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Originally Posted by c4racer
Agree! Watching BAT is quite interesting. I am shocked at what lower miles late 80's IROCs, 4th gens from all years, 90's Impala SS and so forth are going for. I saw a IROC with under 50K miles sell for almost what I paid for a brand new one in 1989 - my first new car. Amazing. Terrible cars compared to a 5th or 6th gen that could be had for similar $.
So who knows - I could see a scenario where 6th gen cars - especially with 6MT could be somewhat cult classic collectible in 10-20 years from now - especially if we continue down the technology path and electric becomes more and more the norm during that time.
For me - I'm keeping mine as long as I continue to enjoy it. Mine is also a 2016, but it's one of 4 vehicles I drive on a rotating basis so it has only 13K miles on it. Garaged and covered in the winter. I'm not expecting it to be a collectible - but I really enjoy driving the car whenever I get the chance and as long as that continues and I can afford to keep it around - I will do so.
I also have a full on Pro-Touring build 1971 that is certainly more of a classic - I hope to own that one long term, but even if I did sell it I would replace it with something similar. The performance envelope is quite similar to the 6th gen, but it's a completely different driving experience and one that a modern car will just never have. I don't want to drive it every day and in every situation but it's a fantastic car to have as part of my rotation.
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Why do you say the old 3rd gens were terrible cars?
The 350 TPI cars were some of the most powerful best looking cars at the time.. The styling was sexy and they were very popular back in the day. In fact, I betcha you'd get more looks driving a clean mint looking 3rd gen Iroc around town than a 6th gen unless it's a ZL1-1LE model.
Those '80's 3rd gens are starting to creep up in value. Of course, like everything else, the ultra low mile high option mint examples are getting top dollar. I don't think the 6th gen manual cars will ever be a cult classic though. The automatics are faster and that's what people care about. Back in the first muscle car era, manuals were known to be faster than the auto slushboxes offered back then so the value and desirability on them increased more.