This Low-Mileage, Mint-Condition Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 Will Set A New Six-Figure Price Record

Another day, another story about a low-mileage, almost unused and now insanely valuable modern classic.

This time we’re back to fast Ford territory, and after one Sierra Cosworth RS500 we featured ahead of its sale smashed through its upper estimate and fetched a breath-stealing £114,750, this one could go even higher.

Another 224bhp RS500, this one is in even better condition and has a little over half the mileage of the black one from earlier this year. Just 6000 miles rest on its four-cylinder, turbocharged shoulders. Its basically like new. We hate that it hasn’t been used properly, but it’s still good to see one so pristine.

One of just 56 ever delivered in the iconic white that we feel suits the car best, it’s properly rare. It’s also in almost completely original condition, aside from the belts, battery and fluids were replaced as part of a major service in 2014.

Silverstone Auctions, which is hosting the car’s sale during a two-day event on November 11-12, is calling it the best example they have seen. Not so coincidentally, they also sold the black one a few months ago.

It was found languishing among a classic Ferrari collection in Germany in 2007 by exotic car dealer Joe Macari, who bought it and later sold it to a Ford collector who stored the car in a climate-controlled environment. Of course.

The estimate has been set at £100,000-£115,000, but that’s surely going to be chewed up and spat out. We reckon more like £130,000; watch this space.