Where have all these low milers come from?

[Peter.N.]

I see yet more low mileage cars appearing on Ebay and Autotrader, two in the last couple of days - even diesels, and why are they all Mk1s?. Where have they all been hiding? and is there an cache of Mk2's somewhere waiting to be released?

Peter

[mouseflakes]

Exactly Peter - I hope some forum members are going to be getting themselves a nice early Christmas present!

I'm going to have to delete all my saved searches that find XMs for sale at this rate - it's too tempting!

Purely from observing sales over the past few years - I do get the impression the Mk 1 cars are less rust prone*, so perhaps are better represented among the survivors now? Still doesn't explain why they're all suddenly available though.

*Having said that - I reckon the XM is one of the few cars where I'd be more happy to have to weld it than tackle a multitude of mechanical maladies.

[Peter.N.]

Upon reflection I think that they produced more Mk1's that could have something to do with it.

[robert_e_smart]

Peter has hit the nail on the head.

The production figures are on this site: http://www.citroenet.org.uk/passenger-c ... xm-12.html

Almost 1/3 of XMs ever made were produced in 1990. Almost 2/3 of XMs ever made were made by the end of 1991.