What if you could walk into Honda and buy one new?
S2000's were discounted in the last few years.
03-20-2015, 04:15 PM
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Just be aware there might be some more S2000s like this one lurking around. There was a thread on here in about 2010-2012 that talked about the number of unsold/unregistered S2000s and it seemed to be in the range of 10-20 units- mostly CRs.
As for investment potential, just research what happened to 1978 Corvette Indy Pace cars for a long-term perspective. There are still plenty of those around with less than 25 miles and still in plastic shipping wrap. Some "investors" paid double MSRP in todays money to get their hands on the car and are probably $30K underwater, even neglecting the cost of insurance, storage, and taxes after 37 years.
As for investment potential, just research what happened to 1978 Corvette Indy Pace cars for a long-term perspective. There are still plenty of those around with less than 25 miles and still in plastic shipping wrap. Some "investors" paid double MSRP in todays money to get their hands on the car and are probably $30K underwater, even neglecting the cost of insurance, storage, and taxes after 37 years.
03-20-2015, 05:16 PM
#23
at the end of the day...its a car. meant to be driven. Hell the hawaiian shirted guys at barrett jackson might eat it up. to them, a car is an investment. I agree with most of the posts above.
you want rare- black with red interior, white with red interior. who knows if they made any in '09. wanna go further- imola orange with <100 miles.
well, there's a butt for every seat.
darcy
you want rare- black with red interior, white with red interior. who knows if they made any in '09. wanna go further- imola orange with <100 miles.
well, there's a butt for every seat.
darcy
03-20-2015, 06:57 PM
#24
Just be aware there might be some more S2000s like this one lurking around. There was a thread on here in about 2010-2012 that talked about the number of unsold/unregistered S2000s and it seemed to be in the range of 10-20 units- mostly CRs.
As for investment potential, just research what happened to 1978 Corvette Indy Pace cars for a long-term perspective. There are still plenty of those around with less than 25 miles and still in plastic shipping wrap. Some "investors" paid double MSRP in todays money to get their hands on the car and are probably $30K underwater, even neglecting the cost of insurance, storage, and taxes after 37 years.
As for investment potential, just research what happened to 1978 Corvette Indy Pace cars for a long-term perspective. There are still plenty of those around with less than 25 miles and still in plastic shipping wrap. Some "investors" paid double MSRP in todays money to get their hands on the car and are probably $30K underwater, even neglecting the cost of insurance, storage, and taxes after 37 years.
Pace Cars were just '78 Vette's with a paint/decal scheme, story is that some were "created".
By '78 car people were thinking they'd never get decent cars again,and they didn't until the mid eighties. All mid/late 70's cars sucked, including this one.
ie not enough car to be collectible, just a buying frenzy
03-20-2015, 08:04 PM
#25
No way I would bet on the price of cars in 10 years time.
In the late 60s I drove a Brabham Repco for a team who ran Ferraris in endurance races.
I sometimes drove a 66 GT B in production races, & an LM250 in others. The GT B looked great, but was not much of a car, & the LM was an Ex Le Man's car, we considered the old nail. Getting assigned to it was like drawing the short straw. At least it was reliable, & still got a few podiums when many cars failed.
The GT B sold a few years back for $1.6 million, & the LM250 quite a while back for $6.5 million.
At the rate people are writing off S2000s they just might become very rare, & quite valuable, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting.
In the late 60s I drove a Brabham Repco for a team who ran Ferraris in endurance races.
I sometimes drove a 66 GT B in production races, & an LM250 in others. The GT B looked great, but was not much of a car, & the LM was an Ex Le Man's car, we considered the old nail. Getting assigned to it was like drawing the short straw. At least it was reliable, & still got a few podiums when many cars failed.
The GT B sold a few years back for $1.6 million, & the LM250 quite a while back for $6.5 million.
At the rate people are writing off S2000s they just might become very rare, & quite valuable, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting.
03-20-2015, 08:10 PM
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Like others said it isn't exactly a special example. Sure it is new but like others said I would be worried about the wear just sitting may have done. Wasn't MSRP around $40k? Doesn't seem that crazy but when cars with very low miles go for about 10-15k less I don't see why paying the extra for this one is a good investment.
03-21-2015, 03:34 AM
#28
Like others said it isn't exactly a special example. Sure it is new but like others said I would be worried about the wear just sitting may have done. Wasn't MSRP around $40k? Doesn't seem that crazy but when cars with very low miles go for about 10-15k less I don't see why paying the extra for this one is a good investment.
03-21-2015, 03:52 AM
#30
You clowns are all making this about an investment. I posted this because you can walk into a Honda dealer and buy an s2000 brand new. The end. Drive it, store it for investment who cars. It just a rare find. This is a great example if you plan on collecting and store an S for investment but I also said at 40k It doesn't make sense. If I thought it was that great of an investment I would have never posted it and this car would have been in garage by now. However, I did just buy one for investment, you will see an 05 Suzuka for sale in a few weeks when I'm done with it. As for this car, someone will see the value in it for whatever their purpose is and pay 40k for. Wouldn't surprise me at all