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40 years ago - classic cars from a commercial perspective

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Created on July 1, 1983

Reading time 7min

Written by:

Halwart Schrader

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Selten und begehrenswert - Ferrari 250 GTE

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Aussage 1983: Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow der Siebzigerjahre. Noch hat je der RR eines Tages seinen Neupreis wert wieder erreicht!

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Aussage 1983: Bestseller seit vielen Jahren ist der Mercedes-Benz 300 SL.

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Aussage 1983: Sicherer Tip für alle Zukunft: Porsche. Dieser 58-er Speedster wird immer seine Liebhaber finden.

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Aussage 1983: Aus dem Dornröschenschlaf geholt hat man den lange vernachlässigten Edsel.

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Aussage 1983: Wagen wie diese sind im Kommen: Fiat 1900.

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Aussage 1983: Heute schon eine von Kennern gepflegte Rarität: Citroën DS Break.

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Aussage 1983: Jleden Tag kann man ihn auf der Straße sehen, den Jaguar XJ. Eines Tages werden die besser erhaltenen Exemplare - nicht nur die 12-ZyIinder-Modelle - hohen Liebhaberwert bekommen.

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Summary

Even 40 years ago, people were already thinking about how to predict or estimate the potential increase in value of a classic car and how to separate the wheat from the chaff. Mr. Reinhard Berger from the US-Auto-Genter Hamburg even developed a mathematical formula for this. This article reproduces the original wording of the observations made at the time and also gives examples of vehicles that were considered "hot" candidates for sure increases in value at the time. Is it still true today?

This article contains the following chapters

Parallels to the antiques business
Benefits in several respects
Class and perfection are in demand
Rare models increase in value more quickly
Purchasing in the phase of the price minimum
Rule of thumb for determining value

Estimated reading time: 7min

Preview (beginning of the article)

The economic structure of the Western world is largely determined by competition. Particularly when there is a mass of supply and demand, it is only possible to establish and maintain a market-leading position in exceptional cases. For this reason, the principle remains valid that economic ventures are only promising if they penetrate and fill gaps in the market. In the goods trade, there is still an interesting complex within existing gaps in the market for antiques. They elude the normal pricing process, if one considers the corresponding product category as a whole. This is because superficial, objectifiable considerations are not taken into account, or only in addition. However, in addition to the subjective perception of value, the expectation that an objective increase in value can also be expected over time, i.e. that profits can be made on a later sale, can also be of equal importance.

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