only cars going to be worth something are the special edition and the custom cars made by great builders, like chip foose,troy trepanier
Car Heads: What cars of today will be worth a lot 40 years from now?
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I appreciate everyones replies. I agreed with some choices and was surprised by some others.
As far as HALO's choice *sigh*
That's another reason why I said 40 years from now. You can't go by how much they're worth now to see how much they will be worth later. Remember after the Oil crisis of the 70's they couldn't give away half these cars! Everyone was trading them in for more fuel efficient models and people parked and left them to rot. Seems like history is repeating itself. I know the new ZR-1 will be worth a lot later. This will be the most powerful factory Corvette ever (even though they had plans for the C7 to get a version to have 700hp, but due to CAFE standards that plan has been cancelled) and will have limited production of 1,500 to 1,700 units a year
Like stated earlier special cars, technical achievement cars, and super flukes that turned out good will be there.
The Grand National GNX was one of the fastest cars of 1987 and was faster than the Porsche 911 of the time. It was even faster than the Corvette! GM realized they fucked up and instituted the unwritten law of "No GM car will be faster or more powerful than the Corvette". GM went out of their way to establish this by killing off the Grand National after this. It was still evident in the 90's when the C5 Corvette was released with 345hp and the 4th Gen. Camaro/Trans Am was released with 325hp in their top SS/WS6 models. All 3 cars used the new LS1 engine and people dynoed all three and was reaching the same hp in the cars but GM still put 325hp on the sticker in the window of the Cam/Am.
Ford Mustang SVO
Total production years: 1984-1986
Total made: 9835
What's special about it?: A 2.3L Turbo 4cylinder Mustang that was a great handler, but overpriced and was killed by lowering gas prices and the 5.0 V-8 version
GMC Syclone
Total Production years: 1991
Total made: 2995 Syclones were built in 1991, and 3 in 1992
What's special about it?: The Syclone was the quickest stock pickup truck being produced in the world. Auto magazines compared its acceleration favorably to a variety of sports cars including the Corvette and - in a memorable comparison test in Car and Driver magazine - a Ferrari. Powered by a turbocharged 4.3L V6 and Borg Warner all wheel drive 1372/4472 transfer case split torque with 35% forward and 65% to the rear wheels. It featured sport modifications to the standard suspensions. The Syclone was the first production truck to receive a 4 wheel anti-lock braking system. Output was 280 hp and 360 ft.lb. The Syclone, when new, was capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in 4.6 seconds and could do a quarter-mile run in 13.4 seconds at 98 mph
Mercury Marauder
Total production years: 2003-2004
Total produced: 11,052
What's special about it?: Ford's answer to the 1994-96 Impala. Powered by a 4.6L V-8 making 302hp and with performance parts from the ford interceptor police car (like aluminum driveshaft) it was quite nimble.
1989 Turbo Trans Am (TTA) 20th Anniversary edition
Total production years: 1989
Total produced: 1,555
What's special about it?: Among the limited production of Anniversary T/As, 1,324 had Lexan T-tops and leather interiors. 187 were ordered with T-tops and a cloth interior, and only 24 hardtops had leather. Using the same Turbo 3.8L V-6 found in the Grand National, these motors were rated at 250 flywheel horsepower to appease the Corvette crowd, in actuality, the TTA motor reportedly made 301 hp on the engine dyno.
As far as HALO's choice *sigh*
It could be either domestic or import. I know a lot of the imports are not at these auctions because imports didn't have an impact in the '50s and '60s here in the U.S. They didn't start to take off til the '70s and they really didn't have anything that looked good except the 240Z. I also try to keep supercars out of it because we all know they will just go up in value off top.
Agreed. All the cars that went for the mega-bucks were stock. That's going to cut down the Supra a lot because I haven't seen anyone keep it stock. Another thing that all of them had in common was DOCUMENTATION! I mean these dudes had documentation all the way back to when it was rolling off the assembly line! Took a picture when they first picked it up at the dealership, ANYmaintenance performed on the car no matter how small it was.
That's another reason why I said 40 years from now. You can't go by how much they're worth now to see how much they will be worth later. Remember after the Oil crisis of the 70's they couldn't give away half these cars! Everyone was trading them in for more fuel efficient models and people parked and left them to rot. Seems like history is repeating itself. I know the new ZR-1 will be worth a lot later. This will be the most powerful factory Corvette ever (even though they had plans for the C7 to get a version to have 700hp, but due to CAFE standards that plan has been cancelled) and will have limited production of 1,500 to 1,700 units a year
Like stated earlier special cars, technical achievement cars, and super flukes that turned out good will be there.
The Grand National GNX was one of the fastest cars of 1987 and was faster than the Porsche 911 of the time. It was even faster than the Corvette! GM realized they fucked up and instituted the unwritten law of "No GM car will be faster or more powerful than the Corvette". GM went out of their way to establish this by killing off the Grand National after this. It was still evident in the 90's when the C5 Corvette was released with 345hp and the 4th Gen. Camaro/Trans Am was released with 325hp in their top SS/WS6 models. All 3 cars used the new LS1 engine and people dynoed all three and was reaching the same hp in the cars but GM still put 325hp on the sticker in the window of the Cam/Am.
