Originally Posted by JimmyJames
You are dead on!!!! As I said in my earlier post---cars that do not sell well the first time RARELY, if ever, sell well the second time around, and you nailed it with your example. They NEVER gave away big block Chevys---well until the gas crunch---but 10 plus years had pasted with crazy sales---they were special order for crying out loud. The Mustang sold 41,000 it's first DAY!!!!! They are all over the place and people STILL want them.
The list is long ---with a BIG, I want that factor comes collectivity---not wow that was a great deal because they had to mark them down to sell them---and that is what happened. SRTs sat for a year or more before many were sold. Mine was not sold the first time until Feb of 2007---wow!!! That is not a---I have got to have it car! You can STILL get a NEW 2008 with less than 100 miles. Now, I love my car, but drive them and enjoy the fact that are the best "deal" on the road.
Don't forget, the economy and car market fell apart around the time of the crossfire. So it was battling low sales numbers (but not that bad when compared to the Audi TT). The car industry tanking also had something to do with cars sitting on lots.
Most collectible cars didn't sell well from the start.