Of all the special edition C6 Corvettes offered, what do you think is the most collectable, now and in the future. I own a Ron Fellows edition so I might be a little biased

 

Depends on what they make the least of. I would guess a ZR1 (something). There are just too many Z06's around (graphics packages don't make a collector car imo) so it would have to be high performance and rare.

The ZR1 is built in less numbers so it would have the best chance of being collectible, even more so if they tweaked the ZR1 for the last year C6 production.

 

I will agree, if any it will be the Ron Fellows, but you will be dead by the time it will be worth more than you paid.

 

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Why do you think so?

Is it because of the Ron Fellows name?

I would've agreed a few years ago, but then GM decided to release white Z06's, they also created the 427 Coosky, then the Z07 packaged cars, the Carbon edition Z06.

The RF is only stickers added to the worst performing (by track tests) of Z06's (anything prior to the Z07 package cars).
Other then the RF name, it's just a normal 2006/2007/2008 Z06.

I'm not hating on the car, actually scratching my head why GM would call it special then release white as a regular color, not give the car any advances in power or track potential.

 

Silver05GTO ... your question is to "Racer", but I don't think the Ron Fellows version will be worth anymore than what was paid for it origionally in your lifetime either.

What I agree is that none of them will be worth that much by the time we all die of old age ... unless the buyer is in there 20s. And that certainly isn't the majority of us on this message board!

Nice cars, but there is just nothing special enough in any of them

 

Though the o/p could have himself buried in it .................... Just say'n.

 

Collectors Corvettes????? Lets see, the ZR-1's came in at $68,00 or so. Many early years were bid up to $70,000 or more by those eager to land a "collectors car". Did not really happen, especially if you put miles on them. If a car with a very rare motor and original wide body did not make it in the collectors world, how would a signature car or one with just special add on's make it in that world??!! A white Z06, so what, it is white! Only value there is the color, which in the day, white ZR-1's were the dealer ordered over stock cars nearly impossible to move! Decals and special molding's where is the value in those!? To me, none of the C6 line save for a very original and zero mile Z06's will have any value at all as a collector car. Same goes for the ZR1, low to no miles and low numbers cars only. Then, after about perhaps 30 or 40 years pass, there may be some value above book. I had three ZR-1's, and to this day, and sorry to say, they are worth only their book value. C6 Corvettes as collectors cars will be a long long long time in coming! Lots of prideful boasting will take place though!

 

Let me clairify, I don't think ANY of them will be, but if I had to pick one, it would be the Ron Fellows, and yes, for the name alone.

 

In terms of production numbers, how many C6s have:

• Millennium Yellow paint
• The fabulous "doughboy" steering wheel
• A handle on the underside of the rear hatch
• A light under the hood
• A 4-speed automatic transmission

 

NONE of them. They are all massed produced, cookie cutter cars.

Look at the C4 ZR1. Brand new well over $60K. Twenty years later, even in pristine condition, worth half that at best. And they were very limited production.

 

There's a little bit of uniqueness to all of the 'special edition" cars . . the various anniversary models, carbon fiber, Cooksey, Fellows - - all campaigns- IMO- to drive sales by creating a buzz.

But looking back at Pace cars, silver anniversary and others . . .at best, they're 5-10% more than the production versions and at this point, that's not likely to change.

Just my .02 - - -

 

Here is also something to consider.

Lets take a no-options 1966 Chevelle SS 396 with the base 325 HP engine in only 'average' condition, and a good many miles. Nice car, but not really what we can call a "Collectable".

The car sold new in 1966 for $2,700.

Sure, the car will fetch more than the original purchase price of $2,700 today, but, with the "Inflation Factor", that car would need to sell for $18,900 in 2011 dollars just break even.

CPI Inflation Calculator: http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/cpicalc.pl

 

I think it could be a 100th Centennial ZO6 edition. The ZO6 has a 427 which I personally think that makes it better than a ZR1. Plus with the current performance cars supercharges are just going to become even more common, also due to regulations.

 

You poor thing, you got the slushiest of all the slush boxes in the whole entire Corvette slushiverse

 

Here are the actual numbers (for model years during which both models were built):

2009: Z06 - 3461 ZR1 - 1415

2010: Z06 - 518 ZR1 - 1577

2011: Z06 - 904 ZR1 - 806

3-year total: Z06 - 4883 ZR1 - 3798

 

The Competition Sport from a couple years ago?

Not many made, probably one of the rarer of the C6s.

 

Lets remember it is a C4.....will never EVER be worth money. Fugly.

 

These are probably the rarest

Competition Sport Quantity

Coupe – Arctic White 13
Coupe – Blade Silver 39
Z06 – Black 10
Z06 – Blade Silver 10

Total: 72

GT1 Championship Edt Quantity

Coupe – Black 24
Coupe – Yellow 29
Convertible – Black 7
Convertible – Yellow 10
Z06 – Black 17
Z06 – Yellow 38

Total: 125

Compared to 400 Ron Felows editions, these would be much more valuable to a collector.

 

Correct. My dad had a 40th Anniversary ZR1 and I think these were very rare. It was the maroon color, with the "40th" badges, original owner, mint condition, less than 10K miles when it was traded in. It was worth no more than any other ZR1 of the same year, yes about 1/2 of what it was new. Same senerio when he traded the C5 Convertible Pace Car edition.

Drive your cars and enjoy them. If you're not doing this all you are doing is saving it for someone else. And most of these will just end up sitting on a used car lot at some point. I've seen many garage queens traded in over the years...and they just sit out on the lots for months along with all the others waiting to be sold for someone else to enjoy them.

If you have a special edition or rare car, that's great and a source of pride, but just for the current owner of it.

I remember seeing a special edition of the NM T-Bird for sale that someone had purchased and put it away since new. Had like 8 miles on it and was all packaged with the plastic still on the seats, etc. Asking price was about the same when it was new. And with inflation, this is a loss, not to mention no one was able to enjoy the car for all those years. Besides, who wants to buy a car with 10 year old fluids and other parts in it that should have been replaced by normal maintenance over the years? I don't know if it ever sold for anywhere near the asking price. This was a few months ago.

As far as the most collectable C6 many years from now, I would have to say I think it would be one of the rare 2005 models. Or a 2011 Jet Stream Blue Base Convertible...but I may be biased

To the OP, you may really have a collector C6 when the time comes. I had to google just to see what it was.

http://www.supercars.net/cars/3729.html

Very nice