trustbuddy

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Ok..."collectors car" maybe pushing it...but does it have the potential to become something like the integra type-r is among the honda crowd...or maybe have the statues like the ae86 does among the drifter crowd???
what would this car become in 10 years...?

Skythe

I would say so after these forced induction kits all fall into place. One of the major reasons people hate on this car is because of the lack of power and aftermarket support. After more of us get turbo'd or sc'd people will jump on the bandwagon saying things like, "awww yea, I wanna get me an 8 so I can turbo it AND tote these chicks to this party. Can you do that in an integra? **** NO, that **** is weak-sauce SON!"

I think you get my point

Ike

This thread makes me laugh

CosmosMpower

I'm gonna go with a big NO on that. My previous car was a 97 M3 sedan 5spd and it wasn't even a collectors car even though the sedan was only available in 97 and 98 vs coupe 95-99. Additionally less than half the sedans were manuals, most of them were automatics. There are only about 4500 M3 sedans ever sent to America and it's still not a collector, I don't think RX8's sitting on dealer lots for 7000 off MSRP qualifies.

Gomez

The Edsel is a collectors car!

NgoRX8

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my car is a collector's car. I just use it for daily driving because I can afford too. :rofl

daisuke

I think there is some chance for it to become a form of collector's car as long as too many people don't buy them. cars that are rare become collector items. the edsel is one because it was so ugly no one bought it and it's really rare.

I also think that the 8's styling has a timeless aura to it, same as the vette C3 stingray which looks awesome even today (my oppinion anyway). The FD I'd also consider to be in the same alley along with the aston martin DB7, the pontiac GTO, the ford GT and the Porsche 550 spyder.

The engine is another factor to consider since not many wankel engines are made, especially if it proves to be reliable. On the flipside it would be even more collectible if the engine turned out to be crap like the NSU Ro80

Rhawb

I don't think it'll be a collector car, but I do think it'll be a popular cult car. Kind of like all the previous rotary vehicles. Won't necessarily draw a bunch of money, but it'll maintain a reasonably strong following.

dillsrotary

HA! WEAK SAUCE SON!!

nazca8

Well, the price of a used FD have been very steady, if not raising the past years; I believe it' average about $14K now. Anyone know the sales figure of FD from '93-'95?

takahashi

If you wreck all other 100000 RX-8 in this world and left your one... then yes

Just too many of this car on the road. I can see 4 on my way to work! Why people in Melbourne so rich.

RX8Sick

i go weeks or months before seeing another 8 in my city...i hope it becomes a collectors car, oh hell, i'll collect it myself.

rotary crazy

it will be for rotary enthusiast like the rx-3 and rx-2 , this cars in good shape are very expensive, hell even a clean fc is a 5,000 to 7,000 car.

I have got offers for my fc in that price range.

a really clean fd price is 15,000 to 25,000, and belive me they are very hart to find in any good condition, most have crash.

Wurmfist

Agree, there are too many Rx-8's on the road. They would have to cancel production right now, and then maybe in 30 years it would be a site to see. My father had a 60's cougar with the 390 engine in it. He traded it in for a VW Beetle and a couple years ago we found out there were only something like 93 Mercury Cougars made with the 390 engine. So hind-sight is always 20-20. You never know what's going to become a collectors car. I don't plan on ever getting rid of my 8. I hope to be 65 years old and still be driving it around. So it will be a collector to me!

Red Devil

In the eye of the beholder and rotor heads, maybe the RX-8 will be a car to be desired, but for the general community I just don't see it.

You want rotary collector's cars, of the RX-7's, my guesses are the '93 R1 CYM, '89 GTUs and '88 10th Anniversary. But I really don't think any of those will be worth anything with the exception of the CYM.

Glyphon

i saw 3 amg55s on the way home from work last night. talk about too many rich people

cas2themoe

Though I would love for it to become a classic/collectors car, doesn't seem like that would happen. But one major thing we have over 98% of the cars out there, is the fact that we have a Rotary Powered car. Not many can say that. So we're more unique than classic in my eyes. But that's good enough for me.

bascho

Most collectors cars started out being desirable from the start. Also, big dollar collectables are extremely low production vehicles. The RX8 isn't exactly a desirable car if Madza dealers have to have garage sales every year to get rid of them. I can see the RX7 FD being a collectors car over the long run.

BunnyGirl

A dealership near me just sold a '93 RX-7 (red) with 6000 miles on it ever for $31K. It was in totally perfect and immaculate condition. It was gorgeous!

BunnyGirl

You know, if a Hugo can be a collector car now, why can't an RX-8 in the future?

ucfracerx8

Not every car can become a collector car even given unlimited time. The RX8 will always be unique, but collector status, only time will tell. If you look at a lot of cars that are considered collector cars today, it is very different from even 5 years ago. We can thank Speed Channel and their coverage of Barrett Jackson for that, as well as all the baby boomer money for that. Cars that 5 years ago would be lucky to fetch 50k at auction now get four times that amount becuase thru technology and exhaustive searching they have found that out of 2k built in 1969, only a couple hundred exist today and out of that only a handful are genuine rare option cars, or the matching number hemi four speed painted "Plum Crazy". You get two guys in a room with more money than brains and you have a super high dollar car since both of them want it. Now in another 5 to 10 years when all of these people can't drive, or pass on, you are going to have all of these "collector" cars reappear with a different demographic and they may no longer be considered collectable. It is a very cyclical business and will continue to be that way.

Velocity Red RX-8

lightning yellow could have some sort of collector value in the future if your looking for a rare rx8

BunnyGirl

I don't know about anyone else but I intend to keep mine and not sell it. Hopefully, I will eventually live somewhere that has enough space to allow me to do so.

Quest8

I think the RX-8 is unique enough and beautiful enough that it might eventually be regarded as a classic. You can't predict how well a car design is going to age. Twenty years from now, the 8 could look very dated and tacky or still cool and desireable.

rotary crazy

this is my point , how many rx-7 of any gen do you see in perfect conditions, the ones that are, the people that sell them do it for a very hi price.

on a side note a friend has a 93 r1 CYM and he was going to change the color