Cars that will have value in the future?

The going rate for M3’s has nearly tripled! Should’ve waited to sell mine, or at least put it in storage, was a near-mint Estoril Blue Coupe :(
 
Any old landrover 90/110/109/88 or defender. Can’t buy one for less than £2k now though often.
I bought a 1981 ex army 109 a few years ago for £1100. Sold it a year later for £1500, which I regret.
Now one in the same condition is £4K minimum.
Been looking at defenders recently to go alongside my disco 2 and disco 3. A 1997 300tdi in good condition is £8k plus. My 2006 d3 is worth about the same, mental.
 
Well I've just put a deposit on an MX5 2008 2.0 Sport as a toy. Will it have value in the future, maybe not as much as the early mk1 but it's in really good condition for the year and its put a big smile on my face.

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2009 SAAB 2.0 Petrol Aero - bought for £9,500 with 11,000 miles 5 years ago - now 25,000 miles, still like new as only use it in the summer - seems to be going up in value every year

I passed my test in 1965 - so I should have kept many of the cars that I bought

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BillN_33 said:
2009 SAAB 2.0 Petrol Aero - bought for £9,500 with 11,000 miles 5 years ago - now 25,000 miles, still like new as only use it in the summer - seems to be going up in value every year

I passed my test in 1965 - so I should have kept many of the cars that I bought

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Even with the GM interference I still have a love of SAAB. A mate has the 2.8 V6 mapped to 330bhp, not great off the line as it can't get traction in first or second but the moment it gets traction it really does go like a rocket.

My favourite is the original 900 turbo convertible in black :)
 
and one that maybe will not increase - bought new in 1976, (part exchanged a chrome bumper 1965 MGB), - my wife's car - driven for 2 years - 23,000 miles and stored since - cost me a bloody fortune moving it when we moved house, 5 times - last move it was transported out to France, where we now live - will it ever be driven again

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TCR4x4 said:
Any old landrover 90/110/109/88 or defender. Can’t buy one for less than £2k now though often.
I bought a 1981 ex army 109 a few years ago for £1100. Sold it a year later for £1500, which I regret.
Now one in the same condition is £4K minimum.
Been looking at defenders recently to go alongside my disco 2 and disco 3. A 1997 300tdi in good condition is £8k plus. My 2006 d3 is worth about the same, mental.
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after driving a few on road, I could never figure out why they are worth so much these days, particularly the later Defenders
 
Raymond Lin said:
E39 or E92?
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The E39 was a 5 series BMW from 1995 to 2003. It was preceded by the E34 and E28, and succeeded by the E60 from 2003 to 2010. Interestingly though, the E39 M5 could be a real appreciating classic in the near future.
 
BillN_33 said:
and one that maybe will not increase - bought new in 1976, (part exchanged a chrome bumper 1965 MGB), - my wife's car - driven for 2 years - 23,000 miles and stored since - cost me a bloody fortune moving it when we moved house, 5 times - last move it was transported out to France, where we now live - will it ever be driven again

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I spy a compressor in the background, and the "shed" or barn looks plenty big enough - you have absolutely no excuses, get cracking!
I envy you moving to France. What part do you live in?
 
andy700 said:
I spy a compressor in the background, and the "shed" or barn looks plenty big enough - you have absolutely no excuses, get cracking!
I envy you moving to France. What part do you live in?
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There are two more in there - I drove the Beetle Cab out and the MGB was transported 10 years ago, we live in SW France, in the Gironde

I'm just going to have to sell them as I never use them and have more than enough other work to do - in retirement!!!!

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I had the chance to buy a mini mayfair, I think it was back in 2007. It was £5500 I think, and brand new on the road. I wished I had of bought it, I would have kept it. :(
 
When I think of some of the cars which I owned since 1985, which cost less than £500, I do wonder what they would be worth now considering that I restored/refurbished most of the "interesting" ones.
1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with overdrive in Inca Yellow.
1970 MGB GT Bronze Yellow
1972 MGB GT Blaze Red
1965 Triumph Vitesse 6 Old English White
1974 Ford Cortina GXL Mk3 White with Black vinyl roof - classy!
1976 VW Polo Light Blue - purchased for £40 as it was a non runner at the time. Cleaned the carb out and installed new brake shoes, gave it a full respray, put it straight through an MOT. I kept it for three years as a runaround, then sold it to a mate for £1100. It had less than 40K miles on it, and it was one of the smoothest cars I have driven. It was also immaculate inside and out.
1972 BMW 2002 Ice Green Metallic Bought for approx £200 from a local auction. Fitted a new brake servo, front screen. Welded new sills and floorpans. Reconditioned the cylinder head with new valve seals, reground the seats. Fully resprayed it. It was lovely and I wish that I still had it. Sold it for £1600 in 1990.
 
