Future Classics - What d'you reckon?

Future Classics - What d'you reckon?

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dionbee93

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227 posts

88 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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So - story cut short, after paying a few small things off I'll be looking at a 'future classic' car to buy for around the 1-2k mark. Mostly for the enjoyment of maintenance and concourse-ing as well as using over the summer sunny weather.

Having owned a few Nova's and loving driving them I have been thinking of something along the lines of:

Corsa B sport
306 GTi6 / Rallye
Astra GSi
106 GTi or Ph1 Rallye

What do you guys reckon the next 'classic' cars will be? Planning on something absolutely 'mint' and totally standard (irregardless of how 'poverty' spec it is..)

So - any suggestions? Open to anything really - the short list above is just what comes to mind.

Dion

g7jhp

6,959 posts

237 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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dionbee93 said:
So - story cut short, after paying a few small things off I'll be looking at a 'future classic' car to buy for around the 1-2k mark. Mostly for the enjoyment of maintenance and concourse-ing as well as using over the summer sunny weather.

Having owned a few Nova's and loving driving them I have been thinking of something along the lines of:

Corsa B sport
306 GTi6 / Rallye
Astra GSi
106 GTi or Ph1 Rallye

What do you guys reckon the next 'classic' cars will be? Planning on something absolutely 'mint' and totally standard (irregardless of how 'poverty' spec it is..)

So - any suggestions? Open to anything really - the short list above is just what comes to mind.

Dion
You're missed the boat.

A Clio 182 Cup is still a good buy, but trying to find a 'mint' car for £1-2k is tough.

Buy a car you're going to love and enjoy driving.




Truckosaurus

11,183 posts

283 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Rx8? Plenty available for your budget with a high attrition rate, so survivors can only go up in value.

You may, however, spend any future profit on fuel costs in the current time.

FredClogs

14,041 posts

160 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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E46 325ti....

If i keep saying it it'll come true.

dionbee93

Original Poster:

227 posts

88 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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So many different cars going through my head at the moment!

As I said - open to looking at any cars really that I might think would be a future classic.

Going on from the e46 BMW - I've been looking at e36's too (I do have a soft spot for them!)
Another on the 'hot hatch' front was a Fiesta ST150 (mk6) but they seem to have already started to rocket in prices.

BuzzBravado

2,944 posts

170 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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CzechItOut

2,154 posts

190 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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What about a BMW Z3? A few are available for under £2,000 and if you get one with under 100,000 miles it should old it's value well.

Muzzer79

9,806 posts

186 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Original Subaru Impreza Turbo but you’ll be very lucky to find one in your budget

P700DEE

1,107 posts

229 months

Monday 23rd April 2018
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Early Jaguar XK8 Just about available in budget. Everything is fixable with easily available parts. Rust is the biggest killer along with labour costs to fix

Toed64

299 posts

119 months

Tuesday 24th April 2018
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CzechItOut said:
What about a BMW Z3? A few are available for under £2,000 and if you get one with under 100,000 miles it should old it's value well.
THIS ^^

You'll have to be quick though - most of the 6 cylinder cars are already soaring in value, good 3 litre cars go for up to £10,000 already and M cars for between £20,000 and £40,000!

There are lots of 1.9, 2.0 and 2.2l cars for between £2000 and £3000, but their prices are at the Spring premium at the mo, wait till the Winter and they will dip again. The small engined models must be an interesting alternative to an MX5!

If you can find a MK1 MX5 that has yet to disintegrate into a pile of rust, they are appreciating now.

dionbee93

Original Poster:

227 posts

88 months

Wednesday 25th April 2018
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These are all interesting..

I do have a softspot for a BMW as my rally car is an E36 compact and I use a 520d on the road!

I was discussing this topic with a friend yesterday who reckoned the next 'ship to sail' will be the Cooper S Minis and things like that, he also mentioned stuff like the older shape ibiza cupra, St150 fiesta's etc.

It's hard to judge the future isn't it!!