XM Prices when new

Off topic chat about anything you like. Doesn't have to be about XMs (though they will inevitibly come up!). You can even discuss non-Citroens :o in here!
Post Reply
casalingua
Has changed a sphere or two
Posts: 290
Joined: Mon Dec 19, 2011 2:07 pm
Location: Denmark

Re: XM Prices when new

Post by casalingua » Tue Nov 12, 2013 6:50 pm

Wasn´t one criticism of the XM when it came out that it cost so much more than the CX, even adjusted for inflation? I get the same feeling of satisfaction that I can drive around in an MDs car but without the opprobrium that attaches to a new one.
Top
User avatar
White Exec
Citroen God!
Posts: 6642
Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 7:38 pm
Orga / RP numbers: RP7165
1996 2.5TD saloon, Exclusive, Polar White
1992 BX19D Millesime, Sable Phenicien
Location: ex-Ealing, Cheshire, W.Sussex & Surrey. Now living in Sayalonga (Malaga, Spain)

Re: XM Prices when new

Post by White Exec » Tue Nov 12, 2013 7:19 pm

Our June 1996-built 2.5 was eventually first registered to a South of England dealer on 1 Dec 1998, having been brought into the UK by Slough, along with 30 others, apparently.
List price was i.r.o. £29,500, and we bought it with 1020 mi on the clock for £20,250 three weeks after first registration. Extras included CD changer and towbar.
Chris
1996 XM 2.5TD Exclusive RP7165 Polar White
1992 BX19D Millesime RP5800 Sable
1989 BX19RD Delage Red Deceased; 1998 ZX 1.9D Avantage auto Triton Green Company car 1998..2001; 2001 Xantia 1.8i auto Wicked Red Company car 2001..2003
Top
User avatar
MTXM
Citroen God!
Posts: 4901
Joined: Mon Apr 20, 2009 8:45 pm
Location: Bacton-on-Sea, Norfolk

Re: XM Prices when new

Post by MTXM » Tue Nov 12, 2013 9:56 pm

I have a UK price list somewhere with accurate figures which I shall try and dig out. For now here is the receipt for my 1991 V6 24v when purchased from a main dealer at three years old with 49K at a price of £29,000!! Regards, Matthew T.
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
1989 V6 Exclusive (Poland car) - Now living in a local Motor Museum!
1990 V6sei auto (grey auto)
1990 V6sei manual (gold car)
1990 V6.24 Pallas (Germany car)
1990 V6.24v (Scotland car)
Other previous XM sold and broken too many to mention!
Top
Vince
Citroen go-to-guy
Posts: 798
Joined: Sat Jan 23, 2010 4:29 pm

Re: XM Prices when new

Post by Vince » Tue Nov 12, 2013 10:43 pm

An Edinburgh car.....some really nice roads up there 8-)
Top
User avatar
CitroJim
Citroen God!
Posts: 3730
Joined: Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:43 am
Location: North Bucks
Contact:
Contact CitroJim

Re: XM Prices when new

Post by CitroJim » Wed Nov 13, 2013 5:17 am

russ92xmsed wrote:An Activa was £20.335 in 1997 Jim.
A bargain :D Very good value for what you got ...
Jim

'98 Saxo
'95 AX
Three bikes - Road, Aero and TT

Ex- owner of several XMs and many Xantias!
Top
citroenxm
Global Moderator
Posts: 9987
Joined: Wed Apr 15, 2009 9:11 am
Location: North Wales - FAR far far away!!! :-p

Re: XM Prices when new

Post by citroenxm » Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:34 am

CitroJim wrote:
russ92xmsed wrote:An Activa was £20.335 in 1997 Jim.
A bargain :D Very good value for what you got ...
Twenty grand for a bucket of leaks? Hmmmm not sure.. :lol: :lol:

Yes yes i know they didnt leak as much when new. 20k scares the crap out of me for spending that much on a car!!

Let alone 29 k on an xm....
Projects:(eventually if theres any bodywork left)
93 L Xm 2.1t D auto project
93 L xm V6 12v Sei Manual

Others
In use.. 1995 M reg S2 2.1td auto exclusive
Top
User avatar
CitroJim
Citroen God!
Posts: 3730
Joined: Wed Apr 15, 2009 4:43 am
Location: North Bucks
Contact:
Contact CitroJim

Re: XM Prices when new

Post by CitroJim » Wed Nov 13, 2013 7:56 am

citroenxm wrote:
CitroJim wrote:
russ92xmsed wrote:An Activa was £20.335 in 1997 Jim.
A bargain :D Very good value for what you got ...
Twenty grand for a bucket of leaks? Hmmmm not sure.. :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That really made me giggle Paul...

29K was how much I paid for my first house and only four years before the XM arrived too. That puts it into some sort of perspective I think...

They were dear...
Jim

'98 Saxo
'95 AX
Three bikes - Road, Aero and TT

Ex- owner of several XMs and many Xantias!
Top
beko1987
Has changed a sphere or two
Posts: 293
Joined: Thu Mar 21, 2013 12:24 pm

Re: XM Prices when new

Post by beko1987 » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:24 pm

I like the feeling of driving around in a £23k car I paid £620 for!
2.0TCT VSX Auto Estate (without leather)
Top
User avatar
russ92xmsed
Global Moderator
Posts: 5733
Joined: Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:23 pm
Location: Cheltenham
Contact:
Contact russ92xmsed

Re: XM Prices when new

Post by russ92xmsed » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:27 pm

They really were dear. The V6 Xantia was only a grand more over the Xantia Activa.
It's quite a difference between the top Xantia and top XM, even if they had the same engines and suspension. Prestige for you.

What's interesting now, is a normal mid size family car....Astra ect can easily cost what a V6 Xantia cost new in its day.
Russ

1992 K reg XM 2.1 Auto SED RP 5712
1992 K reg XM 2.1 Auto SED RP 5705 (D)
Also
2003 C5 2.2 HDI Exclusive

I sell Engine bay, 1990 COTY, Total & Club XM Sticker Decals
http://www.rjwcreativedesign.co.uk
Top
User avatar
russ92xmsed
Global Moderator
Posts: 5733
Joined: Mon Jun 11, 2012 5:23 pm
Location: Cheltenham
Contact:
Contact russ92xmsed

Re: XM Prices when new

Post by russ92xmsed » Wed Nov 13, 2013 3:27 pm

beko1987 wrote:I like the feeling of driving around in a £23k car I paid £620 for!

:lol: nothing like a bargin!
Russ

1992 K reg XM 2.1 Auto SED RP 5712
1992 K reg XM 2.1 Auto SED RP 5705 (D)
Also
2003 C5 2.2 HDI Exclusive

I sell Engine bay, 1990 COTY, Total & Club XM Sticker Decals
http://www.rjwcreativedesign.co.uk
Top
Post Reply

Return to “General free-for-all chat”