This is Classic Register's final article in the 'Top Ten Affordable Future Classics' series. This article explains our rationale for selection of the R32 Skyline GTR as number one in the list, and includes discussion of important factors such as motorsport history, performance, engineering and the availability of rare special edition models such as the V-Spec GTR. We hope you enjoy this final article in the series.
Here is our number two car in the 'Top Ten Affordable Future Classics' series. This article explains our rationale for selection of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution 6.5 (TME) as our second placed car, reflecting on relevant factors such as the vehicle’s Group A and WRC motorsport success, performance, and low production numbers. We hope you enjoy this article and encourage you to comment with your opinion.
This article explains our rationale for selecting the Subaru WRX STI Version 6 as our third placed car in the 'Top Ten Affordable Future Classics' series. In this article, we reflect on relevant factors such as the vehicle’s motorsport success, performance, and low production numbers, all of which influenced the vehicles position. We hope you enjoy this article and encourage you to comment with your opinion at the base of the article.
This article begins the clean sweep by Japanese legends from the 80s and 90s, outlining our rationale for selecting the Group A Toyota Celica GT-Four as our fourth placed car in this series. In this article, we reflect on relevant factors such as the vehicle’s rallying achievements, Group A status and its low production numbers, which have all influenced our choice. We hope you enjoy this article and encourage you to comment with your opinion.
This article outlines our rationale for selecting the Mercedes Benz W124 500E as our fifth placed car in this series, and our final German vehicle in the ‘Top Ten Affordable Future Classics’. In this article, we reflect on relevant factors such as the vehicle’s performance, quality and low production numbers, which have all influenced the position of this wolf in sheep’s clothing. We hope you enjoy this article and encourage you to comment.
This article outlines our rationale for selecting the Audi UR Quattro in the ‘Top Ten Affordable Future Classics’ series. In this article, we reflect on relevant factors such as the vehicle’s performance, motorsport history, and engineering achievements among others, which have all influenced the position of this famous rally legend. We hope you enjoy this article and encourage you to comment with your opinion at the base of the article.
Mazda’s RX series cars have been famous since their introduction to western markets in the early 1970’s, featuring unique rotary engine technology, and remarkable performance. Many of Mazda’s RX cars have already become classics, and demand prices beyond consideration in this article. There is however one car, perhaps the most recognisable of all, which we believe has not yet realised its full potential. This car is the Mazda FD RX-7, the third generation of RX7 which holds 7th place on our top 10 list.
Moving on from our last article, number 8 on the top 10 list of affordable future classic cars is another Mercedes Benz, the W201 190E. We look at this car specifically in the Cosworth form of the 2.3-16v and 2.5-16v, which represent around 1.4% of all 190E cars produced. These are not to be confused with the much more desirable and expensive Evolution models, which are beyond the scope of an ‘affordable’ classic, and therefore not considered in this article.
In our previous article, we explained why the Jaguar XJS deserves to be in our top 10 list, and gave further rationale for its location at the back end of the list. In this article, we focus on our number 9 car, the Mercedes Benz 560SEC, and provide the rationale for our choice in a similar format.
This is our second article in the series discussing our top 10 future affordable classic cars from the 1980s and 1990s. Click here to see the original article. We begin with number 10 on our list, the Jaguar XJS V12. The Jaguar XJS was intended to be the successor to the famous E-Type Jaguar, which by the mid 1970s was outdated and faced substantial competition from other sports car manufacturers.
