With the C7 coming out will the C4's values increase?

 

I dont think so.

to see an significant increase in price. we have to wait into hit the 40 year old mark

 

I read in this month's Corvette magazine that the C4's have increased
8% in value over the past year. They are often called the sleeping bears of the Vettes, but they are waking up. I think the collector car
community has realized that have been picked up greatly as a affordable entry level Vette and they are becoming more sought after
for that reason.

 

Don't look for any value increase in these vehicles for a very long time... if ever.

 

Two weeks after the end of never

 

Of course not, why would it?

 

Not likely

 

a long as folks buy the junk ones that probably should be recycled for parts, and we continue helping put them back on the road, they will never increase, the value improves when something gets hard to get.

 

I could care less about the value of the C4. I buy cars to drive them. My '93 still puts a smile on my face and I'm looking forward to getting a C4 vert.

 

Just for you, how to increase the value of C4s in Canada...

 

Will stripper C6's drop below the low 40's (which is what the Dealers are advertising out here)?

 

Stripper for under 40?.....Cant beat that.

 

strippers are people too

 

I offer my services to help take some of them out.

 

With 364,000+ C4s having been built, it will be a while before the supply goes down far enough such that demand out paces the remaining cars. Having said that, as a surrogate for the overall Corvette market, using data from eBay:

Cars For Sale:
C1 - 36
C2 - 82
C3 (Chrome bumper - 68-72) - 97
C3 (plastic front kamm back 73-77) - 62
C3 (bubble rear 78-82) - 75
C4 (early round taillight 84-90) - 81
C4 (Late C4 rectangular taillight 91-96) - 97
C5 - 228
C6 - 550

If you then compare the totals being sold and compare to the number of vehicles in each grouping produced:
C1 - 0.052% of vehicle produced
C2 - 0.069%
Early C3 - 0.073%
Mid C3 - 0.028%
Late C3 - 0.036%
Early C4 - 0.034%
Late C4 - 0.076%
C5 - 0.092%

If the numbers above are indicative of surviving examples, then it is clear that the 73-90 Corvettes have been used up at a much higher rate than the earlier Corvettes and the later ones are still being used. Many of the earliest Corvettes (C1/2) were probably brought back from the dead because the value is there to do so. Not so for the 73-90 cars. For C4s, the 84-90 Corvettes, having been used as affordable drivers, will be used up, and the remaining few will start to climb in value as the mid and late C3 are doing right now. But you can see that the relative percentage of C4s will have to decrease substantially still before that happens.

 

Funny, I just started a similar thread about the C4 market value, as I'm in the market for a C4.

 

NOW YOU DID IT! Never ask a question like that here! Now all the crying : will start! Any Corvette is worth as much as you can sell it for. If you don't know what you're doing when you sell one, expect pennies on the dollar. If you know how to sell it and what market to advertise and sell it to, the possibilites are much better for getting higher prices. I've done it many times and always come out farther ahead than what I read some of these members get for their cars.

 

Every time I put the top down and get in for a drive.

 

The short answer is NO.


Here is the long answer (IMO)

People can compare the C4 to the trend with C3s all they want but the value of "collector" car values and the timeframe at which they start to go up is not linear.

There is a huge difference between the previous generations and the C4 and later cars. The previous cars are all "old" cars. I don't say "old" in terms of age, but rather in terms of design and technology. They have very minimal electronics, they are simple, basic, and old technology. The C4 is a "new" style car.... high tech, computer controlled, etc. The revolutionary design of the C4 is IMO what will in hindsight be it's downfall as a collector. You have to ask why someone would want to collect something. What does a particular generation bring to the plate? As much as we might like them, the C4 doesn't really bring much of anything compared to the others.

The C1-C2 speak for themselves as far as what they bring. They are the golden era. The C3s (mainly the early ones) touch on that as well. Like I mentioned before, they are "old" cars. They are something that reminds people of a simpler (and less computer based) time.

So... what does a C4 bring? It will always be flanked on 1 side by cars that are much more "classic" and on the other by cars that are much more performance and tech (as will the C5, and C6 IMO). People who want old cars will look at C1-C3... people who want performance and tech will look to the C5-C6+.

The prior generations are classics in the sense that they are a throwback to the good-ole-days of cars. The C4 is not, and will not ever have that appeal. There is a lot more than being "rare" to make a car valuable and rarity is completely irrelevant if nobody wants them. Chevettes are "rare" yet I don't see them selling for $100,000.

They might go up significantly in value eventually... but eventually is a LOOOOOOONG time away.

 

Just for the heck of it I knew I had gotten the "investment" quality of my 6 Corvettes off of one of Ken Martins newsletters/articles etc...have no idea exactly what the date of the Article was but I printed it out on the 26th of December of 2010 ...almost a years ago...

My 64 Conv was rated an "A" that appreciated 5% over the last year

My 72 Conv ...Got a "C" ...but appreciated 10 percent

My 76 Coupe also got a "C" ...but did not appreciate NOR depreciate

My 79 Coupe also received a "C" but depreciated 5 percent

My 88 (35th Anniv) received a "D" and also did not depreciate NOR appreciate BUT a regular 88 Coupe (also "D" depreciated Coupe depreciated 5 percent and the Conv "D" depreciated 3 percent

My 98 Convertible was rated a "D" and depreciated 1 percent....and the Coupes ("d) depreciated 4 percent .

You can form you own opinions ...

Bob G.