When does a car become a classic?
Discussion
I suppose there is no proper answer for this question, more a matter of personal taste.
How old does or should a car be before it becomes a classic? Do you go with the zero VED of pre 1973 cars, or with the
no MOT pre 1960 cars? Perhaps you think it's when a car is eligible for classic insurance ranging from 10 - 15 years old.
Looking for instance at an early 90's Bentley Turbo R, I'd say they are a future classic, rather than say a T Series from the 70's which to me says classic.
There may be those who believe only vintage cars are true classic.
What do you believe?
How old does or should a car be before it becomes a classic? Do you go with the zero VED of pre 1973 cars, or with the
no MOT pre 1960 cars? Perhaps you think it's when a car is eligible for classic insurance ranging from 10 - 15 years old.
Looking for instance at an early 90's Bentley Turbo R, I'd say they are a future classic, rather than say a T Series from the 70's which to me says classic.
There may be those who believe only vintage cars are true classic.
What do you believe?
Engineer1 said:
I'd say it's earlier than that, it's when people start spending more than the car's current value on work on it.
a good point, until you consider BL snotters as mentioned, or '80s fords which nobody seems to like. hell, people pump money into late '90s corsas, does that make them classic? no no nooooooooWhenever someone thinks of it as a classic and appreciates something for what it is, then it is a classic. The recent Focus RSs are arguably classics already. Given the speed they sold out, they were probably classics before they had been delivered. Yes, this means that pretty every car ever is a "classic" as the term is vague at best.
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