I would also buy it for the price ...
04/02/2017
You've probably heard this many times before. As soon as someone sees guide values for a particular classic that has interested them for a long time, they say: "Well, I'd buy it in a heartbeat for that price". That's how you feel when you leaf through the latest special issue of Oldtimer Markt , which lists the current valuations for classic cars from 1920 to 1995. With the addition of new years (1991-1995), the magazine is now 380 pages thick, a real tome. And at EUR 6.90 (in Germany) it is really good value. Classic Data, which incidentally also supplies the market prices for zwischengas.com , is behind the listings.
It is actually almost impossible to keep the market values for so many cars constantly up to date. A mammoth task! It is more than understandable that one or two values may be too low or too high. On the whole, however, the experts at Classic Data are absolutely right, especially for the frequently traded cars, but it is much more difficult for exotic cars.
Nevertheless, fans of certain vehicles will immediately find one or two deviations "to their own feeling" and then the sentence mentioned at the beginning comes up.
We have also found a few examples. Buying an Alfa Romeo Alfasud Sprint 1.5 Veloce in condition 2 for EUR 9500 is probably almost impossible. A Fiat Panda 45 from 1982 is also unlikely to be found for EUR 2900 in condition 2. The Lotus Elan Sprint DHC from 1971 for EUR 34,500 in condition 2 would interest me immediately, the Lotus Esprit S 2.2 from 1980 for EUR 28,300 even more. The Porsche 944 S2 Coupé from 1990 for EUR 12,700 in condition 3 is also unlikely to be easy to find. And the 1996 Renault Spider is even said to have fallen in value by 20% since 2011; for EUR 28,100, any fan in condition 2 would take it with a kiss on the hand. This list could certainly be extended indefinitely.
Market prices as published by Classic Data are not the ultimate truth, they are indications and approximations. Depending on the vehicle history, mileage, restoration work, etc., completely different valuations may result for a car. In the end, the litmus test is always the actual sale and the price achieved.
Nevertheless, we are glad that someone is doing the work of continuously monitoring the market. That's how you recognize new trends and shifts, such as those currently underway from the very old to the rather younger cars ...
