Muscle cars have gone up drastically in price in the last decade or so because the people who grew up wanting them as kids can now afford to buy them or have them restored. Go to a car show and look at who owns most of the cars from the 60s and 70s, it will mostly be guys in their 50s and 60s. So look at what people under 30 want to drive if they had the money. Odds are they will want to get one when they can pay for it.

 

2009 Pontiac G8 GXP for sure.

 

I think any late model high HP car will be highly sought after in 20 years or so. Maybe not the 2012's or the 2013s but soon all cars must meet the new MPG requirements. The 400+ hp Mustangs, Cameros etc, will be collectors for sure once they have to start backing off the HP to meet the new regulations.

But if you want a sure fire bet of a highly sought after car get a Corvette ZR1. I think the Z06's will also be worth a lot someday.

 

Nissan GTR, Pontiac GTO (new design) and the F-150 Lightning's.

 

Agreed. The GTR will never die... unfortunately. It has a permanent place in the street/import scene. I've ridden in a GTO with bolt ons, very fun car.

 

what about the Chevy SSR truck? Sure its ugly as hell and totally useless as a truck but it was limited production and theres not a huge amount of them around.

 

I think those vehicles that had and were expected to have limited production are not going to be too collectible (SSR, Prowler, etc), becuase the owners are already preserving them.

 

Maybe a little bit but I doubt they are ever worth a whole lot of money. People didn't want to buy them when they were easily available on a dealer's lot. Why would that change when they are harder to find and more expensive? For something to be collectable is must first be wanted, The SSR, Aztec etc were never wanted in the first place. I see them being as collectable as a Gremlin or Pacer, fun for the novelty sake but not much more.

 

The SSR wasn't wanted, not because of the styling, but because it was under-powered in the first 2 years, and expensive for the time. It was half-done. More power would have equaled more sales. It did however outsell the Ford Lightning for the years it was available for the whole year. The Ford Lightning was just a souped up standard pick-up. The SSR was a stand alone vehicle. No way could it survive with only 24,000+ sold in 3 years. (mid 2003 thru mid 2006) It might just be worth something one day. Though not a good investment by any stretch. I've looked at a few used ones myself... To drive.

 

Tell that to the Chrysler dealers back in the early 70's who had Dodge Daytona's and Plymouth Superbird's languishing on their lots for a couple of years after manufacture because they couldn't give the things away! Often the most collectible cars are the ones no one ever thinks will be collectible -- which add's rarity to the equation.

As a case in point, when I first started going to car races back in the early '70's, about all anyone ever ran at our local tracks were "Tri-Five" Chevrolets. Now, just a few decades later, those cars are so valuable and collectible that you'd never dream of running one into the ground at your local 3/8-mile oval track.....

 

The problem I see with the SSR is that it was almost marketed as a collectible -- which virtually assures you that it will never actually become collectible! Think of the '76 Cadillac convertibles or the "Silver Anniversary" Corvette's as examples of this phenomenon in action.....

 

So in 10 more years when they "remake" Wayne's World as Wayne Jr's world ( due to a lack of creativity in Hollywood anymore ), he will be cruising an Aztec in Aurora IL ?

 

Add to that todays kids are lazier than ever and are more interested in WOW scores or other video games/phones/ipads than building up cars.
25yrs ago we used to buy beater cars and fix them up because that's all a high school kid could afford, repair was "in our blood" if we wanted to ride. Today kids just get their parents to finance them a newer car.

 

In the mid 70's I had a friend who had 2 older brothers one of them drove a 69 Camaro and the other a 75 or so Porsche 911 I remember telling him the 69 Camaro would probably be just as valuable as the Porsche in the future. He thought I was crazy. I also remember being able to buy nice muscle car fixer uppers like 69 Camaros 69-70 Mustangs and Chargers and Challengers for as little as $300 cars that would be worth tens of thousands now..

 

An Aztec & a Saturn have to be in there somewhere LOL!!!!!!!!