If you want to make money on the sale of a vehicle 10, 15, or 20 years after it went off the market, you need to tug at the heart strings of the buyer with your car. I don't think this vehicle is going to have the sort of cult following 70's muscle or 80's exotic cars had. Our best bet is going to be selling the car to next-gen ricers 8 or 9 years from now for about 8 or 10G. Vintage and classic cars don't just magically happen, and not every car ever gets the sort of following required. Our car is a GREAT VEHICLE but it lacks the character and soul you'd normally attribute with cult vehicles, and it's just another hot hatch.
It doesn't have the history of the GTI, it doesn't have the decades of car enthusiast accolades like the Miata, it doesn't have interesting stories about homologization or racing exposure like 70's muscle, it's not as market altering as early JDM power that made it over to North America (FDs, Skylines, etc), it's not a technical marvel like the Evo, it doesn't have rally heritage like the STI, it's not 40 years of pride and development on an ass engined car like a Porsche... I could go on and on with this list.
Anyone expecting this car to sell well in 10 years based on some sort of exclusiveness is deluding themselves. Mazda 323 GTX. Anyone know anything about this car? Limited run in North America for rally homologization purposes in the late 80's. 150+ HP out of a turboed 1.8, 50/50 power split AWD. Great car when it came out. Limited run, similar in number to the Speed3. It now has a small cult following and a small aftermarket. We have a very good car that fits a small niche. It's not going to be very similar to the GTX.
