How much are Novas worth nowadays????

[jeremy fisher]

Anyone see the Nova that sold for 4.5k on eBay? Looked pretty dam clean but 4.5k?

[NovaLad]

It's worth as much as someone is willing to pay...
So yes 4k+ can be common on certain spec's.

Same with parts for Novas... All going up up up!

[DaveMarshall]

I can understand people paying top money for models such as GTE GSI SR SRI and Sport as you can re-live your younger days e.t.c but I just can't see the excitement in owning a 1.2 club or GLS or any other low spec model. Even if you use the base car for a project at the end of the day it's still only a basic car with a load of goodies attached to it.

Dave.

[Craigos]

Standard cars are rare these days and to an enthusiast are worth more than a modified car. Not everyone wants to turn an original standard low mileage car into a track weapon as they probably appreciate it the way it is? Its down to personal taste and like Novalad says its worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it

[Southie]

Original unmodified Novas of any condition will fetch decent money especially the sr's Gte's or Gsi's even the lesser spec Novas are now doing good money.

If I as looking for say an original GTE or GSi that was very original and wasn't needing welding or panels replacing [mega rare] I'd look at paying tops 4k IMO.

Cars in Ireland always have an extra 20% on top for any nova for some reason regardless of the edition.

A clean unmolestered standard nova could fetch maybe 3k if low mileage but again that's my opinion but it would have to be a tiptop condition nova with so much history and low mileage to make it worth while.

Modified Novas say your LET's and Novas with generous amounts of engine mods that have had loads of money ploughed into them are only as good as the shells they're in, the best ones are usually worth breaking to be honest rather than selling as a whole car.

Sports will always fetch a better price in original condition due to rarity, tops 5 to 6k with all history but bound to go up in price better than most Novas. Tbh they're are probably more common that lesser spec say sr's GTE's or GSI's these days.

Alll the above is my opinion so mean nothing lol

[blue_peg_16v]

South Sean kell had 10k to spend on a good sport and couldn't get one he got offered 1 for 15k so started from a crap box shell and built one

[Kev Turbo]

My two pence worth....

Base spec low milers - 2k ish not seen one achieve over this (Yet)

SR - Up to 3.5k

GTE / GSi - up to 6k

Sport up to 10k

Modified LET / XE - Spec dependent

All based on clean low mile, original (Minor refurbishment to a good standard accepted) examples with history.

[paul080803]

I have a 1 previous owner, B reg 3dr swing with 25k miles. Rot wise it is very good, however needs some paint here and there due to the elderly gentleman that previously owned it.

If I was to sell it would be the £2k mark, it also has an agreed valuation of £2k.

So I think low mileage base models (3dr) are worth circa £2k.

I also think location and colour affect the price, as many people are just not prepared to travel for the right car and want it in their street!!

[steve1434]

It's crazy the price they fetch now. If you have the time and space you can build pretty much any model nowadays. I have pretty much all of a mk1 SR except for a shell lol but should I find a genuine SR shell I could build one and make a killing if sold. I love my novas but couldn't stomach spending thousands on one (in one go) really, of course if I won the lottery I would buy them all though lol

Over the years I have bought bits in dribs and drabs (as well as a bargain Nova here and there) spending several hundred quid, being patient to the point where I can now put them together getting the enjoyment and stress of a build, plus knowing that it is indeed straight and solid is a huge plus - too many out there with hidden faults.

I also hate the fact that just because a small piece of plastic trim 'might' have been in a genuine GSi/GTE it is three times the price of a 'base' model piece of trim - Surely they all came out of the same mould!!!

[amggsi]

I suspect that the low mileage GL is being bid up, I stuck my Flair back onto e-bay just to see - if they really were making that money it would have a new address.
Mine is sitting at 2.5k with a few hours left, can't really see it going much higher than that to be honest, and if it does it will be nowhere near £4,500, so it will be staying with me a bit longer!!

[peester]

I think it is because Novas have that proper old school, classic look and feel to them and that they are the last of that breed. Particularly with the early Mk1. I reckon it is that model, in any body style and in any spec that is most in demand; therefore appreciating faster than any other guise of Nova..? As mentioned the sporting (SR SRi GSi) Mk2 models are also in demand and have always been quite short in supply so they have been appreciating just as quickly, but I don't the same can be said of the base mk2 models, maybe not just yet..?
Will Corsa B (excluding GSi model) or Astra Mk3 (again excluding Gsi model) forums ever have these kind of conversations? I am not so sure.
Mind you, almost all cars appreciate as they get rare - they all carry some form of appeal.
Also they will only keep on appreciating, parts too. Don't all be so surprised.

[amggsi]

Or here is the opposite end of the scale, for sale for 2 pence!!

http://iraq.hatla2ee.com/en/car/opel/corsa/394098

Only problem is that it is in Iraq!!lol

[steve1434]

Haha bet its very free from rust!!!

[phunkynova]

But comes with extra ventilation (bullet hole's)

[blue_peg_16v]

My two pence worth....

Base spec low milers - 2k ish not seen one achieve over this (Yet)

SR - Up to 3.5k

GTE / GSi - up to 6k

Sport up to 10k

Modified LET / XE - Spec dependent

All based on clean low mile, original (Minor refurbishment to a good standard accepted) examples with history.

nick j got 5k for his 1.0 with basic mods

[Kev Turbo]

and his was modified, Not quite sure it was 5k either!

RL7's - 4 pots, rare bonnet were not cheap parts.