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Originally Posted by funwheeldrive
A lot of it has to do with the cultural attachment behind the car too. A 1994 GSX might not be worth a ton, but I bet a pristine 1999 GSX would sell for a pretty penny these days. I think a lot of people will always associate the 2G eclipse with the original Fast and Furious.
Also clean +1997 Integra GSRs are selling for over 12k these days and they made quite a bit of them IIRC. But they are remembered so fondly that I'm sure their prices will only continue to climb.
I think the 86 is infamous in modern car culture. Some people love it, and some people love to hate it, but it usually always generates some kind of emotional response from car enthusiasts. You can't say that about a lot of cars today. For that reason I think clean 86s will hold its value better than cars like the Genesis Coupe, Focus ST, GTI, and 370Z.
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This (again) ^ There are some serious love affairs with cars that have cultural impact. There are guys that totally love cars and will defend them as the best ever even though they have never driven one.
I think that as a group we tend to give the 86 more of a profile in car culture than it really has. Makes sense since we are focused on it but to assume that every other "enthusiast" even knows it exists much less have an opinion on it is a bit farfetched. Go check out the Genesis forums. They feel their cars will do nothing but go up in price. DSM forums said the same thing back when they were active. The Focus ST and GTI crowd figure theirs will pass everything in value. The only reason we think different is because this is where we hang out.