andy700 said:
When I think of some of the cars which I owned since 1985, which cost less than £500, I do wonder what they would be worth now considering that I restored/refurbished most of the "interesting" ones.
1976 Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with overdrive in Inca Yellow.
1970 MGB GT Bronze Yellow
1972 MGB GT Blaze Red
1965 Triumph Vitesse 6 Old English White
1974 Ford Cortina GXL Mk3 White with Black vinyl roof - classy!
1976 VW Polo Light Blue - purchased for £40 as it was a non runner at the time. Cleaned the carb out and installed new brake shoes, gave it a full respray, put it straight through an MOT. I kept it for three years as a runaround, then sold it to a mate for £1100. It had less than 40K miles on it, and it was one of the smoothest cars I have driven. It was also immaculate inside and out.
1972 BMW 2002 Ice Green Metallic Bought for approx £200 from a local auction. Fitted a new brake servo, front screen. Welded new sills and floorpans. Reconditioned the cylinder head with new valve seals, reground the seats. Fully resprayed it. It was lovely and I wish that I still had it. Sold it for £1600 in 1990.
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Cars were so much more interesting back then - they had character, style and beauty ......... maybe they were more unreliable, but they had soul and you could bond with them and spend your weekend underneath them ...... a new model every month that was different ...... I remember the first time I saw an E type ....... etc.,

(we do still have my 1989 911, bought new in 1989 ....... passed on to my son a few years ago - but I drive it now and again .......drove it a few weeks ago, from Hampshire to Yorkshire and back ....... 500 + miles in a day ...... still little to beat it and it's almost 30 years old)

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In 1998 I bought a 1982 BMW 528i E28 model with the "reverse" Getrag box and LSD. I think it cost £900 and was a lovely car to drive. We took it down to the South of France and Ligurian Riviera and returned via Genoa, Turin and Beane. We then took it to Avignon and the Camargue the next year. It was so well put together and extremely comfortable. We had it for four years, until I replaced it with an E34 520i, which although a very capable and well built machine, didn't quite have the "soul" of the earlier model.
 
Whatever the boy racers where driving a few years back Saxo VTR perhaps? Mini (BMW) Coopers would be a good choice once prices bottom out. Audi S8 one for £2.5k on the bay. Any M badged BMW. Or a Nissan Cube for something left field. VW transporter. Porsche 924.

I’ve often thought about investing in future classics...... have just started investing in motorbikes, they take up less room and are easier to work on.
 
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My 320i from 1979 - lived in Holland and this shot is on the way back to the UK - these early BMW's, although expensive, were marvellous cars

probably would be a desirable cars today ....... almost 40 years old today ..... but still would hold it's own with most of the modern stuff and it's just a classic shape, (as are the earlier models)

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Gyles said:
VW transporter.
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The T25 is going up and up, syncros (4wd version) even more so. I need to get an MOT for my syncro and sell it, it's only 31 years old after all!
 
I would think most know this by now, but just in case some are unaware I'll post the info

Vehicles that do not need an MOT
You do not need to get an MOT if:

  • the vehicle was built or first registered more than 40 years ago
  • no ‘substantial changes’ have been made to the vehicle in the last 30 years, for example replacing the chassis, body, axles or engine to change the way the vehicle works
 
I bought a Ford Racing Puma 15 years ago for £9k and sold it a few years later for a small loss. The only one on AutoTrader at the moment is £16k. Only 500 were built and there can’t be too many left between them being written off and stripped for parts. It was massively impractical and expensive to maintain - the Alcon brakes had no dust seals making regular servicing important if you wanted to guarantee being able to stop but it put a smile on my face every time I got into it. I wish I’d had the means to keep it back in the day.
 
BillN_33 said:
I would think most know this by now, but just in case some are unaware I'll post the info

Vehicles that do not need an MOT
You do not need to get an MOT if:

  • the vehicle was built or first registered more than 40 years ago
  • no ‘substantial changes’ have been made to the vehicle in the last 30 years, for example replacing the chassis, body, axles or engine to change the way the vehicle works
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You have to apply to be exempt from having an MOT, I can't remember the status the vehicle is given off hand mind, it's not an automatic right.
 
vintageman said:
Its not that the cars are becoming more valuable - the value of the £ is rapidly heading South
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Not sure thats right and affecting value.

Nostalgia is affecting the value of some. Those are the cars that people with disposable income either drove in their early years, or their dads did, or were the sporty models of those cars.