Ford Mustang SVO
Total production years: 1984-1986
Total made: 9835
What's special about it?: A 2.3L Turbo 4cylinder Mustang that was a great handler, but overpriced and was killed by lowering gas prices and the 5.0 V-8 version
GMC Syclone
Total Production years: 1991
Total made: 2995 Syclones were built in 1991, and 3 in 1992
What's special about it?: The Syclone was the quickest stock pickup truck being produced in the world. Auto magazines compared its acceleration favorably to a variety of sports cars including the Corvette and - in a memorable comparison test in Car and Driver magazine - a Ferrari. Powered by a turbocharged 4.3L V6 and Borg Warner all wheel drive 1372/4472 transfer case split torque with 35% forward and 65% to the rear wheels. It featured sport modifications to the standard suspensions. The Syclone was the first production truck to receive a 4 wheel anti-lock braking system. Output was 280 hp and 360 ft.lb. The Syclone, when new, was capable of accelerating from 0-60 mph in 4.6 seconds and could do a quarter-mile run in 13.4 seconds at 98 mph
Mercury Marauder
Total production years: 2003-2004
Total produced: 11,052
What's special about it?: Ford's answer to the 1994-96 Impala. Powered by a 4.6L V-8 making 302hp and with performance parts from the ford interceptor police car (like aluminum driveshaft) it was quite nimble.
1989 Turbo Trans Am (TTA) 20th Anniversary edition
Total production years: 1989
Total produced: 1,555
What's special about it?: Among the limited production of Anniversary T/As, 1,324 had Lexan T-tops and leather interiors. 187 were ordered with T-tops and a cloth interior, and only 24 hardtops had leather. Using the same Turbo 3.8L V-6 found in the Grand National, these motors were rated at 250 flywheel horsepower to appease the Corvette crowd, in actuality, the TTA motor reportedly made 301 hp on the engine dyno.
ACURA LEGEND COUPE
co-sign. i had one of these wish didnt get rid of it. it was stick and fast.
I would say a 350z......
Right car wrong generation......
The 4th generation Z will be way more memorable, in the same fashion as the Toyota Supra. That still holds up in my opinion(love the taillights).
Yeah starting price 20's
Also this is a certified classic from 1989 to 1997
I always said this car would be my first classic car. If I had to money to keep up with V12 maintanence, I'd have one right now, while their still cheap.
Most that I can think of have been mentioned:
Grand National
94 - 96 impala
Acura Legend
What about that Cadillac Allante? They are pretty rare and prices go up on those every year it seems like.
Grand National
94 - 96 impala
Acura Legend
What about that Cadillac Allante? They are pretty rare and prices go up on those every year it seems like.
That's what I gotta say.
TonitoX2 that's a nice looking MR2. It was the best one hands down. It could probably grow in value.
Looks like we were right about the Grand National already.
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/buick/gnx/546198.html
#11 GNX of 547
30,000 miles
$95,000
Here's a good article about the GNX for the people who don't really know about it:
http://jalopnik.com/cars/jalopnik-fantasy-garage/buick-gnx-274485.php
I'm waiting to see what the original Corvette ZR-1's will go for (I know the upcoming ZR-1 is going to be an instant classic)
Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1
Years Produced: 1990-1995
Total Produced: 6,939
What's special about it?: A 5.7L all-aluminum DOHC 4 Cam V-8 designed by Lotus (who was owned by GM then). The LT5 is the only non-pushrod engine ever to be installed in a Corvette. Ever. Had a "valet key" which would shut off 16 of its 32 valves and 8 of 16 fuel injectors to limit the car to 250hp.
http://jalopnik.com/cars/jalopnik-f...asy-garage-chevrolet-corvette-zr+1-252795.php
Since this Corvette had a Lotus-designed OHC engine, this might be the Corvette HALO like
Looks like we were right about the Grand National already.
http://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/carsforsale/buick/gnx/546198.html
#11 GNX of 547
30,000 miles
$95,000
Here's a good article about the GNX for the people who don't really know about it:
http://jalopnik.com/cars/jalopnik-fantasy-garage/buick-gnx-274485.php
I'm waiting to see what the original Corvette ZR-1's will go for (I know the upcoming ZR-1 is going to be an instant classic)
Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1
Years Produced: 1990-1995
Total Produced: 6,939
What's special about it?: A 5.7L all-aluminum DOHC 4 Cam V-8 designed by Lotus (who was owned by GM then). The LT5 is the only non-pushrod engine ever to be installed in a Corvette. Ever. Had a "valet key" which would shut off 16 of its 32 valves and 8 of 16 fuel injectors to limit the car to 250hp.
http://jalopnik.com/cars/jalopnik-f...asy-garage-chevrolet-corvette-zr+1-252795.php
Since this Corvette had a Lotus-designed OHC engine, this might be the Corvette HALO like