Hagerty predicts this year's future classics
1/30/12, 05:39 PM
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Hagerty predicts this year's future classics
http://www.autoblog.com/2012/01/30/h...ture-classics/
I know this is a no surprise but still, another win for the Boss!
I know this is a no surprise but still, another win for the Boss!
1/30/12, 05:56 PM
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1/30/12, 06:11 PM
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I posted this thread in to get some opinions on this topic, semms like it may be very possible that our cars a very valuable one day. https://themustangsource.com/f647/wh...3/#post6239096
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I don't think selecting the LS was the right move based on the fact that they are talking mass production cars. They only made a handful of LS's compared to every other model on the list. I think the regular Boss 302 would fit their own criteria better.
1/30/12, 07:32 PM
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I posted this thread in to get some opinions on this topic, semms like it may be very possible that our cars a very valuable one day. https://themustangsource.com/f647/wh...3/#post6239096
There will be as much demand 20 or 25 years from now for today's super Mustangs as there is today for the 20 or 25 year old Mustangs of yesteryear, regardless of the model. The Corvette is no different, neither is the Viper which can be had for pennies on the dollar. Perhaps when they are relics or for a few of us who become rich and bored. Barrett-Jackson provides a good indication for the classic market.
As the generations pass so does their appetite for particular tastes. Ford has built great Mustangs in the last few years and likely will do so in the future, upstaging what we consider great at the present.
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It's hard to see a modern day copy of an icon hold much value in the future... you would figure the "original" models, the first of their kind (original Boss 302, GT500, etc.) are going to be the ones that hold their value. Not on how limited the run is or how few they make, but the originality and the concept of such a car.
1/30/12, 08:08 PM
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I posted this thread in to get some opinions on this topic, semms like it may be very possible that our cars a very valuable one day. https://themustangsource.com/f647/wh...3/#post6239096
I do think the 2012 Boss will depreciate less than any of the other 2012 Mustangs. With that said I'm not betting that it's going to be "very valuable one day" so I'm driving the wheels off of it now. 
1/31/12, 06:57 AM
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If Ford keeps to the two year only pledge, and the numbers remain limited we have the first factor in future collectibility. Add in the last of NA high output purpose built motors and we have another check mark in its favour. Factor in a completely new upcoming body style and the fact that the two year run of Boss Mustangs are visually unique and we are getting even closer. Next assume that over the next 20 years many Boss Mustangs will be altered, or destroyed. Finally consider low build numbers, a full collection of memorabilia such as magazine clippings, the owners kits (sorry Canadians, only the yellow white car will be collectible north of the border) and originality and I think that the Boss has a far better than average chance if being a collectible. Certainly the driving experience alone will insure some well off people in the future will want to take a step back in time with one of these just to hear the pop and snap of the side pipes.
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Current Gen cars are too disposable. More plastic than metal. Complicated circuitry, safety systems and computer programming, fuel injection and pollution control. I don't see how current cars will even be repairable 40 years from now.
Old cars were built from steel, everything was mechanical, no computers and a carb ... that is why they are collectable and restorable ...
Old cars were built from steel, everything was mechanical, no computers and a carb ... that is why they are collectable and restorable ...
1/31/12, 07:41 AM
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Cars that are popular in their time will be popular in the future. The fact that these cars are being made in the worst economic climate in my lifetime so far precludes many who want one from having one. That will help drive values of any performance car built today in the future. Really a big period of inflation is what would give them a boost.
1/31/12, 08:10 AM
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And the fact that baby boomers are running up prices of cars they couldn't afford in their youth. No guaranteed that the youth of today will find a Boss 302, or any of it's peers, appealing and desirable 30-40 years from now. I'm not betting that they will.
1/31/12, 10:30 AM
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Current Gen cars are too disposable. More plastic than metal. Complicated circuitry, safety systems and computer programming, fuel injection and pollution control. I don't see how current cars will even be repairable 40 years from now.
Old cars were built from steel, everything was mechanical, no computers and a carb ... that is why they are collectable and restorable ...
Old cars were built from steel, everything was mechanical, no computers and a carb ... that is why they are collectable and restorable ...
