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Its true that anything can become a classic, used to know a couple who had a thing for the Nissan Bluebird, they had 2 of them kept in those humidity controlled bubble things.
The problem these days is with finance I think, if you really really want an e92 M3 you can have one, same with all but the more exotic porsches, same with Jags and Astons
In days gone past an e-type was the first nice car a young and fairly successful person bought. An impressionable young chap sees one driving around and thinks "One day I shall be driving that car!" Maybe it takes them 10, 20, 30 years to do so. Its modern counterpart is perhaps an Audi TT, but then you pop down the dealer and pay £100/week and you have your own TT-TDI, just like the woman who lives round the corner. You don't aspire to own it, you just cripple your finances.
So what becomes a valuable future classic? Stuff that was just not sensible to buy probably, you could afford a clio v6 but you bought a focus st instead, you could afford an alfa brera but bought the 3 series instead
The problem these days is with finance I think, if you really really want an e92 M3 you can have one, same with all but the more exotic porsches, same with Jags and Astons
In days gone past an e-type was the first nice car a young and fairly successful person bought. An impressionable young chap sees one driving around and thinks "One day I shall be driving that car!" Maybe it takes them 10, 20, 30 years to do so. Its modern counterpart is perhaps an Audi TT, but then you pop down the dealer and pay £100/week and you have your own TT-TDI, just like the woman who lives round the corner. You don't aspire to own it, you just cripple your finances.
So what becomes a valuable future classic? Stuff that was just not sensible to buy probably, you could afford a clio v6 but you bought a focus st instead, you could afford an alfa brera but bought the 3 series instead
