So it's the small-engined classics that will have greater demand and appreciate more
Is now the time to be buying a Lotus Elise?
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So it's the small-engined classics that will have greater demand and appreciate more
Buyers apparently thought otherwise.I think it looks great.
Agreed, it's about nostalgia, as none of those cars you mention in stock form could be described as great handling, or well built, or quality in comparisons to their, shall we say premium contemporaries of the time. These cars conjure up a memory, but is it a classic? No but the memory is to the individual. If a classic by definition is by virtue of the fact that 99% got scrapped and that’s the last of a handful remaining, then I venture it has to be for nostalgic reasons. To my mind the classics are the Ford Escort RS 1600 Mexico’s, Lotus Cortina, maybe the RS 3.0 litre Capri. Better candidates are the RS Cosworth’s. or Group B RS 200 cars. See the pattern, they are all specials. They are the cars that become collectable and sought after.So was the model T, the Mk1 escort, the Capri, etc. It's not about engineering standards, it's about nostalgia.
I think you'll find it IS a question, simply poorly punctuated.
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How many will be future classics vs how many AMGs?
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If it's not about AMG, how come your R170 makes the grade but my R170 doesn't?
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When we think of a mini or a range rover as a classic we don't tend to discuss exact engine sizes.
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We're agreed on the conversion factors and the fact that PS is slightly higher than hp/bhp.
I think the confusion arises from the fact that US-spec SLK32 AMG is rated at 349hp (or 260kW) at 6100rpm, which happens to translate into 354PS (sometimes referred to as 'metric hp').
If the European-spec SLK32 AMG is rated at 354hp, that would equate to 359PS.
(All figures rounded to the nearest integer.)
Speaking as an engineer...Not an insult to production engineering.
For the masses... As was Model-T and original Mini.
Quirky etc..... Yes what we call design.
In all my posts I am referring to the original Ka only.
Buyers apparently thought otherwise.
Mercedes sold 7 times more R129's over a similar period.
It was a lemon.
How many of the overly electronic controlled modern cars will still be financially serviceable in 15 years time. If an ECU is £2k today, how much more will it be to have something created to control that trick roof once the ECU has gone NLA.
How many of the overly electronic controlled modern cars will still be financially serviceable in 15 years time. If an ECU is £2k today, how much more will it be to have something created to control that trick roof once the ECU has gone NLA.
The classic community, in the main, want to maintain cars at a sensible cost either at home or outside of the dealer network. The more dependant they are on electronics the less possible this will be. Perhaps the best pointer to this is the number of "the system said change xxx sensor and that has not fixed the problem" threads you see all over the Internet.
I dont think the 8 series was a lemon as such, just (apparently) completely overpriced. I personally love the butch looks, its a proper "mans" car in the same way that the W126 SEC is. Dont get me wrong I love the 129 but its much more "pretty". Although the 3 main cars in my dream garage would be a 8, a SEC and a 129
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