Originally Posted by blackcrossfire07
The Crossfire does have some of the key elements. A sports car 2 seater, Lower than usual production numbers, short production time, a flop in sales and a sudden drop in value. I think most collectibles from the past are cars that the manufacturer couldn't give away. The crossfire was also considered under powered by some which is another similarity. Some of the most expensive collectibles today seem to mirror the crossfire back in their day. Cars that came and went and were hardly seen on the streets. Cars that you see on the road and never knew were made. Mostly because the manufacturer did a terrible job advertising them. Sports cars that took a risk to be a little different and failed.... but nobody really knew the exact reason why they would fail. Because the car should have been a success and only the people who owned them can understand that. But the people that didn't own them couldn't understand it until 20 years later. Now they are willing to pay a premium price for one because there are few around.
I see potential in high values but I don't expect it.
I think you make a lot of sense. A guy at the local bank (when I went in to see if the OTHER bank screwed me on financing -which this guy assured me, they didn't) generally said the same thing you did about the XF.
He said to look for an upturn in value earlier than normal with the XF - well under 20 years, according to him.
But like even he said,
"You never know, Mark. But look at some of the prized cars today ... they were almost un-noticed in their day".