The super classic Mercedes-Benz 300 SL will continue to increase in value (FdW)
01/01/2018
It is one of the most prestigious and expensive classic cars in the world, the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL of the W198 model series. As a new car, the price of an SL was equivalent to the value of a detached house. In the seventies, you could buy one for four-digit DM sums, at the end of the nineties you paid just over DM 150,000, currently the price for the open-top version is a million euros and more, and has virtually outstripped even the value of a gullwing, which used to be more expensive than the roadster.
But will the increase in value continue like this or is there a threat of prices collapsing due to adverse circumstances for old cars in the future - e.g. driving bans, driving restrictions, changes in the interests of future generations?
This is exactly what we wanted to know from our readers and put the following question of the week to them: "How much do you think a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster from 1960 will cost in 2037?"
Around half of the 257 respondents assume that prices will continue to rise, 28% expect the price to be over two million euros in 20 years' time, while 21% expect the value to rise to between 1.5 and 2 million euros.
As many as 15% assume that prices will rise at least slightly, i.e. level off at 1 to 1.5 million in 20 years' time.
Slightly less than a third expect a negative development in value. 17% expect prices of between 0.5 and 1 million euros in 20 years, 6% expect prices of 250,000 to 500,000 euros and 4% expect prices of 100,000 to 250,000 euros. Two percent assume an almost complete collapse in value; for them, a 300 SL will cost no more than EUR 100,000 in 2037.
This would sum up 97%, the remaining 3% could not agree with any of the possible value developments.
All in all, therefore, optimistic expectations are at the top and it will be exciting to verify this prediction over the coming decades.
For the sake of completeness, we are also showing the result of the last "Question of the Week" in graphic form here:
The next question of the week is already in the air and this time the participants are asked to decide whether a historically particularly valuable but undriveable one-off automobile should rather be preserved or restored.
And of course you can still read all the results of the "Questions of the Week" so far in the corresponding topic channel.
