Originally Posted by JimmyJames
I AGREE with this post!!!!
But there is a BIG difference with the Superbird
1) Nascar history!!
2) Big block Muscle Car Craze---THAT was the catalyst which drove the crazy demand/ prices!!!
With the Grand National---Turbo V6 from the 80's---No big deal!! Yes, fastest production car in 86, still no one REALLY cares---not enough to make it a GREAT investment!!! Other investments would have been better over the last 25 years!!! Did not have a V6 turbo, 80's car catalyst, and I doubt we will!!!
My question---What will be the catalyst to drive the demand in the future for the Crossfire? Hybrid German-American cars from the 2000's?
If the "group" like muscle car demand did not rise, the Superbird would not have gone crazy, nor would have Hemi Cudas, etc. Neither sold well at the time, BUT the Muscle Car Craze drove them and due to the lower numbers compared to a Camaro or Mustang, they were getting a higher price.
This car is a GREAT deal for the money, but that is it! Look at other AMG cars---NONE are off-the-charts collector cars---but as it was said---"Collectability is such a fickle thing"---I say---drive it and enjoy it---Best BANG-FOR-THE-BUCK out there---At full price when they first came out, not so much!!! But the 5 year old used market---YES!!! I paid $19,655 for one with 917 miles on it this time last year. A little high at the time, but way lower than the $46,800 sticker that was in the glove box that the owner kept. There is NO WAY I can lose $27,145 (assuming that he paid full price) unless I PAY to have it taken away.
JUST DRIVE IT and wear a grin!!!!
You said it right here. Even the Supra, RX-7, 3000GT VR-4, etc were pushed by "that damn movie". The cars were awesome but honestly I'd see them being $5,000-10,000 less if not for that. In the case with the Crossfire it's the spiritual successor of the Prowler, look at Prowler prices, they're holding well due to the looks but otherwise seem to be stagnant between $20k-30k depending on the year.
The only catalyst I can see bringing up the value is it being the rarest SRT model made along with the fastest out of the first generation of SRT's, excluding the Viper of course. Then again unlike other SRT's ours isn't a true SRT, it's a AMG.