Smart Looking Biturbo

Thought this looked quite straight

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C593796

Looks great, description seems to be all together, nice example.

But 10k ...is that what these are worth..?

Andyk said:

But 10k ...is that what these are worth..?

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Good ones are worth at least that; as with anything, they're worth what someone is prepared to pay.

Looks cracking with those alloys.

At that pricepoint personally, I'd be off to mainland Europe to buy a Lhd Ghibli or Karif while the going's good on the Euro. The later Biturbo era cars are much improved.

Team GCR said:

Thought this looked quite straight

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C593796

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Is this on your radar as car number 15 or 16 instead of the <ahem> SD1? Or did that get sidelined?

Looks nice and aggressive and if it is as good as described could be a great classic Maser

Parptoot said:

Is this on your radar as car number 15 or 16 instead of the <ahem> SD1? Or did that get sidelined?

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Hi Mike,

No I managed to resist the urge to buy the SD1 for long enough that someone else bought it!

Going to try and stick to the original plan of selling some on then thinking about what if anything to get next. Most likely next addition will be a manual V12 XJ-S or an Alfa SZ. Alternatively I might just concentrate on my Mini project!

dickygrace said:

At that pricepoint personally, I'd be off to mainland Europe to buy a Lhd Ghibli or Karif while the going's good on the Euro. The later Biturbo era cars are much improved.

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Hi Dicky,

How would you value a RHD Karif with 39,000 miles and a reasonable history?

Thanks, Robin

Robin, always depends on how good it is, but I'd say £12-15k if it's a decent car, nearer £20k I it's concourse or single figures requiring attention. Probably no use at all, but it's impossible to value them unseen.

To be absolutely correct, that car is a Biturbo Si rather than a Biturbo S, there are a few minor differences most significant being the introduction of fuel injection for the Si. The Si also had the intercoolers moved to the front of the car rather than either side of the intake plenum as on the S, the NACA ducts on the bonnet for the Si are therefore largely redundant.

Interesting that this car is on a K-plate despite being a 1987 car but not the first time I've seen an imported early car on later plates.

I think this particular car looks really nice and is probably priced about right based on its mileage and the described condition. The Biturbo S and Si are very collectible in Italy and are starting to command fairly high prices, particularly the limited edition "Black" version. What may possibly count against this particular car is that it is not in original spec, a standard car would have a grey bottom half, the smaller early type bumpers and would only have twin exhaust outlets on the right side rather than the 4 pipe setup on this car. I think it looks great as it is but it might upset the purists.

This is how it would normally look as standard, note different front and rear bumpers to the car advertised plus grey lower body:






A picture from the Biturbo Si brochure showing the colour schemes, red, black or silver with a grey lower half:



Yours anorakingly

DickyB