The Next Gtho Phase 3?

[TCR]

Hey Guys,

Having a discussion on another forum about the next generation of collectable cars and wondered about this in terms of Ford specific cars.

Do you think there are any cars produced by Ford or aftermarket enhanced versions, between the 80s and now, that will be worth more in 10, 20 or 30 years than they are now.

Always been a Ford fan and I'd love to get hold of a an original car in immaculate condition and put it away in the shed as an investment of sorts.

What do you think?

Edited 18/02/09 06:13 AM by TCR

[Chich]

just buy something you really love, drive it and enjoy it, if it comes of value, great, if not at least you can enjoy it.... no-one can really judge what will go up and what won't... if you really do want to buy something just for the sake of storing it, it will need to be something of limited numbers, and cars like this are already hard to get your hands on as it is, as you will find a lot of owners holding onto them for the same reason you want one...

IMO just buy something you want, and wait and see what happens later on.

[Guest]

The new GT-E will be worth a mint in 30 years. Less than 50 have sold up until now & numbers probably wont increase at an alarming rate in the future either.

If you want a sure investment though, buy a house

Edited 18/02/09 06:23 AM by 03XR6T

[Guest]

anyone who says a R-spec needs f*cking with a pinapple

[ZAP]

The new GT-E will be worth a mint in 30 years. Less than 50 have sold up until now & numbers probably wont increase at an alarming rate in the future either.

If you want a sure investment though, buy a house

WOOHOO

That is good news for me, but I doubt any new car is going to be worth much in the future even my rare GT-E.

The only reason that GTHO's etc are worth as much as people are paying is because the Baby Boomers that get all misty eyed about their childhood dream cars pay the sort of money for them.

My prediction is that in 30 years the GTHO's will be worth less because all the people who want them are dead.

There ar so many desirable limited build cars out there that drop like a stone once they are 2nd hand. Gone are the days that you can make money on them.

[Guest]

On second thoughts, R-Specs may increase in value

[rspecf6]

anyone who says a R-spec needs f*cking with a pinapple

[Rootster]

the phase 3 never really droped in price,it was the first limited edition car in australia and the fastest four door sedan in the world at that time.If any modern day car could be worth bid bucks in the future,my guess is the w427 commordore.Cheers Nick

Edited 18/02/09 07:00 AM by rootster

[Dagabond]

anyone who says a R-spec needs f*cking with a pinapple

Really should delete that...cant help quoting it though...

But and it's a big BuTT...

I reckon they will be.....there is no difference to them compared to the classics of the 70's apart from not having the race TRACK cred.

If they can last long enough to become collectibles, which I highly doubt.....

Limited run manufacturing will always become collectible given enough time.

[iTec]

the phase 3 never really droped in price,it was the first limited edition car in australia and the fastest four door sedan in the world at that time.If any modern day car could be worth bid bucks in the future,my guess is the w427 commordore.Cheers Nick

ya kidding right? the w427 will be worth nothing in the future. It was built as an "investment" car and the only people who have bought them are the people who expect them to increase in value in 10-15 or 20 years. so in 20 years you will have a hundred low k 20 year old cars on the market.. not exactly unique!

If it's a ford your after I would say an ESP is only going to go up in value, not to huge figures like the XY but they will be worth more in the future then they are today.. If I were going to buy a car as an investment I would be hunting down an R34 GTR in good condition and sticking it in the shed, maybe even a late 90's WRX or any of the evos. In 20 years time if pertol is still around and all the gen-X's start hitting retirmentment the first thing they are going to want is a toy from back in the day.