It’s indicative of the value of an Exige “lookalike” with an Audi engine 
As Sean says above, it all depends upon the individual car spec etc, & I reckon you’re looking at a range of �23K to �45K…except mine, which you can have for �100K! 
[quote=Mr Pesky]It’s indicative of the value of an Exige “lookalike” with an Audi engine
As Sean says above, it all depends upon the individual car spec etc, & I reckon you’re looking at a range of �23K to �45K…except mine, which you can have for �100K! [/quote]
Bargain!
That’s my old car, it gets worse every time I look at it 
When I sold it, it was a peach, stupid fast too. If I had enough garages I’d buy that and put it straight.
This confuses me “The car has had a new engine fitted by Guglielmi Motorsport in November 2009 and has covered only 500 miles since”… it had a “new” engine in 2007 and Bernards cars are very reliable.
Is that the car that used to be black with yellow stripes down it David ?
I was quite close to buying the yellow striped car once upon a time… you beat me to it 
[quote=Mr Pesky]
As Sean says above, it all depends upon the individual car spec etc, & I reckon you’re looking at a range of �23K to �45K…except mine, which you can have for �100K! [/quote]
Blimey what’s a unmessed around original one worth then
[quote=SimonE][quote=Mr Pesky]
As Sean says above, it all depends upon the individual car spec etc, & I reckon you’re looking at a range of �23K to �45K…except mine, which you can have for �100K! [/quote]
Blimey what’s a unmessed around original one worth then [/quote]
Depends whether you want to use it as intended, or stick it in a musuem!
Seriously though, it’s totally dependent on what a willing buyer will pay a willing seller for the particular car, is it not??
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Is that the car that used to be black with yellow stripes down it David ?
I was quite close to buying the yellow striped car once upon a time… you beat me to it [/quote]
No, the car (above) was the car I sold to buy the car you were interested in.
A sure fire way to get a ‘market savvy’ valuation is from an auction house. I’d probably use H&H if I wamted mine valued.
Yep Club Lotus probably the way to go, from my experience they tend to air on the “high” side. Alternative may be Paul Matty?
I maybe wrong, but I figure being the first one (did I mention that?) and the press car, and featured in the ads, it’d be worth more than your standard “auction price” for a boggo Exige.
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No, the car (above) was the car I sold to buy the car you were interested in.[/quote]
This is the car as I sold it
Hi David,
Yes, it would, which is why you should use an auction house…but not a mainstream current modern car auction house.
Yesterday I watched a very ropey S2 Elan, major retoration required, fetch �16,600 at auction because of some obscure provenance. If you know the provevance before you get it valued the value will reflect that provenence.
See HERE
Has anyone actually auctioned a S1 Exige through a standard auction house? Don’t do it! Use a specialist auction house like H &H or Bonhams or RM or similar.
Chassis number one has to be worth a lot more than any other Exige of the same spec. This will be the Exige that every collector would want to own, however, you would need the right person to truly get its full value.
I would speak to Coys (only because I have used them in the past) or speak to the likes of Paul Matty. I would have thought your Exige, if completey orriginal, could fetch 50% to 100% above an exactly similar exige.
I sold the last one off the line, chassis no 601 to a member on here 
, rear bulkhead was signed by all the staff from lotus sport !! now that was a minter 
no 1 has seen some “action” in its time but i think its restored to its former glory now
I’ve heard 244’s the one to have. If anyone has it there very lucky. It’s said to be worth between 150 to 200 percent more than the others.
[quote=EVOSAL]I sold the last one off the line, chassis no 601 to a member on here , rear bulkhead was signed by all the staff from lotus sport !! now that was a minter
no 1 has seen some “action” in its time but i think its restored to its former glory now
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Thanks Chris
Who cares about #1… its about the one called “Prototype” thats the good one to have… Regret I sold that one… but its now kicking ass on the Time Attack series
The Lotus specialist I use bought the parts from Lotus of the Geneva Motorsport Elise show car. There were 3 cars built one was written off, one was lost. The last was in bits, this was built on a new Lotus chassis but could only be registered as a prototype SLA approval. the funny thing is Lotus had it on display, pride of place at one of the big open days, on the turntable in the design shop and it’s not officially a Lotus! The car is fantastic and now a one off. Value who knows?
My old race car was the first motorsport elise/exige , R190BAH was the reg, it was the official factory elise demonstrator for all the motorsport extras, and featured in loads of magazines, autocar etc, all the books on the elise have it in somewhere as a yellow 190 sport.
The car is now in a private collection in Japan
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Is Wetherby in Japan, Chris?
Surely a car previously owned by you Chris, must be worth less. Although it will probably have more power than you tell them it has!! hahaha