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Ventruck · 05-31-2021, 11:20 PM

I think a lot of things in general for starters are just being driven up in value when previously they wouldn't. Literally Pokemon cards had to get lifted from being sold from Target now. Resale/investing has hit some different level of mainstream of sorts. A car dealer could probably be hoarding some of these. If nothing is stopping them from selling new cars far beyond sticker, imagine the manipulation they could have over the more open used market.

I expected the 350z and then the 370z to go in the trend of the 240sx where it sinks to the accessible/budget tier, to then rising in value due to short supply over the years of being eaten up. The nostalgic tint of the 90's JDM is transitioning to the 00's. S2000's and Evo 8/9's leading the way there.

But now with the impending 2030 electric "doom" of sorts, nostalgia, narrowing of sports car selection, and general nature of any material market, the trajectory is changing and speeding up. It's almost as if a successor wasn't coming out (and in all fairness there's still a freak chance that could happen).

There's a lot of people in this community who could've just bought at least a Cayman or C7 — just outright better cars — with the amount of money they dumped into a Japanese sports car, but we're in it for different reasons than that. It's more than just niche now. Just seeing videos and takes of how people have to fork over for something like an S13 in Japan makes me wonder how long until we see that with this car. I don't expect this is going to turn into some circus like an A80 Supra or FD RX-7, though. Just generally, it's going to be at some inflated value that'll be hard to justify.

I'm thinking the current premiums/demand are mainly going to be targeted towards people trying to get their hands on the best examples sooner than later. That + the rock bottom examples that work out for track builds. I have some confidence there's still a good bulk of "I wouldn't pay that much for that condition" examples. We have literally 10+ years of this car scattered around.

05-31-2021, 11:20 PM	#25 (permalink)
Ventruck Track Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: California Posts: 785 Drives: '13 Sport+Touring M6 Rep Power: 22898	I think a lot of things in general for starters are just being driven up in value when previously they wouldn't. Literally Pokemon cards had to get lifted from being sold from Target now. Resale/investing has hit some different level of mainstream of sorts. A car dealer could probably be hoarding some of these. If nothing is stopping them from selling new cars far beyond sticker, imagine the manipulation they could have over the more open used market. I expected the 350z and then the 370z to go in the trend of the 240sx where it sinks to the accessible/budget tier, to then rising in value due to short supply over the years of being eaten up. The nostalgic tint of the 90's JDM is transitioning to the 00's. S2000's and Evo 8/9's leading the way there. But now with the impending 2030 electric "doom" of sorts, nostalgia, narrowing of sports car selection, and general nature of any material market, the trajectory is changing and speeding up. It's almost as if a successor wasn't coming out (and in all fairness there's still a freak chance that could happen). There's a lot of people in this community who could've just bought at least a Cayman or C7 — just outright better cars — with the amount of money they dumped into a Japanese sports car, but we're in it for different reasons than that. It's more than just niche now. Just seeing videos and takes of how people have to fork over for something like an S13 in Japan makes me wonder how long until we see that with this car. I don't expect this is going to turn into some circus like an A80 Supra or FD RX-7, though. Just generally, it's going to be at some inflated value that'll be hard to justify. I'm thinking the current premiums/demand are mainly going to be targeted towards people trying to get their hands on the best examples sooner than later. That + the rock bottom examples that work out for track builds. I have some confidence there's still a good bulk of "I wouldn't pay that much for that condition" examples. We have literally 10+ years of this car scattered around.