Alfa V6s disapering?

[caelite]

Hey folks

Wondering if its a seasonal thing or if somebody could shed some light on this for me. Around this time last year up until about march this year I was looking at early 00s Alfa Busso V6 and there seemed to be tons of them. Loads of 166/156 2.5/3.0 units for £800-£2000 and GTV V6s for £2500-£5k depending on the quality. I regretfully didnt go for one at the time due to the fact I was just replacing another Alfa that had gone through a spat of severe failures (first immobiliser, then variator and finally the gearbox packed in). However after looking at them again (I really should be looking at something sensible but dat Alfa noise!) Ive found that GTVs have almost doubled in price and the market seems to be devoid of other V6 units (there is a single 156 2.5 on the market with a little too high mileage for me).

Is it just me or have these cars become far more desirable / rare this year? Or do they become more common in winter (would make sense for the GTVs I suppose).

Thanks
Cae

[caelite]

arguti said:

Absolutely spot on!

Try looking for V6 busso engines and even twinspark engines) from a GTV6 or 75 - many have been broken/scrapped, getting more rare by the month.

Hence when I saw a 1993 155 V6 in good nick I immediately bought it !

Any particular reason for this? Or just the fact that even the newest ones are hitting ~10 years old now and are all hitting the end of there usable lives? Its a shame, I made the mistake of going for a clattery diesel and I have a hankerin for something cheap with a nice noise, might be stuck going for a MG KV6 xD.