which present day cars do you think will become classics?

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fbrdphreak

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Domestic: Corvette ZR-1
Exotic: Ferrari 599 GTB (just a beautiful car!)
Asian: stock Supra IV or RX-7 FD

I think the Viper that is leaving us will become a classic...especially if they don't end up replacing it with another V10 monster. The first generation was amusing...but not very well put together. The current generation is just ridiculous and visceral in every way...and wasn't made by rubbermaid. I'd love to own one. I'd probably die in a fireball, but what a way to go.

'03-04 Cobra
'98-02 Trans Am WS6
'96-98ish 3000GT VR4

Nearly any car that fetches nearly six figures (or more) is a guaranteed classic / collector car IMO, simply because the price is prohibitive for so many people, so when the price finally falls, there'll be people lining up to snatch it up (hence driving the price back up and making it a desirable collectors car). The ones I listed are just rare enough that you don't see them every day, and yet cheap enough that the price isn't prohibitive for a good number of people. I still think they'll be classics some day.
These are the only posts in this thread that made any sense.

The rest of you need to be piss tested, ASAP.
 

zsdersw

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Surely the Camry and Accord will be classics.... :)

.. and worth many times what they cost.... :)
 

IcePickFreak

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Cars will be outlawed and all instances of them burned/crushed to cleanse the earth of their scar.
 

JulesMaximus

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It already is one kinda, but I would definitely include it

BMW Z8?

:thumbsup: I see those around every once in a great while.

Maserati MC-12. I think they built around 50 of them IIRC.

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Dr. Detroit

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You need Limited production which equals rarity:

Sure a '02 WS6 will be collectible due to last year of production but not $1million collectible as so many were made and many folks have time-capsuled there cars thinking they will be million dollar cars by 2020.


Chrysler Crossfire SRT6 (took a rare car and put an even rarer option package on it)

MBZ CLK63 Black Edition

Viper GTS ACR

Mustang Cobra R (Regular '03 - '04 Cobra had over 10K units made = not rare)

Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 Spyder 6spd (Were talking rare here folks & first hard-top
convertible in almost 50yrs right?)

Dodge Daytona IROC Turbo & Plymouth Acclaim RT (2yrs of production on these low volume cars)

Porsche 993 Turbo (These in mint condition are already fetching near $100K) Last air-cooled Porsche made.

Porsche 928 GTS (were talking '92 - '94 model years with manual trans)

MBZ AMG CL65 - TT V12 with a MSRP of near $200K pushing 600+HP and 700+TQ

Shelby CS1 - super low volume

Qvale Mangusta - Super low volume


Sure Lambos, Ferraris, and ZR1's may get there but the above cars are ones people don't think about.
 

ponyo

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I like to think of classics in terms of what a working men could afford.

RX7 for the rotary engine. NSX for the aluminum frame and McLaren F1 influence. Miata for bring back the affordable roaster. Dodge Viper GTS for brute muscle and icon. H1/H2 Hummer for excess. Original Honda Insight for the introduction of hybrids.
 

Pariah

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There aren't any.

Maybe the Ford GT.

Something I actually agree with you about. I don't think there are any. Sure in 50 years, you may see one offs or special case vehicles going for $1 million, but there is no single vehicle model that is mass produced today that is going to be selling for that much (unless it is already selling for that much today).
 

zerocool84

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:thumbsup: I see those around every once in a great while.

Maserati MC-12. I think they built around 50 of them IIRC.

Maserati-MC12-Blue-FA-Studio-TU-1280x960.jpg

See this I could imagine, everything else everyone is mentioning are cars that just didn't sell well and didn't make many of and aren't that special at all. If they made thousands of a car it's not going to be special.
 

punjabiplaya

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Low volume means nothing. It takes low volume and desirability to make it a classic. If they only make 100 models of a car, but no one wants one, then it's not a classic.
 

MovingTarget

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What about the Pontiac Aztek? Even in 50yrs, the first reaction upon seeing one would still be LOLWUT? Who here wouldn't want to own an original Edsel?

In all seriousness, I'd say the G8, CTS-V, SSR, and Corvette for GM's offerings. The rest...not so much. Ford would definitely have the non-v6 mustangs, SHO Taurus, and the Crown-Vic (as it is the last true body-on-frame passenger car). Chrysler would definitely have the Viper and Crossfire. I'm not so sure about the PT cruiser though.

/prepares to be pelted with fruit for these opinions
 

RU482

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Low volume means nothing. It takes low volume and desirability to make it a classic. If they only make 100 models of a car, but no one wants one, then it's not a classic.

Just think how desirable the mid 60's Impalas are, and they sold more than 1 million units in 1965. Wonder how many of those million+ are still in driveable condition today
 

RU482

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What about the Pontiac Aztek? Even in 50yrs, the first reaction upon seeing one would still be LOLWUT? Who here wouldn't want to own an original Edsel?

In all seriousness, I'd say the G8, CTS-V, SSR, and Corvette for GM's offerings. The rest...not so much. Ford would definitely have the non-v6 mustangs, SHO Taurus, and the Crown-Vic (as it is the last true body-on-frame passenger car). Chrysler would definitely have the Viper and Crossfire. I'm not so sure about the PT cruiser though.

/prepares to be pelted with fruit for these opinions

How about the Mercury Marauder
 

Pariah

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The MC12 was $1 million brand new in 2004. Not much of a prediction saying it will sell for that in 40-50 years.

The car market has changed so drastically in recent years, where absurd prices at the top end are the norm. Forbes ranked the top 10 most expensive production cars earlier this year and #8 was $1.1 million. Converted to 1959 money, that would be over $150,000. There were no production cars selling anywhere even remotely close to that amount back then. So a car from back then selling for that much now is a real achievement.
 

TraumaRN

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Definitely the Ford GT only 4K made, and I'd kill for one.

Mercury Marauder

Ford Thunderbird(the last run from 02 to 05) Seriously look the price up online it's ridiculous how much people are asking for them. That should tell you something right there...
 

exdeath

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Something I actually agree with you about. I don't think there are any. Sure in 50 years, you may see one offs or special case vehicles going for $1 million, but there is no single vehicle model that is mass produced today that is going to be selling for that much (unless it is already selling for that much today).

This. Even the most sought after 426 Hemi numbers matching 1970 Mopars are only fetching in the hundred thousands.