449er

Do you folks think that any C6 Corvettes will ever become collectable? .....ZO6, 427 Vert, ZR1, etc

captain vette

427 is my prediction

saplumr

None of them

jchappies

probably only the 2013 427

OlyC6

Only time will tell... when they get 20+ years old... it will be interesting to see how many are still out on the road...how many have been garaged -- in pristine condition -- in the hopes of value appreciation. Given how many are on the road now... it will be interesting to find out how much people will be willing to pay for a 20+ year old performance rig...

tcweidner

car collecting heydays are likely coming to a close with us in gen x, and 20 years from now it wont be anything like it is now. Car collecting comes from the emotional attachments and memories that come from our formidable years. People are paying a lot for late 60s muscle cars now because those are the cars that we drove or wanted as young people. Great memories are tied to those cars, we pay as much for the car as we do the memories they bring us.

You'll notice in car collecting you can get cars from the 50 s and earlier much cheaper now because the generation with emotional ties to those cars are dying out. This leads us to the future, these last few generations just dont have the connection to cars as we did. Social media, phones, etc that is how these kids socialize. Back in the day, our cars were essential in order for us to socialize, plus back in the 80s and earlier you could work on your own car easily, bringing you and your car closer together.

I'm surrounded by Barrett Jackson junkies, they go and buy just about every show. We have talked about this many times, its all but certain that the heydays are coming to an end these next 10 20 years, then car collecting will become much more of niche. So what will the C6 will be worth in 20 years, answer is we dont know, but its almost assured the market for such collectibles will be much smaller.

Another good topic on this subject is will these newer cars with all the electronics even work 20 years from now? There is a reason you can go to a barrett jackson and get a $200k 2006 Bentley for $30k. Upkeep is likely going to be a bitch. I had a 2008 high end car whose computer system got wonky, basically gave the car away.

BackInBlack05

Apple Macintosh might be a better bet. Or an original Iphone.

Scuba Ghost

Sure in 50 years.

saplumr

No doubt. Problem is people pay a whole lot of attention to Barrett Jackson type auctions. If we pay attention to the current trend, high end modified Corvettes bring in much more money than most bone stock.

THECARREAPER

Having owned many, interesting cars I do see the C6 as having a lasting appeal. Especially well optioned, cared for cars. Myself: I was attracted here due to the disappointments and expenses of dealing with other sports cars that have gone up in "value" but lack refinement and have too may maintenance and performance issues to justify the costs. I had carb and injected Ferrari's and Lamborghini's. I had them when they were cheap. I bought cars that needed the AC upgraded, timing belt and other major maintenance items done. When all of that was done, and everything worked- the cars were " cool for the time..." but really disappointing to use as cars with any regularity.

As the old 911's ,Ferrari's and Lambo's prices went up, so did the costs of the ever shrinking pool of maintenance parts. Parts I had to get from the UK most of the time, (SuperFormance) and Brexit is going to mess that up as well! The property tax on my 1986 Ferrari 328 I had a few years ago was $2000. The 06 Z51 Vette I bought last month was under $900. And I sold the Ferrari for $45k, it went to Germany and sold again for $80k!

I am not a car fan boy. But these C6 Vette's are better than many of the other choices and I firmly believe that market demand will drive prices to stop depreciating and ten slowly climb to a happy place.

I considered Maserati Gransports and GrandTurismos. Yet there are known issues with the engines, suspensions, heater cores and now the variable valve timing in any Maserati v8 made before September of 2010 needed to be updated or risk engine failure.
The older Porsche Boxsters, Caymans and 911's have: IMS bearing issues, cylinder scoring issues, cylinder liner failure issues.
I had many older classics: Z28's, TranAms, Lotus, Pantera, and they were fun because they were $20,000 cars give or take and now all of the rare models I had would be too valuable for (me personally) to drive much where I live and work.

A C6 is fun, fast enough and affordable. I *could* buy a much newer more expensive whatever fun car, yet I *choose* not to.

These are damn good cars, so good I plan to get an 08-13 convertible C6 something at some point as well as keep my 06 Z51 3LT.

Time will tell I suppose, plus the electric cars and new regulations are coming.

RichKiss

I could not agree more with this statement. I truly think we are seeing the last of the internal combustion engine muscle cars because of this. The younger generation simply doesn't care. All they care about is what new options or gadgets are coming out with each and every new generation. Thanks to Apple and Tesla and the need to have the newest and best thing out.

Sabre34

100%

SPSandman

Want to buy my original iPhone?

damascus1986

in 20 years will you even be able to steer you car or will they all be self driving? i agree with richkiss will they keep making v8 muscle cars or will everything go to smaller displacement FI cars? or electric? I'm 32 had a hyundai genesis coupe before i bought my c6 it had lost of options my c6 doesn't but i enjoy my c6 way more. can that be said for people 5-10 years younger then me? i'm able to put the cell phone down and just drive my car. in 10 years the people that are my age now will have never lived a day without the internet . kinda scary when you think about it.Maybe when im 50 ill be hunting for a c6 or c7

FAUEE

Lots of doom and gloom about the future but people psy nig bucks for old nintenfo games that the people who pay it COULD PLAY FOR FREE. People will pay for nostalgia, c6 will be no different.

The cars that people want will either resist downward forces, or go up. 427 verts, zr1s, and cool color combos (centennials, 60ths, other cool colors). Will a base white 1lt car ever ho up? Unlikely. Will a red 427 with a nlack and red 4lt suede interior? For sure. I doubt these will ever go for L88 values, but i think they will do like run of the mill c3s have, maintain nice but not huge value. You can get a good small block c3 for 20k or so, and a good big block for mid 30s. Chrome bumper of corse as those are the valuable ones.

FAUEE

The idea of converting the US fleet over to all autonomous or electrics is liberal pie in the sky horseshit. The tech is too expensive and will take 50+ years to become pervasive. Plus, once cars are autonomous, ownership becomes moot overall. Thus it takes even longer for cars to go away. Plus, think of the effects if the second (or for many as they rent first) most valuable liquid asset of most americans became valueless. Talk about an economic collapse.

Its far more likely vor humanity to be wiped out (possinly by AI) than or autonomous cars to all thats left in 20 years.

tcweidner

not doom and gloom , just realization that cars are no longer the huge part of coming of age as they once were for kids. Times have changed. In my day we couldnt live without our cars, now days kids cant live without their phones. Saw an article last week that 16 year olds are not getting their licenses like they used to. Down 50% from generations earlier. 50%!!..

tcweidner

autonomous cars will come via ride sharing, uber etc. People wont need to own cars. Its happening soon whether we like it or not. As for cars being an asset, i doubt very much americans have any positive value in them. They depreciate so fast, most people either have leases (worthless) or 6 or 7 year loans , again, no real value left. Plus as we all know, upkeep for older cars can be a killer, every visit to the shop is a money pit. New generation doesnt want to own things like we did, not sure i blame them. Debt sucks

FAUEE

Youre reading too much into it. Kids may not get licenses at 16, but they do get them. There may be some that dont, ut thats always how its been.

And, if cars become less common, they become a status symbol, like hand made shoes. And something unique like a vette with a big NA V8 stands to gain the most from that.

jbc1995fb

I was born 1974 and have thought about buying one. I graduated high school in 1993 and then college in 1999. So I thought about buying a vette in those years.

But as others have said what older vettes have gone up in value? 1996 GS, the C4ZR1, maybe the 2004 collector z06? The ‘93 ruby red 50th anniversary?
im not sure if any of the late 70 or early 80’s models are worth much.