaining plants and chopped unit wage by 10% successful a deeper-than-expected overhaul of 1 of the world's astir recognisable brands.

Elsewhere, an municipality explorer recently unearthed an unthinkable postulation of abandoned classical cars extracurricular a derelict location - including a favourite from the Grand Tour.