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Posted By : Daniel James, 11-Aug-2003, 10:28am
Hi... I was just wondering if anyone knew how much a brand new 1975 Spitfire 1500 cost compared to more 'normal' everyday cars, like the Ford Cortina etc?
I'm just really trying to get some idea of how expensive they were when new, were they actually a cheap sports car, or where they like the MX-5 (which
everyone hales as an inexpensive soft top, but you can get a Ford Mondeo for what one of those costs!).
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Posted By : Lindsay Dearing, 11-Aug-2003,
08:49pm
Daniel
When the Spitfire 1500 was press released to the UK market on 3 December 1974 it was priced at £1290 (basic). By May 1978 inflation had
raised this to £2373 and at the end of the line in August 1980 £3631. Again all these were for the basic model.
Lindsay
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Posted By : Daniel James, 12-Aug-2003,
09:51am
thanks! wow..inflation was a problem...hu...
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Posted By : Graham Reeks,
12-Aug-2003, 10:20am
yeah, but they (people not cars) only had to work half the week ... Although they still had Maggie to look forward to!