RE: Future Collectibility Rant
Excellent thread, I could not agree more. People that are buying these cars with the intention that they will hold or gain value need to look at recent history. Any recent "collectable" car or limited edition car - Vipers, late model Mustangs, etc seldom are selling for as much or more as the original buyer paid. (Of course there are a few exceptions, but they are the exceptions). Retailers and marketing people are trained to sell collectability and they chuckle as they send you down the road. I think we will be surprised what is actually collectable decades down the road - Magnums, SRT 300C, SRT Jeeps, etc, etc.
As much as I would love a new Challenger, the safer financial bet would be to spend 40K on a nice 70's vintage car. I do hope the new Challengers sell like hotcakes, I hope they make about 50,000 - 100,000 of them in the next 2 - 4 years so that I can buy a used one in 2015 for under 10K and have a new street / strip hot rod car.