Originally Posted by pizzaguy
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".
There are certain cars that are instant "classics" or collectibles. Exotics like Ferrari, Lambo.... etc. But when it comes to the everyday American sports car (like the Crossfire) the formula seems to be the un-noticed limited production cars that had a hard time moving off the lots. Everybody knows the Corvette and Porsche. They will always be around and my grandchildren will be able to buy one with no problem. The real expensive vettes are the earlier models before they became branded as an icon. Now the new models are a dime a dozen and too many people are storing them in the garage hoping they will become valueable. Who knew about the Crossfire (besides us)?
One day 20 years from now when 75% of all Crossfires are sitting in junkyards because they were totalled by insurance companies, more people will actually start to learn about them. A Mercedes in a Chrysler skin.... the stepchild of a long gone merger. Give someone a little info about the Crossfire and they will be hooked.... just like my first encounter more than 5 years ago.