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What newer car will make a good Classic car in 20 years????

I have a white 97, 4door, 6cyl Chevy Lumina with 55000 miles in perfect condition. its been sitting for about 6 years. Will this car make a great classic to restore in about 10-15 years. If so when restoring is complete how much do you think it will be worth???

Public Comments

1. Luminas suck
2. i doubt it its not unique i would have to say a hummer
3. Lumina's are just average cars. There has to be something special about it for it to be worth something. Usually a sports car that's worth alot to begin with. If you want a collector get a 2008 Camaro. This is the first year of the new body style and they haven't made them in a few years.
4. hun... anything that is made these days is cheap. Sure you will probably get your money out of it but def. not a classic. dont get your hopes up.
5. OF COURSE! maybe.......... about 5,000-7,000 dollars more than it is rite now.
6. No new cars will become classics. They are all made in too large of quantities & made to be replaced.
7. Not really just a plain old car. Cars like Mustang GT
8. Doubt it. It doesn't really have the history behind it that makes it a classic, like say, a mustang or camero. And it doesn't make your head spin to get another look...it's just like any old average car.
9. it'll never be a good classic unless it's the z34 or whatever they where called, anyway don't waste your time or money. a good car would be the 1st year of the gto or the last of the cameros or like a 350z or something like that a sports car
10. cars that will be considered classics are already the classics of years past gt40 camaro mustang challenger those are just some of the newer cars. haha
11. yeahh, i agree, the new camaro will probably be a classic someday, the best ones to look for are anniversary editions of cars like the 2004 mustang http://www.goldenstatecars.com/
12. For a car to have real potential as a classic, it has to be something out of the ordinary to begin with, and the 97 Lumina is about as mainstream as they come. Sedans are rarely highly sought after even if special versions or whatever. Usually coupes or convertibles. Look on ebay or elsewhere, and find a 25-30 year old sedan, you'll see that they're almost never worth what it would cost to restore them. And that's even true for Mercedes, BMW, not just American cars. Sorry kiddo, you may as well drive it now, that car will not be worth restoring for decades, if ever.
13. No, I do not think that car would be a collectors item. You have to get a "cool" car now and hold on to it for 30 years. If you look, the old cars that bring the big money are the popular ones from when people that are now in their 50's were young. Often times their kids are grown and they are in a good position financially.
14. I just spoke to a friend of mine that restores cars for a living. He loves it, and he's the firt person I turn to with any car questions. This guys has an old Bentley from the 40's and even an old Packard from the 30's!!! Some of his cars are amazing. So I just asked him about your question. He said about the only thing out there now that would be worth holding onto for the purposes of keeping them as a classic would be a high end cas that are limiteded addition. Or anniversary cars that have a different body style just for that year. He said the problem with a lot of these new ones is that they have mass produced so many of them, that they are nothing really special. The mass produce cars a lot faster than they used to, so there were not an abundance out on the road like they are now. He did say that about the only ones that he could think of that might be worth keeping are some of the first generation hybrids. They will be novel someday, as we move beyond that technology. He also said if you have an nice Jag or Mercedes, that you just keep with very low miles on it, then it will always hold it's value, but really wouldn't be worth collecting, so to speak. =)
15. Your Lumina isn't a good candidate for being collectible. some of the GM products from that vintage that might be include the Cadillac Allante and the Buick Reatta. Both of these were two-seaters limited-production two-seaters with an interesting back story