those are hot, though i really like the 6. you think that folks will feel the same way about a 7/8/9 body style evo in, say, 8 years?

 

shazaam! what a great addition!

 

They might be......if the evo becomes as popular as an M3 but for the most part i say the OLDER EVO's (ex: V VI VI TME VII) will be MORE coveted if the car ever becomes popular

 

and another thing.....I hope in like 60 years the evo will become as respected as the CLASSIC cars of today

 

It is really hard to say. It has to do with what the market is going to be for "classic" cars in like 40 years. Nobody can tell what that will be like. I have a classic car as well as an Evo and I love them both. My Chevy is a show car and is worth a good amount at an auction. But really it is the intrinsic value of a buyer at any one of these auctions or private sale. In ten years I would say that the 8's and 9's will not be very valuable. But in 30 or 40 who knows. I plan on keeping mine indefinitely. I just kind of skimmed through the thread so I didn't see any comments about this, but what about AMS and Buschur built cars. If you follow the car auctions sometimes a special built car by someone of status or credibility of that day makes it more valuable. It will be interesting to see if any of these cars will be more valuable with time. Only time will tell but it will be interesting. Just my .02

 

My thoughts:

The VIII will be a classic simply because it was the first Evo offered in the states. Of these the 05 MR will obviously be the more desirable.

The IX will also be a classic simply because it is the last Evo offered with the venerable 4g63.

I don't know if they'll ever have the broad appeal of the M3, Supra, 300ZX. The Evo is too raw I think for most buyers but the true fans will be fanatical (take for example the RX7, too raw for most buyers but those wankel fans are nuts for their rotaries!)

 

Lets be honest the Evo 9 is really just a Evo 8.501. If it wasnt for Mivec it would be a 06 Evo 8. They call it a 9 just to try and make more sales.

 

i think only the Evo 9 MR and MR SEs will be the most coveted.

 

interesting. with that in mind, the evo 8 would really be an evo 7 with a different front fascia, making the 8 more like a 7.0.1, if we're using your honest logic.

to be really honest, thoguh, the 7/8/9 are so similar, you can almost refer to them as the same car. except, of course, that mivec and the bigger OEM turbo on the 9 have proven to be such a strong package and, therefore, one of the few significant ways to differentiate between the three. so on second thought, i'd say you're incorrect.

back on topic, my bet is that people that would buy a car like the evo will likely upgrade to latest edition and that previous editions would probably not be held on to.

 

i think the Evo in general is never be a Classic car. but it will hold the value since they numbered. 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9..

Many will be destroyed down to the road, so 10 years from now will be rare .Won't matter you have MR RS GSR.
And will slightly differenc between price. So in this matter the RS will hold the value at most

 

IDK about that comparison. I mean vettes are classic and they never stopped production (except I think there was one year in the 80's or something although I could be wrong)

Not that I think an Evo is comparable to vettes in popularity, but just an observation.

 

I think the VIII and IX will hold very good resale value, but I don't think they will be worth more than original MSRP in 10 years like someone suggested. The Supra is kind of an odd-ball, mostly because production was stopped as people were just realizing out how fast they could be with a little work. If the Supra had kept going, each time the car getting faster and better, the interest level of the older 93-98(?) generation would have dwindled quite a bit.

Take a look at what happened to the M3. Each generation became increasingly faster, heavier, more luxurious, and more expensive. Today, E30 and E36 M3's are still coveted by select people for their performane prowess, but its a very small niche market compared to the number of people that would rather have an E46 or an new E93 or whatever the new M3 is. The old M3's have good resale for their age and sure, they are "classics" in some sense by enthusiasts, but by no means are they worth more than orgional MSRP. I think a similar thing will happen to the evo as long as Mitsu keeps making them.

 

^ Mercenary is right

 

^Ditto^

 

Umm that is exactly what i said but in like 3 sentences =)

Sorry but dream on fellas EVO 9 or 8 isn't going to be a classic