07grIS350

A feel good article in the Toronto Star
http://www.wheels.ca/columns/article/797867

The LF-A was conceived when Toyota leaped into the Formula One circus in 2002. But after the Japanese automaker’s departure form F1, the now-slightly-less-relevant LF-A is pushed for instant collector car status.

ydooby

As much as I am happy to see the LFA getting the nod from a journalist in Toronto, the list is based purely on his own opinion and not on factual data of the market. It's simply too early to tell how much value the LFA will appreciate/hold/depreciate several years or decades down the road in the eyes of the actual car collectors.

cloo7

indirect marketing strategy

05RollaXRS

No.

Article is Canadian. Canada was all sold-out of LFA last may so there is no marketing strategy in Canada since there is no LFA for sale.

gengar

Curious list. As far as the ICE vehicles on there, the guy lost me at the GT3 RS and the GT-R. The GT3 RS has some of the worst depreciation even among Porsche models (and that's saying a lot) because RS owners are some of the most loyal and so keep buying new RS' every generation - maybe the 997.2 RS 4.0 will be more collectible, although that'll depend on the 998/991 not trumping it. And as far as the GT-R, limited production because they aren't selling doesn't make something implicitly collectible, so his reasoning is just wrong there. His reasoning is similarly poor on the special edition ACR, as historically special editions of already rare cars have not been any more collectible. The Saturn is an odd choice too given how much reviewers panned it for poor handling and terrible quality/ergonomics, and it's not like Saturn is a well-respected brand. Let's not even get started on the EVs. The Leaf, really? Anything made by Tesla, really?

Well of course it's all opinion - the thing is titled "future collector cars", after all.

BNR34

iTrader: (1)

It is pretty easy to predict how the LFA will hold it's value in the future. Just look at today's value of the Toyota 2000GT, Carrera GT, F40, F50.....etc.

I see the LFA's value will be similar to the Carrera GT, it will slowly depreciate down to half of it's MSRP someday and holds it there. Mint, never driven cars with no miles will worth more, but in general that is my prediction.

Almost no modern cars appreciate in value, only a few truely crazy and special cars that were produced in extremely limited quantity appreciate in value. The last one being the Mclaren F1, $1 million car with less then 100 produced. Even the 300 produced Veyron depreciate at the same rate as most used cars, just because it is not that special of a car.