What car might appreciate in value?
What car might appreciate in value?
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Thankyou4calling

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10,876 posts

196 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Today, I visited Romans in Surrey, they had a delivery mileage Enzo up for a £ million. Made me wonder, what other car might appreciate significantly in future years?

christofmccracke

881 posts

223 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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993 turbo,
Alfa Romeo 8c possibly
Spykers
Pagani zondas
Maybe 599 gto
And according to octane un restored classics

furrywoolyhatuk

682 posts

177 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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I drive passed the Romans garage reguarly and always drool over the shiny metal parked up, they have recently expanded to include the site next door so there's even more on show!

sherbert90

1,954 posts

175 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Are we talking appreciating from their original list price, or gradually gaining value after an inital dip?

Murcielago SV's are holding their value quite well, particularly low mileage ones. Ferrari 16M will probably be strong, as will 430 scuderias. Classics already.

Mattyvole

556 posts

176 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Classic Minis, particularly Coopers. the prices are getting a bit silly now, they're only going to go up as good condition cars get rarer.

magnus911

584 posts

212 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Challenge Stradale. Almost bought one two years ago for 73k but didn't really feel like I could stretch to it at the time. Saw it recently for over 100. Wow.

g7jhp

7,026 posts

261 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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As long as they're absolutely standard and mint most things that were great in their day. Especially if reasonably low cost to maintain:

205 GTI 1.9
MX5 Mk1
Lotus Elise Mk1
Porsche 911 3.2 Carrera
Porsche 911 (993) C2
Golf GTI Mk1 or Mk2 big bumper 16v
Ferrari 328 GTS
Ferrari 355 GTS

Limited run cars will but are often expensive to buy into.



Jacobyte

4,767 posts

265 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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christofmccracke said:
Alfa Romeo 8c possibly
Not yet. They're losing about £2k a month at the moment, having been originally inflated by speculators' premiums. Which is fine if you bought one for RRP, as you can now sell it for what you bought it for. I guess (hope) they'll go down over the next few years, then creep up again once they hit more of a cult status (rather like the BMW Z8).

anonymous-user

77 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Carrara GT

smart roadster

vx220




jq3104

170 posts

182 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Mk111 XR3i's

Their time will come

mysticm

94 posts

187 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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e30 m3....

lescombes

968 posts

233 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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there are a few modern "clasics" that will be sought after in a few years.......many got crushed with the scrapping scheme.... Check out how many left....might find some worth a punt.. for rarity value as much as cash value...and the cash value will follow... 2cv are silly dosh now as are GS citroen's.... I bet a Visa Gti will be short on numbers, now that would be worth a shot...
I bet many of you can think of some you haven't seen on the road for a while...

Danesgate

509 posts

179 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Series I, II and IIa Land Rovers.

bristolracer

5,884 posts

172 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Mk1 and Mk2 escorts seem to fetch silly money!

Merc W116 may be worth a punt

Most modern stuff with the exception of exotica is scrap until the nostalga factor kicks in (see comment on escorts above)

Cheers
Nick

Ozzie Osmond

21,189 posts

269 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Barring a miracle, cars don't appreciate they depreciate.

Sometimes the figures may appear to show "appreciation" - for instance a rise in value from £5,000 to £6,000 - but almost without exception that will not be a real world gain by the time you adjust for inflation, let alone the other costs of ownership.

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

206 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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My Rover 213S. wink

Seriously(ish); disposable cars of the 80s and 90s that are becoming rare now will fetch a prety Penny in the future.

There are fewer Mk1 Mondeo's on the road now than Morris Minors.

Get them while they're cheap.

Negative Creep

25,815 posts

250 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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BMW E30
Saab 900
Any Golf GTi or VR6
Toyota MR2 mk.2
106 GTI and Saxo VTS
Fiat Coupe


All pretty cheap now but will be hit by scene tax in the future

Lordbenny

8,734 posts

242 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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I just sold my VX220 for £1000 more than I bought it for 18 months ago and it was top dollar then! VX's will go up and up in value!
Of course various hyper cars will go up but lets be honest we don't really care about them do we. Normal'ish cars are more interesting winkHow about the original Honda Insight, Renault Aventime, Lotus Exige...The sad fact is that when you think about it, there are too few cars that will actually appreciate over time because most new cars are so boring!

Liquid Knight

15,754 posts

206 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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Try and find an unmodified Saxo. 205 Gti's are doing well at the moment Saxo VTR and VTS's should follow suit in a few years.

Loteuk

219 posts

290 months

Wednesday 16th November 2011
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I was looking at the current advertised prices of CSL's, a future classic but miles sensitive as a future classic?