Just saying.... 662 hp beauty, big changes for 2015 and beyond, and probably the last Shelby branded mustang out of the factory. Perhaps the fastest production car to date. Lots of 4 cylinder power hitting the ground across many makes. Is it the last of the breed? Are V8's on their way out?


There's just a few of them left new, on the ground waiting for a buyer.


Could a new 2014 GT 500 bought today be worth more in the future?


Just curious, would love to have one, just not sure about a garage queen for ## years..

 

There are a lot better and more certain investments if you're looking to make your money work for you. If you want it to drive it, get one.

 

+1...other investments wouldn't be as fun to own, but probably better return on your $...buy the car and have fun, but not as an investment.

 

Who knows? Maybe in 25 years. Can you store it that long in the hope that it's value increases significantly enough to tie up over 60K (plus tax) for that length of time?

And don't forget to adjust for unknown future inflation and the interest you'd lose by not investing the money, not to mention the cost of insurance and registration for a car that's sitting unused for a quarter of a century. That's a huge amount of money to spend on a car that you will only look at.

I smile to myself everytime I look at my GT in the garage. But I giggle out loud when I drive it. You can't put a value on that.

 

In 50 years, maybe... but, a diverse portfolio would serve you better... just saying.

 

The fact that the next SVT offering will be a GT350, they may hold their value longer.

 

Its very hard to make money off a car bought new. As a matter of fact I would say its near impossible when you think of costs that come with owning a car.

 

Yes, ...the sane side of me knows you all are correct. The insane side of me has the I-Wants... Sanity will ultimately reign. Sad, but true. Thanks for the input.

 

They are all collectible given enough time.

 

Nope, too many of them made and they will be one-upped by the big three before you know it. They will slowly lose value as newer, better performing cars come out.

I would think the Boss 302 would hold better value since it was only a 2 year run but some of the other 2 year run cars have not done so well.

 

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The 11/12 GT500 was a 2 year run. ( 5.4L alum. block )
The 13/14 GT500 was a 2 year run. ( 5.8L alum. block )

 

So the 5.8 might be a little more valuable than a 5.4 or vice versa, but the point is the production ran from 2007 until 2014. Not saying they won't hold their value pretty good compared to base cars for a while but for every two made, one of them is sitting in storage as an investment and the market will be flooded with them along with 35th Camaros, 30th Trans Ams, which happened to be the top performers of their day.

The reason late 60's cars are worth so much is because many of them were raced, used for daily drivers, hauling boats, whatever, and ended up in junkyards and were stripped to nothing then crushed. Just like Hotwheels, new ones are worth pennies on the dollar while collectors are paying insane prices for the old stuff.

 

I'm hoping that the next GT500 will be a TTV6. That way, our car will be even more rare. As it sits now, it is:
1 of 67 2013 PW verts.
1 of 27 2013 PW verts with blue stripes
1 of 7 2013 PW verts without the performance pack
Ford did not publish how many non performance pack PW verts were built with blue stripes.

Since PW was only used in 2013 and not 2014, that makes our car at worst 1 of 7 and at best 1 of 1.

And like others have said, very few late model cars are a good short term investment. That is why we drive ours, so we can enjoy it. And if its rarity ends up inflating the value when our son inherits the car, then good for him.

 

Coming from a similar angle, I had a rare motorcycle, aprilia 1000r that was the fastest production motorcycle in the world that year and even voted 'master bike' by the media community. It was a rare color and option combination but not really 'rare' by production numbers overall.
when i finally sold it i was only able to get a slightly above average price for it, even in near mint condition, after 9 years, because of it's color and package combo.

A 2014 shelby will probably have some similar fate, being a mass produced car. certain color combos and packages will demand more than others. Just calling it a 2014 shelby won't matter as much as those factors.

 

Will your car be worth a lot of money someday?

It depends. If eveyone else runs their shelbys into trees and off cliffs, then yours will increase in value due to rarity. Outside of that scenario... it will take a long time to make your money back...

Now if you ask if you car will be desirable... well, in the car world, that is a different question...

Most of the restored mustangs you (well at least I see) see rolling around out there are not the performance models of the car (Shelby, boss etc), they are the standard run of the mill production models. These cars are not worth alot but cost alot to restore. Most folk are lucky to get their money back out of them when they finally sell it. Purely an emotional endevour.

 

I wouldn't worry about the collectibility of a gt500 even if every one of the approx 5000 (2014 yr model number I saw) plus cars were undriven garage queens. To put this car, and a couple others like it in perspective, they've never made a 662hp car in American automotive history. We are right at the peak at this very moment. It's also an eight cylinder and they're going away for sure. It's ungodly powerful but more importantly less fuel efficient for that reason, bad mileage cars are also going away thanks to CAFE standards. I would argue that the regular gt is itself collectible (big power, low production numbers), never mind the gt500. Drive it, don't drive it, you can't go wrong with this car. It is an important car.