is there a car you could buy right now, drive for 2 years & not have it depreciate?

[RedBeard]

Subaru STI for sure. Had a co-worker who purchased a 2014 brand new (he shopped around for a good price) and traded it in 2 years 20k miles later and lost $1500.

 

[Bru]

I just looked up 1M pricing and eight of the nine for sale on Cars.com's national listings are actually listed above original MSRP

 

[RedBeard]

I also bought my Cobra for $12k and sold it for $21k probably having a total of $18k into it.

 

[Yaj Yak]

I just looked up 1M pricing and eight of the nine for sale on Cars.com's national listings are actually listed above original MSRP

never thought of those, badass though.

 

[Bru]

It's strange because I didn't think it was that much of an improvement over the 135is M Sport, and those are going for $25-30k right now.

 

[TCG Member 5219]

13/14 GT500s. They are still asking alot for them and dealers seem to think they are still worth sticker+ for used ones.

 

[Yaj Yak]

13/14 GT500s. They are still asking alot for them and dealers seem to think they are still worth sticker+ for used ones.

i thought that too for a second, and ebay'ed em quick and didn't seem to see that trend, maybe i need to look harder.

 

[Yaj Yak]

id be nervous for this hypothetical situation about the gt500's with whatever ford releases next in the mustang line, not to mention, the appeal to me of just buying a 5.0 whatever and slapping a blower or turbo on it, and having a much more appealing package imo

 

[TCG Member 5219]

id be nervous for this hypothetical situation about the gt500's with whatever ford releases next in the mustang line, not to mention, the appeal to me of just buying a 5.0 whatever and slapping a blower or turbo on it, and having a much more appealing package imo

I keep coming back to this. premium GTs are peanuts now. And a $6k blower on top of that is still affordable, much more so than a GT350 or even a challenger RT scat pack.

 

[Yaj Yak]

you are right though, 13/14 gt500's are still commanding a premium as well for whatever reason.


but yeah, i know it's a different beast, but you're in gt350 territory for what they are asking for some of these gt500s

gt500 in Cars & Trucks | eBay

 

[TCG Member 5219]

But there is also a 2018 refresh coming with big rumors about a 10speed auto and so on. It would make sense to wait on a GT. You dont want to be like the guys that bought the 2010 GT with the last 4.6l, just to see the 5.0 come out a few months later.

 

[jason05gt]

There are a lot of performance cars that won't depreciate much if you find a good deal and take care of your cars. It just takes patience and cash doesn't hurt either.

 

[Dasfinc]

i thought that too for a second, and ebay'ed em quick and didn't seem to see that trend, maybe i need to look harder.

13/14 GT500's had a surprising number of options available, so their pricing spectrum can still vary pretty heavily.

Between the Track Pack, the glass roof, Convertible, Nav, the 1000Watt stereo, and a few other options, there can still be a $5K+ spread in price between 2 cars with similar miles.

That being said, All the ones I saw on EBay were 52K+ with the exception of one that had a significant accident, and one that had nearly 40K miles already.

 

[PANDA]

If I would have hold off till the spring to sell my C5Z I probably could have broke even with my purchase price 6+ years ago.

Edit: Not counting interest from loan, taxes, mods, repairs, etc

 

[Blood on Blood]

Reliable fox body

 

[Yaj Yak]

Reliable fox body

oxymoron?









but yeah definitely could purchase a solid one of thsoe and possibly appreciate or not depreciate at all.

but shit, 30 years old now too

 

[Chester Copperpot]

Honestly, after reading the boards, GTOs are starting to go back up in price. You can buy a 6.0 for 12-17 now after they bottomed out a couple years ago around 9-14 then came back. Kids started wrecking the cheap ones and the clean, minty ones are starting to fetch decent prices.

G8 GXP definitely but good luck finding someone to sell it at a reasonable price for the exact reason that they are maintaining their value.

 

[boostedguy05]

Just about any GM truck 02-07 with about 100k miles or less.

 

[EmersonHart13]

Wanna buy a GTO?

lol

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

any "ford gt easter eggs" out there right now you guys think?

sans old muscle, old hot rods, and old collector stuff?


gt350? new z28? focus RS?

one of the last vipers?

and im not saying put 50k miles on, but drive 2-3k per year, and offload in two years for what you bought it for, or more?

GT350, Z28, and Focus RS will depreciate. Its already happening. But due to the limited production of these cars they will not depreciate as much as the lesser models.

Focus RS is already having the bubble burst due to dealers not being able to move the cars with big dealer mark-ups. That said, there are no incentives yet, and its unlikely we'll see many RS go for under MSRP as long as the production is limited to 2016-2017 cars. The single Sarlouis plant can't keep up with global demand. But people are less willing to pay ADM so the ADM cars are sitting on lots.

Ferrari F355 - they are on the rise.

I agree on the 355. Its a classic car and one of the ones that is going to appreciate. Its got more cultural status as an Icon than the 360 Modena will ever have.

 

[BeerOrGasoline]

11-14 6.2 Raptor's seem to still be worth millions.

 

[Yaj Yak]

ive seen a few around 30 now i feel like

or maybe i didn't.

i should go look

 

[Chester Copperpot]

yup.jpg Still waiting to see what the 17+ does to resale value, I wouldn't buy one now.

Technically, the 17+ isn't an SVT vehicle. And we all know how hard loyalists swing off anything with SVT in the name.

 

[BeerOrGasoline]

Oh shit, I'm just realizing now they dropped SVT name for 2017. wowowow

 

[Pressure Ratio]

The 996 Turbo & 997.1 Turbo market is real strong. Has been for several years now. They went down for a couple of months, but they are going up again. I don't see the 997.1 going below $65K ever. lol That will probably help the 996 stay up in price due to filling the cheaper end of the market at $40-$50k. Plus there are plenty of examples of low mileage ones out there.