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What current car(s) do you think will become future classic's.

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    #32
    superjosh9
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭superjosh9


    biggus wrote: »
    ... how many 2002 lagunas will be left in seven years time...

    how many are left as it is?!?!


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    #33
    carchaeologist
    Registered Users Posts: 11,318 ✭✭✭✭carchaeologist


    A standard honda civic of any type,doesnt exist even now!!:D:D


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    #34
    zero19
    Registered Users Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    Ford Fiesta


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    #35
    askU
    Registered Users Posts: 467 ✭✭askU


    how about a Mitsubishi Colt?
    http://tinyurl.com/6kcnvq


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    #36
    pburns
    Registered Users Posts: 2,423 ✭✭✭pburns


    All cars are potentially classics to someone. All sorts of fugly Vauxhall, Ford, Austin stuff from the 60s and 70s is drooled over by those who grew up during these periods. I think sometimes a dewey-eyed nostalgia is more the attraction than a appreciation of the machinery. Some people will remember being brought to the sea-side in a Cortina or losing their virginity in the back of a RWD Corolla. It's like the modern machinery we discuss here, everyone has different likes, dislikes and opinions.

    As regards an M5 or similar being potentially too complex to restore - well if something is desirable enough, someone, somewhere, will put in the time and effort to resurrect it. I'm sure the classic car industry will adopt to meet the needs of ever-more electronic-laden machinery.

    There is a real danger though that some mad EU law dreamt up by museli-eating lesbian environmentalists will wreck havoc with the maintenance or running of old cars:(.


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    #37
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    Honda NSX.
    BMW 6


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    #38
    bren2002
    Registered Users Posts: 1,199 ✭✭✭bren2002


    BMW 6 is a dreadful car.

    Agree with the MX5 comments, arguably already is a classic. Definitely a design classic already, if not a 'classic' classic.

    XK8
    SLK


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    #39
    ronnie3585
    Registered Users Posts: 6,675 ✭✭✭ronnie3585


    I could say the same about the XK8.


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    #40
    smash
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34,809 ✭✭✭✭smash


    S1 Elise
    Honda NSX
    Alfa GTV V6 / Alfa GTV Cup
    Alfa Spider
    Clio V6


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    #41
    Wertz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11,909 ✭✭✭✭Wertz


    eoin_s wrote: »
    I think the Peugeot 406 Coupe and Fiat Coupe are contenders. I am a fan of them, and male so that could make me a "fanboy" I imagine.

    Anything with a pininfarina badge on it is almost guaranteed future classic status, especially limited runs like the 406....I'd add to that list the Alfa Romeo GTV and the Pug 306CC [edit] (The 2.0lt SE from 2000 on).
    I'm also declaring my status as a fanboi...bought one (406c) with an eye to holding onto/maintaining it till it's even rarer.
    I know it's not really fair suggesting decade old cars for this thread, but I can't think of too many current (ie last 2 yrs) cars that stand out from the crowd or have that je ne sais quoi that makes them classic contenders...


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    #42
    Tragedy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,056 ✭✭✭Tragedy


    Love the 406coupe, also the Opel Calibra.


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    #43
    Blue850
    Registered Users Posts: 2,565 ✭✭✭Blue850


    Anything from the 90s and 00s that survives 20 years or more will be a classic to someone, go to classic car show these days and theres a lot of 80s bread and butter stuff about from Escorts to Nissan Sunnys etc.
    Now what'll be valuable? The same as today I think, mint condition high end "brands", Mercs,BMWs,Porsche etc, and performance models from the likes of Ford, Opel, Toyota, not too sure about how the current retro designs like the Fiat 500,or Beetle, Mini will fare out


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    #44
    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    ronnie3585 wrote: »
    I could say the same about the XK8.
    XK8 is visually unbalanced, but no more so than an E-type - and look at how many people like them.


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    #45
    WHITE_P
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭WHITE_P


    Max_Damage wrote: »
    Most cars nowadays are built like white goods, after a few years, they are just designed to be thrown away and replaced.

    Shame really.

    Too true, that's what really got me thinking about it in the first place.


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    #46
    Truck
    Registered Users Posts: 211 ✭✭Truck


    GTI Golf


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    #47
    Andrewf20
    Registered Users Posts: 3,193 ✭✭✭Andrewf20


    Heres my vote:

    Mark 3 MX5
    Lotus Elise
    S2000
    Focus ST
    335i
    A5
    630i


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    #48
    barryfitz
    Registered Users Posts: 554 ✭✭✭barryfitz


    Anyone else think the Brera could make it? Seen a convertible one at the weekend and it could definetly pull it off.


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    #49
    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    barryfitz wrote: »
    Anyone else think the Brera could make it? Seen a convertible one at the weekend and it could definetly pull it off.

    Not too sure; personally I think that the aggressive look of the 159 and the GT take away from it somehow.


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    #50
    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,815 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    eoin_s wrote: »
    Not too sure; personally I think that the aggressive look of the 159 and the GT take away from it somehow.
    I think so too. There was a real delicacy & balance to the 156, compared to that car the newer ones are like Tonka toys. Still handsome cars, but no longer beautiful.


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    #51
    Eoin
    Registered Users Posts: 21,257 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Anan1 wrote: »
    I think so too. There was a real delicacy & balance to the 156, compared to that car the newer ones are like Tonka toys. Still handsome cars, but no longer beautiful.

    I see your point, but I think what I meant to say is that the Brera doesn't seem to stand out as much, as all the cars in the Alfa range have an aggressive looking front.


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    #52
    Beta Ray Bill
    Registered Users Posts: 3,663 ✭✭✭Beta Ray Bill


    I really think the Evo 6 Tommi Makinen Edition will become a classic

    they are already close to that status, close to €25,000 for a 2000/1 I think

    heres a pic of one with the Man himself :)

    30529276.MitsubishiLancerEVOVITME.jpg


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    #53
    superjosh9
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭superjosh9


    Anan1 wrote: »
    I think so too. There was a real delicacy & balance to the 156, compared to that car the newer ones are like Tonka toys. Still handsome cars, but no longer beautiful.

    yep. I still remember the day -indeed the moment- I saw the 156 in autocar for the first time. I just couldn't believe how good looking it was - and that it wasn't a coupe. It was a real revelation at the time, far and away better looking than anything else in its class - whatever about the cars that cost twice the money.

    The 159 et al., whilst still good looking, are nowhere near as fresh, brave and I suppose monumental as the 156 was when photos came out circa 1996 and 1997. Remember - up until then - there was the 155.. (Which I quite liked, esp the last models with wider track and flared arches.. but that's another story altogether!)


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