A Ford Sierra Cosworth from 1986 has fetched what is believed to be a world-record price at auction over the weekend.

A winning bid of £132,750 landed the pristine eighties icon, which has with fewer than 9,000 miles on the clock.

It was sold with the original purchase invoice for £16,630 from Henlys Ford, an original Henlys book pack including the owners handbook, audio guide, an official press information pack of the period and the Ford Service Plan booklet detailing its first service FOC and its first 6,000 miles service in April 1989 at 5,667 miles.

It was one of eight new world record auction figures registered at the weekend's sale in Birmingham - as well as three further UK records - which saw collectors part with a total of £7million.

The Silverstone Auctions event took place on Saturday and Sunday at the NEC Classic Motor Show, with over 1,468 registered bidders from as far afield as America, Hong Kong and Dubai.

Three quarters of available lots sold successfully in yet another clear sign that the cost of living crisis is - so far - doing very little to curb the appeal of collectible cars among enthusiasts.

Silverstone Auctions had expected the Cosworth to sell for up to £110,000 this weekend, but competition in the auction room saw bidding exceed all predictions, with the winning price some £22,750 higher than what its valuers had expected.

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