What do you think of the future of the muscle car market?
Lewisimo asked:
As any car afficionado knows, muscle cars have exploded in value the last 5 years. The rare-er the car, the higher it goes.
As any car afficionado knows, muscle cars have exploded in value the last 5 years. The rare-er the car, the higher it goes.
However, I have begun to see some weakness in the market in certain areas. Maybe it’s a side effect of the housing/lending crisis as Harley is feeling, or was the whole thing just a fad?
I’d like to purchase one, not for investment, but for use. I can wait a year of 2 if they may go down, but if the current slump is only temporary, I might as well buy.
The days of cloning a AAR Cuda, Z/28, or Judge and getting $100k are over. I know the rareest cars are holding value, but what about more of a daily driver? I’ve seen 69 Chargers with number matching 440’s and a few options for $25k. I’ve seen non-matching big block cars for $20k or less.
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Muscle cars will always have nostalgia value, thus they will always be in high demand. The market may fall a little, but I think they will keep their value over time.
The muscle car market will continue to increase, and it won’t stop… That simple sentence you said “the rare-er the car, the higher it goes” explains it all: supply and demand. Cars that are no longer being produced are always decreasing in number (accidents, mechanical failures etc etc), and for some cars (such as my Dodge Dynasty) this doesn’t matter because nobody really cares, but for older cars, especially those of the muscle variety, this means higher prices. Supply and demand is one side of the coin, the other is nostalgia. I guarantee you 90% of the people buying those ultra rare muscle cars are the ones who were around when they were on the road. Anyone young or old can look back and admire the glory days of American muscle, its a feel good story that puts hair on a man’s chest, and there aren’t many people who wouldn’t want to be a part of it.
So I say to you, the values of these cars will only continue to rise. You’ll never see the price of a 69 numbers matching Yenko Camaro drop… its all about exclusivity and the image they protray.. I mean hell, if limited production Ferrari’s are selling for hundreds of thousands of dollars more than their MSRP, don’t you think an equally rare muscle car’s value will just continue to rise?
And about your daily driver, well maintained and well cared for, there’s no reason its value shouldn’t go up (at the very least, staying ahead of the inflation rate)… and as you said, the price of clones continues to rise too so at the very least your daily driver has the potential to become something greater, even without numbers matching… I applaud your desire for a daily driver because it is a damn shame to see so many amazing cars go from car show to car show on a trailer and never even set a tire on pavement, let alone burn any rubber…