My E46 M3 has been on a classic policy for a few years now. It's cheaper than a 'normal policy' but not by as much as you think. That said, it does come with many perks, which are relevant to the car now (value and breakdown cover in Europe, the latter IME is now hard to get anyway on some policies), and moreso, anything over 15 years old on a generic breakdown policy tends to have the companies not cover them in Europe. It's one reason why my friend sold his 54 plate Passat B5.5
The Maza RX-8 (2002-2012) has appreciated MASSIVELY over the past two years, examples with no hot start issues were fetching £500-800 pre-pandemic, there's almost nothing under £2500 now, especially the 230bhp Renesis versions. Last of the Wankels, future classic material I reckon.
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I guess they were unique in many ways. I fancied one and a friend bought one back in the day.
-Last Rotary propelled car in a long lineage since the RX-3 (i,e not a REX or DHE based unit)
-Last of the RX line
-A good example of clever thinking but in a leftfield way. A 4 door sleek looking Coupe is quite a novel idea.
-A practical car, if you could live with the thirst, Rotary mindset of car, and on the later cars, extortionate tax.
-A lovely handling car.
I 've noticed Car Throttle featured cars tend to gain value. Look at Audi A2s. They now fetch serious cash for what they are. Granted, they are a unique, niche, and even today, quite a futuristic concept. But are they really that much better than the competition of the day?
The 172s and 182s have risen IMHO with good reason
-Pokey, strong, yet frugal engines. The latter is pretty important at this time if we're being honest!
-Near 205 levels of grip and fun. Lift-off-oversteer is easy in these
-More than 205 levels of safety. I think this was one of the first 5 star NCAP cars
-Great no matter what the spec. Fully loaded hatch? Great. Stripped car for trackdays? Lovely!
-Out of the box, they can do fast road and track work very well with minimal modifications.
That said, like Ford products, they are falling foul of the 10 year production rule, now that the oldest 172 will be around 23 years old. Alot of key spares are becoming NLA for these.
I thought the 00s had boring stuff. The above looks pathetic really...
The Maza RX-8 (2002-2012) has appreciated MASSIVELY over the past two years, examples with no hot start issues were fetching £500-800 pre-pandemic, there's almost nothing under £2500 now, especially the 230bhp Renesis versions. Last of the Wankels, future classic material I reckon.
Image courtesy Car Magazine
I guess they were unique in many ways. I fancied one and a friend bought one back in the day.
-Last Rotary propelled car in a long lineage since the RX-3 (i,e not a REX or DHE based unit)
-Last of the RX line
-A good example of clever thinking but in a leftfield way. A 4 door sleek looking Coupe is quite a novel idea.
-A practical car, if you could live with the thirst, Rotary mindset of car, and on the later cars, extortionate tax.
-A lovely handling car.
I 've noticed Car Throttle featured cars tend to gain value. Look at Audi A2s. They now fetch serious cash for what they are. Granted, they are a unique, niche, and even today, quite a futuristic concept. But are they really that much better than the competition of the day?
Whilst the wife was isolating with covid over xmas, I did what any normal petrolhead would do and spent hours on ebay/facebook etc looking at cars I had always fancied buying. The little 172 cup clios seem to be rising in value (as is everything) and so myself and our daughter went to 'look' at this fine example. I cant believe they are 20 years old now. I remember a mare having one brand new back in 2002. To be honest it is a right laugh and has properly brought enjoyment back to driving for me. Its not fast despite the 2ltr NA engine which has seen several upgrades. But its really fun.
The 172s and 182s have risen IMHO with good reason
-Pokey, strong, yet frugal engines. The latter is pretty important at this time if we're being honest!
-Near 205 levels of grip and fun. Lift-off-oversteer is easy in these
-More than 205 levels of safety. I think this was one of the first 5 star NCAP cars
-Great no matter what the spec. Fully loaded hatch? Great. Stripped car for trackdays? Lovely!
-Out of the box, they can do fast road and track work very well with minimal modifications.
That said, like Ford products, they are falling foul of the 10 year production rule, now that the oldest 172 will be around 23 years old. Alot of key spares are becoming NLA for these.
I thought the 00s had boring stuff. The above looks pathetic really...