future classic

kwmlondon

Renault Avantime, Citroen XM.

Mitsubishi 3000GTO

Suzuki Swift Sport (That'll be a doozy in 20 years, betcha)

Alfa GTV V6 (better at turning petrol into noise, but what a lovely noise! Terrible turning circle tho)

Mercedes 300TE

BMW 3 series compact

Mr_Toad

Bantex wrote: »

I had a 2 litre Vitesse. Do you mean that engine?

The 2 litre straight six used in the Triumph 2000 was taken from the outgoing Standard Vanguard 6, I think the same engine, or a varient was also used in the Vitesse.

Bantex_2

Mr_Toad wrote: »

The 2 litre straight six used in the Triumph 2000 was taken from the outgoing Standard Vanguard 6, I think the same engine, or a varient was also used in the Vitesse.

Never realised, it appears that my upmarket Triumph Herald had a Stag lump. Cool.

Mr_Toad

kwmlondon wrote: »

Alfa GTV V6 (better at turning petrol into noise, but what a lovely noise! Terrible turning circle tho)

My Dad had a 2 litre Alpha GTV that basically disolved, it was replaced by the 2.5 V6 GTV which also disolved.

Despite owning Jags, including two E Types, and a selection of really great cars including BMW Alpina and M series he always said the the two Alphas were the best cars he ever owned.

I leaned to drive in the second of the two E Types, a 1972 V12

kwmlondon

Check this out:

https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&q=citroen+xm

There's hardly any Citroen XMs still about. Only found one on autotrader and one on ebay - if you can find a mint one and keep it in tiptop condition it will be worth money through rarity. But it's gonna be a nightmare if the hydraulic suspension goes wrong... but hey, fabulous motor!

droopsnoot

pulliptears wrote: »

I always thought PT Cruisers would appear at shows given twenty years or so. So much love/hate divide and such a quirky looking car on UK roads. I'd go with the convertible, not a huge amount over here.

There is (or was) quite a big PT Cruiser club that used to appear at some of the classic car shows I attend. I think the main reason they don't come any more is because despite being quite a retro looking vehicle, they're way too new to be classics, for a few years at least. One the one hand no-one wants to go to a so-called classic car show and see a load of new or nearly-new stuff, on the other hand the classic car 'scene' need to encourage people with the soon-to-be classics so that it doesn't die out completely.

kwmlondon wrote: »

There's hardly any Citroen XMs still about. Only found one on autotrader and one on ebay - if you can find a mint one and keep it in tiptop condition it will be worth money through rarity. But it's gonna be a nightmare if the hydraulic suspension goes wrong... but hey, fabulous motor!

Not just the hydraulic bits, as a DS specialist might expand into that area, but I do recall reading nightmares over the electrical system, with plenty of reasonably-new cars being effectively written off due to niggling electrical troubles. But there are people figuring out how to fix stuff like this, and all the other electronic gubbins that newer cars seem to have in abundance.

pulliptears

droopsnoot wrote: »

There is (or was) quite a big PT Cruiser club that used to appear at some of the classic car shows I attend. I think the main reason they don't come any more is because despite being quite a retro looking vehicle, they're way too new to be classics, for a few years at least. One the one hand no-one wants to go to a so-called classic car show and see a load of new or nearly-new stuff, on the other hand the classic car 'scene' need to encourage people with the soon-to-be classics so that it doesn't die out completely.

DH had one and used to go to the occasional show, he did the American shows and the odd classic. Mostly he was made to feel welcome, there was an even split between people who loved them and wanted a better look and those who hated the car and would never consider it as a classic.

They can be picked up very cheaply now and I really do think its going to be in shows in 20 years time.

Bantex_2

There is a big difference between much of the stuff you see at shows and what is actually worth anything much.

pulliptears

Bantex wrote: »

There is a big difference between much of the stuff you see at shows and what is actually worth anything much.

Boils down to what people like and what they are willing to pay. DH has a TR6, I had a TR7. His 6, despite being in restoration is worth 3 times my on road 7. Last time I checked how many left there were about 3,000 sixes on the road compared to a few hundred sevens yet you can pick up a decent seven for £1500.
People love one and not the other. I guess eventually the number of sevens will dwindle and remaining ones, whilst not necessarily worth a great deal, will be a draw at shows for their rarity.

Car_54

Bantex wrote: »

Never realised, it appears that my upmarket Triumph Herald had a Stag lump. Cool.

I don't know a lot about classics but I'm old enough to remember them when they were just bangers!

Didn't the Stag have a V8 rather than a straight 6? Famously badly designed and prone to disastrous over-heating, and generally replaced by either Rover of Ford engines?