{"id":87219,"date":"2023-11-01T03:32:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T03:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=87219"},"modified":"2023-11-01T03:32:16","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T03:32:16","slug":"the-return-of-the-mondeo-man-value-of-ford-mondeos-soars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/world-news\/the-return-of-the-mondeo-man-value-of-ford-mondeos-soars\/","title":{"rendered":"The return of the &apos;Mondeo Man&apos;: Value of Ford Mondeos soars"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Victory for the &#8216;Mondeo Man&#8217;: Value of Ford Mondeos soars along with Vauxhall Corsas and Renault Meganes as second-hand cars out-perform the stock market and the price of gold<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The cost of the second-hand Corsa shot up 93 per cent in the past four years\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Experts reveal the best used cars for \u00a3200 per month or less\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The value of Ford Mondeos has soared along with Vauxhall Corsas and\u00a0Renault Meganes &#8211; as second-hand cars have out-performed the stock market and the price of gold.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the second-hand Corsa shot up 93 per cent in the past four years &#8211; with a study by Auto Trader\u00a0finding that the humble make &#8211; first on the market in 1993 and selling just over two million in the UK since &#8211; was top of the league for modest motors.<\/p>\n<p>They found that the price of the cars had easily out-performed the price of property and the FTSE over the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of the average second-hand Corsa has soared from \u00a31,136 since 2019 to a whopping \u00a32,197 now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the same time, gold has risen in value by 21 per cent, UK homes by 24 per cent, and the FTSE by a measly three per cent.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/01\/77250369-12695805-image-m-20_1698801469446.jpg\" height=\"435\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The value of Ford Mondeos has soared along with Vauxhall Corsas and Renault Meganes &#8211; as second-hand cars have out-performed the stock market and the price of gold (File image)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/01\/01\/77250419-12695805-image-a-21_1698801782041.jpg\" height=\"420\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The cost of the second-hand Vauxhall Corsa shot up 93 per cent in the past four years (File image)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Corsa owner Andy Fitzgerald, 43, of St Albans, Herts, said his 2002 model had 120,000 miles on the clock but was still going strong.<\/p>\n<h3>The &#8216;Mondeo Man&#8217;\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>The &#8216;Mondeo Man&#8217; was characterised as a middle-class man, conventionally driving a Ford Mondeo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mondeo man used to be stereotyped as boring and uninspired.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He was typically someone who voted for the Conservative Party but did not mind Tony Blair, according to The Times.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The garage owner said: &#8216;I love my little Corsa, but if someone offered me two grand for it, I&#8217;d bite their hands off.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for Auto Trader said: &#8216;Vauxhall Corsa owners could be sitting on a goldmine, with the model increasing in value by 93% over the past four years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This rate of growth is significantly higher than other assets, with prices for gold increasing by 21%, the average UK house price increasing by 24% and the value of the FTSE 100 growing by only 3% in the same timeframe.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Erin Baker, of Auto Trader, said: &#8216;While you might not think your car is old enough to be a classic, it may hold a hidden value &#8211; so don&#8217;t view it as another junk item.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Auto Trader&#8217;s completely free valuation service is used by millions of drivers across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Using only independent market data taken from millions of vehicles each day, it provides a totally unbiased valuation in minutes. It is the platform to find out what your car is really worth.&#8217;<\/p>\n<h3>Sales of the most popular low-key motors<\/h3>\n<p>1. Vauxhall Corsa &#8211; \u00a31,136 in 2019 to \u00a32,197 now &#8211; rise of 93%<\/p>\n<p>2. Vauxhall Astra &#8211; \u00a31,069 in 2019 to \u00a31,998 now &#8211; rise of 87%<\/p>\n<p>3. Renault Megane &#8211; \u00a31,043 in 2019 to \u00a31,882 now &#8211; rise of 80%<\/p>\n<p>4. Ford Focus &#8211; \u00a31,066 in 2019 to \u00a31,863 now &#8211; rise of 75%<\/p>\n<p>5. Peugeot 307 &#8211; \u00a3979 in 2019 to \u00a31,678 now &#8211; rise of 71%<\/p>\n<p>6. Ford Mondeo &#8211; \u00a31,544 in 2019 to \u00a32,298 now &#8211; rise of 49 %<\/p>\n<p>7. Ford Fiesta &#8211; \u00a31,171 in 2019 to \u00a31,707 now &#8211; rise of 46%<\/p>\n<p>8. VW Golf &#8211; \u00a31,766 in 2019 to \u00a32,434 now &#8211; rise of 38%<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12695805\/Victory-Mondeo-Man-Value-Ford-Mondeos-soars-Vauxhall-Corsas-Renault-Meganes-second-hand-cars-perform-stock-market-price-gold.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victory for the &#8216;Mondeo Man&#8217;: Value of Ford Mondeos soars along with Vauxhall Corsas and Renault Meganes as second-hand cars out-perform the stock market and the price of gold The cost of the second-hand Corsa shot up 93 per cent in the past four years\u00a0 READ MORE:\u00a0Experts reveal the best used cars for \u00a3200 per month or less\u00a0 The value<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87218,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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