I was reading a CNN/Money.com article the other day that listed the "hypothetical" top 10 future collectible cars in the year 2027. The list included the Dodge Viper, of which I'm a proud owner, but also a Toyoya FJ Cruiser, which was won by an attendee at the end of ITEXPO. Yet another great reason to attend ITEXPO - the chance to win a car. Wish I was eligible.
The funny thing is that Rich Tehrani ran into the Toyota FJ Cruiser raffle winner while he was driving to the airport. He even captured a video of it - check it out.
I was a bit surprised to see a Japanese vehicle be considered a future classic collectible vehicle since most collectible cars today are American - it's part of Americana. I guess in 2027 those days of American car collectible dominance will be over. According to the article, Hagerty Insurance, a company that specializes in insuring collectible cars, tried to determine what collectors might think is cool 10 or 20 years from now.
"Last year, the company began routinely asking its roughly 50,000 customers to guess which of today's common consumer vehicles they thought might be hot collectibles decades from now. The most surprising thing about the resulting list, said Hagerty Insurance president McKeel Hagerty, was the number of Japanese cars on the menu. And the relative absence of American cars.
Collectible Japanese cars are all but unheard of today. But, in the future, Toyota's Scion cars and its FJ Cruiser off-roader might be hot items at car auctions, Hagerty's customers predicted."
The only American cars were two Chrysler products, the Chrysler 300 and the Dodge Viper. The Mini Cooper, Jaguar XK, and Lotus Elise are some of the other interesting cars that made the list. I was thinking about selling my Viper, but as a friend pointed out, maybe I shouldn't?
The funny thing is that Rich Tehrani ran into the Toyota FJ Cruiser raffle winner while he was driving to the airport. He even captured a video of it - check it out.I was a bit surprised to see a Japanese vehicle be considered a future classic collectible vehicle since most collectible cars today are American - it's part of Americana. I guess in 2027 those days of American car collectible dominance will be over. According to the article, Hagerty Insurance, a company that specializes in insuring collectible cars, tried to determine what collectors might think is cool 10 or 20 years from now.
"Last year, the company began routinely asking its roughly 50,000 customers to guess which of today's common consumer vehicles they thought might be hot collectibles decades from now. The most surprising thing about the resulting list, said Hagerty Insurance president McKeel Hagerty, was the number of Japanese cars on the menu. And the relative absence of American cars.
Collectible Japanese cars are all but unheard of today. But, in the future, Toyota's Scion cars and its FJ Cruiser off-roader might be hot items at car auctions, Hagerty's customers predicted."
The only American cars were two Chrysler products, the Chrysler 300 and the Dodge Viper. The Mini Cooper, Jaguar XK, and Lotus Elise are some of the other interesting cars that made the list. I was thinking about selling my Viper, but as a friend pointed out, maybe I shouldn't?
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I don't beleive the FJ will be a collectible car in the Future.
They said that years ago about the Supra, MR2, Nissan Z series.
This is just hype. Maybe it is going to rush like the old lan cruisers.
Mario
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Wow...After reading the post and its comment, I am undoubtedly disappointed in the expertise of the two posters.
1. "Collectibles" have always been American? Holy cow...are you kidding? I won't even lecture you on the collectibility of Classic Italians, Germans, and YES, even Japanese vehicles like a 6-spd 1998 Toyota Supra, or the iconic FJ40, Toyota 2000GT (Try to find one) or Nissan GTR, ETC. ETC. All facts, read up....
2. And for Mario - have you looked at the cost of obtaining a stock low mileage 1998 Toyota Supra Twin Turbo 6-spd lately? Try twice the MSRP! Does that qualify? Or you can try a 300Z Twin Turbo in stick? Or you can try a stock MR2 Turbo...whatever you're naming. LOOK AT HOW MUCH THEY ARE IN THE MARKET BEFORE YOU SOUND LIKE SOMEONE UNWORTHY OF POSTING TO PUBLIC.
I love American cars, I would add the SRT-8 Challenger and a few more to that list, but the truth is --- The public have spoken, and I'm sorry to say that the "Big 3" have disgraced America or "Americana" buy producing cookie-cutter cars that are perceived as lackluster. Furthermore, their cross-badging (see Ford Escape and Mercury Mariner or Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator) mistakes are digging them deeper and deeper.
Of course there are collectibles of every brand name, every country's manufacturers, etc. People like Jay Leno who can afford to collect any car he wants has just about every car ever made. I was not talking about the exceptions (people that can afford old Italian Ferraris), but as a general rule that American cars are more collectible. I'm talking about the middle-class 65 year old guy who still has the Corvette he bought in 1960.
When I was talking about American collectibles being predominant, I was referring to when you go to a classic car show anywhere in America. All the car shows I go to are like 90% American cars from the 1950s to the early 1980s. I never see Japanese, German, or British cars at these shows. Or only a few. Of the three, I think I've see more British cars at classic car shows.
Point being, sure people will collect just about any car, but I'm taking about collectibles you actually "see" at collectible car shows.