Mega-expensive BX!!

bxbodger · Unread post by **bxbodger** » 15 May 2005, 01:37

Todays Telegraph motoring-possibly the first and only BX appearance in the Telegraph.
Bonhams Monaco branh are auctioning a BX 4TC, a group B homologation car, it was owned by Jean-Pierre Beltoise and the estimate is £10,000-£14,000!!!!![:0] I wonder where the other 199 are?
2.2 litre, 300bhp, and only 110 miles on the clock!!! It was a sad day when group B was banned- it took all the entertainment out of rallying for years.....

np · Unread post by np » 15 May 2005, 01:55

Found a pic of it here,about half way down the page
http://memoiresdestands.hautetfort.com/ ... _beltoise/
Looks nice,wonder how much it will go for.
Theres a full list of cars here,
http://www.classicdriver.com/uk/magazin ... 0&id=12396

tomsheppard · Unread post by **tomsheppard** » 15 May 2005, 02:36

Worth every penny!
Last one I saw for sale was £20,000. A Le Mans winner's documented usership to boot (As he would have done himself,)makes that sound like a pessimistic reserve. I wouldn't be surprised if it went a good bit higher, especially with the popularity of classic rallying.

oilyspanner · Unread post by **oilyspanner** » 15 May 2005, 23:22

Wow, what a piece of kit, dont let Vanny see it[8D]
Stewart

Unread post by **Jon** » 16 May 2005, 20:10

Quick translation from the French catalogue:
Constructed on the basis of the BX five door and ratified for the season 1986, the BX 4TC is a racing car which marks the unique adventure of Citroën in the World Rally Championships group B. It was powered by a 2.2 L turbo borrowed from the Talbot Tagora, developing 300 horses.
A 6th place in the rally of Sweden shows that she could be competitive, but the regulation which banished the B group at the end of the year 1986 condemned this machine to the scrapyard. This very rare 4TC, one of the few to have escaped among the 200 constructed copies, was delivered to Beltoise by Citroën Competition in 1985.
The car is almost new, displaying 180km only, but the owner made it regularly start up.
Estimate €15 000- 20 000

ActivaV6uk · Unread post by **ActivaV6uk** » 16 May 2005, 20:19

whats the exchange rate at the moment?

ActivaV6uk · Unread post by **ActivaV6uk** » 16 May 2005, 20:21

damn id it was going for €9000 i could have been in the running for it! Any one want to go in halves for one?

vanny · Unread post by **vanny** » 16 May 2005, 20:26

you can still bid on it andy, doesnt mean it WILL make that value!