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Originally Posted by eikond

The term "rare" is very relative...

Of course I'm not expecting a $25k car to be rare in terms like special run exotics..

To put things in perspective.. Let's compare with the Nissan 240sx.
They sold over 60,000 cars per year in the first two years (89-90) and then 20k to 30k per year through 93. Even with the drifting craze and 20+ years of rust and rot and crashes, you can still find S13's everywhere.

However, the convertibles were different.. in 3 years they sold just over 8000 of them in the US. That makes them hard to find.. not exlusive and rare like an exotic, but limited enough that they carry some value and are a novelty to see.. you just don't see them very often..

The same goes for the 97-98 (Kouki) 240sx.. 3600 in 97 and just over 1000 in 98. Those cars now pull a major premium because they are very hard to find. There's a stock 5 spd 98 with 100k mlies on sale right now in Ohio.. the guy wants $11k for it.. and is probably right on the money.


I want the car to be in that happy medium.. 6000 per year is perfect.. It's a small enough run to keep them from being on every street corner.. to still make it a novelty to see one. To keep the prices high for resale value because supply remains lower than demand. But, I certainly don't expect them to be sold in the sort of limited quantities that you see with exotics and other high priced cars.