TVR has been helped by the new model relaunch, generating interest in the older cars again. Prices have almost doubled in ten years. I bought my Cerbera for £12k 12 years ago, it's worth £35-40k now, but thats also because it's been fully restored and improved. An average one goes for £20K now.
 
vintageman said:
Its not that the cars are becoming more valuable - the value of the £ is rapidly heading South
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The £ was worth 1.144 Euros today roughly the same as it was back in 2016. The value is not rapidly heading South at all. People who have the money to invest in classic/rare cars have always made money - assuming that thay have been canny and chosen the right cars.
 
Byker28i said:
Not sure thats right and affecting value.

Nostalgia is affecting the value of some. Those are the cars that people with disposable income either drove in their early years, or their dads did, or were the sporty models of those cars.

TVR has been helped by the new model relaunch, generating interest in the older cars again. Prices have almost doubled in ten years. I bought my Cerbera for £12k 12 years ago, it's worth £35-40k now, but thats also because it's been fully restored and improved. An average one goes for £20K now.
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And how much has the restoration cost you - including your time?

Best thing about the increase in vehicle values is that it's not subject to CGT!
 
Nod said:
And how much has the restoration cost you - including your time?

Best thing about the increase in vehicle values is that it's not subject to CGT!
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Oh I'm up to about £30K in total cost including buying the car, but I've also had 12 years of ownership out of that. I put £250 a month away, I could have a boring lease car and nothing to show for it instead :D
 
Another from way back - 1982

are any still running?

the negatives have scanned well!!!
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Cars were so much more interesting back then - they had character, style and beauty ......... maybe they were more unreliable, but they had soul and you could bond with them and spend your weekend underneath them ...... a new model every month that was different ...... I remember the first time I saw an E type ....... etc.,

(we do still have my 1989 911, bought new in 1989 ....... passed on to my son a few years ago - but I drive it now and again .......drove it a few weeks ago, from Hampshire to Yorkshire and back ....... 500 + miles in a day ...... still little to beat it and it's almost 30 years old)

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To be fair, when you get up to a certain price point there are still interesting looking cars, a Porsche is still a Porsche and a McLaren is still a McLaren.

Cheap cars or family cars are full but those kind of cars are function over form.

Give it 20 years and my C30 will be desirable with its unique look :p
 
Raymond Lin said:
To be fair, when you get up to a certain price point there are still interesting looking cars, a Porsche is still a Porsche and a McLaren is still a McLaren.

Cheap cars or family cars are full but those kind of cars are function over form.

Give it 20 years and my C30 will be desirable with its unique look :p
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It a way but not - look at the early Ford Escorts - I looked at the Escort Mexico in the late 1960's, it was not expensive, but look at the prices now and those of the ordinary Escorts
 
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Very few ordinary (read "affordable") cars will ever appreciate enough to be worth collecting. Similarly motorbikes, although at least bikes are easier to store! Even "interesting" variants of ordinary cars won't have made any money once the costs of keeping them for long enough and/or restoring them are taken into account. Gone are the days when you could pick up last year's racing cars for next to nothing. Unfortunately! With hindsight, I should probably have kept the Frogeye and maybe the Firenza but even they would have needed (more) significant work to get them up to a standard that would make them "valuable" and so worthy investments.
Buy cars and/or bikes to use rather than to lock away in climate controlled storage.
 
Nod said:
Very few ordinary (read "affordable") cars will ever appreciate enough to be worth collecting. Similarly motorbikes, although at least bikes are easier to store! Even "interesting" variants of ordinary cars won't have made any money once the costs of keeping them for long enough and/or restoring them are taken into account. Gone are the days when you could pick up last year's racing cars for next to nothing. Unfortunately! With hindsight, I should probably have kept the Frogeye and maybe the Firenza but even they would have needed (more) significant work to get them up to a standard that would make them "valuable" and so worthy investments.
Buy cars and/or bikes to use rather than to lock away in climate controlled storage.
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I've still got this locked away - 5,000 miles

I had a few others to ride, so this never got used

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Nod said:
Very few ordinary (read "affordable") cars will ever appreciate enough to be worth collecting.
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Ford recently built 50 Heritage Edition Focus RS 's to celebrate 50yrs of the RS brand and the mk1 Escort. The cars cost around £38k. One lucky buyer collected his car, drove straight to another dealership and got £58k for it.
 
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Ford recently built 50 Heritage Edition Focus RS 's to celebrate 50yrs of the RS brand and the mk1 Escort. The cars cost around £38k. One lucky buyer collected his car, drove straight to another dealership and got £58k for it.
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Much like a lot of Porsche buyers do. Bonkers if you ask me, but you didn't't ;)
 
BillN_33 said:
Another from way back - 1982

are any still running?

the negatives have scanned well!!!
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Unfortunately there's only a few left. Awful cars

The Atwell Motor Museum in Calne has quite a few of he dreadful rovers in it's collection. Allegros, Maxi's, Montegos etc
 
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