[JBones81]

Originally Posted by d15b7

FYI: third Gen Camaro (certain models) are already very collectible. As long as it’s one of the ultra high performance, ultra rare models. Case in point ‘91 Camaro 1LE cars with low miles and bone stock. They are bringing big bucks now.

As has been said, I don’t think you can go wrong with any year ZL1 1LE, especially 6sp manual, as long as it’s kept bone stock and miles kept very low. You won’t lose money on that (again my opinion YMMV!). As more EVs come out and all manual V8s disappear, prices will go up and up and up. They won’t be making more, and that’s when the investment grade cars will go up up up.

I try to balance my enjoyment of driving mine, but also keeping it mint and original and low miles.

I think many people forget that you still have to store these cars, maintain them, and pay insurance for years and years. So if you were to take out a loan on a $75,000 zl1 1le, and pay it off over 5-6 years, you're already out about $81,000 + figure another $1,000/yr for insurance...so after 6 years you're into it $87,000, plus any maintenance issues that may come up after warranty. It's also taken up a spot in your garage for that length of time. What I'm trying to say is that it really doesn't make sense to be buying modern cars as an investment. You MAY get lucky on a certain car, many many years from now, but the chances are slim and the net payout is probably pretty low. Just buy these cars and enjoy them. Figure if you can sell it in 5 years for more than 50% what you paid, you're doing ok.