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Originally Posted by Ringo64
When was an era when a modern car was collectible during in its modern on-the-market timespan? Being serious here, not trying to be an a$$.
In my experience, only time will tell if a car is truly "collectible". Assumptions can be made but only time will tell.
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Classics and antiques are almost always collectible (ie - escalate in value).
Not a lot of cars in the digital era are.
Example, they made 3/4 million of First Gen Camaros. 20 years later, nearly all models that were clean and original sold for more than original MSRP on the used market.
They made 7,000 ZR-1 Corvettes. That's 1% of the first gen Camaro numbers. Twenty years later, they sell for far under MSRP.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Chevrolet-Co...US_Cars_Trucks
People want the Classics because most collectors grew up in the muscle car era. Many still believe they were the pinnacle of American cars.
They really believe muscle cars ran 11 second ET's off the showroom floor, not the 15 sec ET's that were more common for the performance models.
They want the fantasy of the car they could not afford growing up, not the actual high maintenance, low durability, crappy handling, worthless brakes, low power, gas guzzlers that they really were. They are buying the looks and the memory of that era.