Question about "power"

Grumpy_chap

Deleted_User said:

Better than todays euroboxes

BUT, the Capri (and the Opel Manta / Audi Quattro / VW Scirrocco) were the Euro-bland of their day...

"Sporty" / stylish derivations of regular family cars at the time - so the A5 / Arteon / 4-Series of today.

NBLondon

caprikid1 said:

But I agree cars are never and investment but if they can at least not go down then they can be a nice place to keep some money.

tr7phil said:

There are of course exceptions, but nobody knows for certain what they are without the benefit of hindsight!

There's two ways it can work...

1) You see a limited edition of something that's already got a reputation (e.g. Capri 280 or Sierra Cosworth 500) and can afford to buy one - and keep it in storage for 25 years or more.  

2) You buy a really good condition one with no mods at 10 years old when prices are rock-bottom and keep it in storage for 15 years.

Both require an outlay on storage and if you actually want to enjoy driving it in the meantime - then you've got to spend the money keeping it running. Plus an element of luck.

Somebody here a while back was hoping to do that with a Mondeo ST220  IIRC