Are they going to go up or down

[normski]

An interesting question here!
Where do most of you see the FD value wise. As we know more and more are dieing through one reason or another.

If you have a very nice one, whats the speculation of it\'s value in say 10 years from now. Is the future good for these cars or are they going to go the way of so many others, long gone and lost? in short is the future good or bad?

Just an interesting idea!  :wiggle

[Gman]

Depends how many keep coming over from japan and what these prices are going to do as this will have a direct effect on the prices of the cars already over here.

[mullins]

Take a look at the FC & FB prices for an indication of where I think things are going

Why would the FD be any different?

[monkey-fd3s]

I\'d say they\'re going down in price for now.... and for the forseeable future.  It\'s not a classic Ferrari or DeTomaso unfortunately.

[Jono FD3]

I\'d say they\'re going down in price for now.... and for the forseeable future.  It\'s not a classic Ferrari or DeTomaso unfortunately.

Correct, but every winter they drop like flies, through damage and there are only so many FD\'s made!!! having said that the didn\'t stop production until (was it 2002?) so you looking 4 years ago, so they are going to keep dropping for a while, but I cant see why their not going to go up in value in the future, they are a fairly rare car and they do look very nice! also you have to look at the demand for them, if people want it then they\'ll be prepared to pay for it!! but that is looking a fair way down the road unfortunatly!!!

Just look at the Aston Martin DB range: when they came out people didn\'t think much of them, I know one guy who partexed his DB5 for one of the first 3.0L Capris when they were released!! not only that 50% were ritten off because of their value (people just didn\'t care). now you try finding any DB Aston (not just the DB5) for less than £60,000 it\'s going to be well batterd!!!

So in my opinion Keep \'em clean & tidy then they should go up in value!!
Thats my thoughts
Jono

[monkey-fd3s]

As much as I love my 7 and it\'s invaluable to me...

Aston Martin = Prestiege Brand
Mazda = Errrr... didn\'t they make a car called a familiar

Yes it\'s a great car, prices might stabilise but if you think it\'s going to retain or increase in value anytime soon your dreaming... Just buy a classic ferrari it\'s a safer bet.

FD\'s are for drivers not speculators  :3gears-rh

[iaint]

I see mine as an expensive hobby.  Not as and investment and not really as a mode of transport.  Going somewhere in it\'s an event not just a journey.

While it\'d be lovely if it were worth the 10k I paid for it (forgetting the best part of 10k spent since then).  At best, if I tidied up the paintwork, it\'d be worth 7-8k . Maybe 8-9k when it\'s gone single turbo but maybe not.

I\'m planning on driving it until it\'s gone and extracting every bit of value I can until then.

[sadgoth]

Yes but the DB5 is also a 60s car, compre like with like (age-wise) A good 240z is now worth a fair bit however anything from \'79 onwards has still got a way to fall in value before it hits classic status. Some cars (Ferraris - for some reason, etc) are instant classics but others take a while to hit that status. I suspect FDs will hit classic status at that rate by about 2025!

[monkey-fd3s]

I suspect FDs will hit classic status at that rate by about 2025!

Very true..... and they\'ll be a lot less of them by then because most of them will have been stuffed or rusted away into nothing....

I have no idea what mines worth.... the paints cack but that\'s last on the list as I\'ve been slowly getting the rest of the stuff done.  In the last year it\'s changed a lot from the stock car i bought and i\'ve spent way more than I\'ll ever get for it.  IMHO it\'s still a way from being finished and I\'d need about another 10K to get in right.  I really do wonder what it\'s worth.

[Martiny]

Oi, Monkey "FAMILIA",  - - - n*o*t   familiar.

By the way, if you found a familia rotary (R100), I bet THAT would cost you a fortune now !
:-)

[rx7veilside]

these cars dont sell quickly on the marketplace and as such people drop their price because they want a sale so eventually u reach a price thet they will sell fairly quickly at this is the price they will stabilize at..they are never going to increase in value they will end up sitting around the 5-8k mark with my guess 8k being for a very good car..i have spent about 8k on mine allready so too much of a loss to sell so will keep it until it falls to bits..they shld be looked at as a toy really they will never be a classic..sorry if that bursts a few bubbles

[monkey-fd3s]

Oi, Monkey "FAMILIA",  - - - n*o*t   familiar.

By the way, if you found a familia rotary (R100), I bet THAT would cost you a fortune now !
:-)

Sorry my bad on the spelling

[travellinbob]

Also with the rx8 being released and their prices evry slowly dropping maybe some people are going to be tempted to go for one of those instead?
 Even in places like oz the fd is slowly dropping in price. It was totally unheard of 5 years ago to get one for less than $35,000. Now you can get a rough one or one with a dead moto for low 20\'s. My uneducated guess would be that average ones here will hover around the £3-£4k mark whilst modded ones with nice paint etc will always be up in the £6k and more region, mainly becaus eit might be a slightly different market.i.e. people wanting a faster one etc.
 cheers, michael.

[Newera]

There aren\'t many nice RX-7\'s available in Japan (There never were, really - really nice ones are rare) the truly good ones will continue to hold their value in Japan as they have done since production stopped in Aug 2002.

The ones that are cheap are so for good reasons such as higher mileage, wear, etc.

There\'s still a fair supply of cheap \'n nasty RX-7\'s coming to the UK, appearing in trade import auctions and then being sold retail to unsuspecting punters. Saw another exporter trying to get a 116,000km RX-7 started today, whose engine was almost expired....someone will end up with that one, no doubt...

Until people realise it\'s false economy to buy a tired one and fix it up, there will be cheap ones changing hands fairly often I think.

[Jono FD3]

As much as I love my 7 and it\'s invaluable to me...

Aston Martin = Prestiege Brand
Mazda = Errrr... didn\'t they make a car called a familiar

Yes it\'s a great car, prices might stabilise but if you think it\'s going to retain or increase in value anytime soon your dreaming... Just buy a classic ferrari it\'s a safer bet.

FD\'s are for drivers not speculators  :3gears-rh

The thing is when manufacturers make unique cars like ours with the rotary units, people tend to forget about the naff stuff that whent befor it!!!

eg.=  Nissan/Datsun period- the old box sunny naff as you like, styling was non existant apart from the Z\'d cas... all of a sudden you have Sunny GTiR\'s, Skylines, 300 ZX, etc.

Aston Martin with their doged Lagonda (Looked like a big TR7), & their early V8 cars brokedown on a regular basis.... people forget the naff cars.

Reliant- this is a good one= known for the 3 wheeler, but the Scimitar Could have been made by a different manufacturer as there was no brand link

Classic Ferrari\'s, break down, slow, heavy on petrol etc. dont rate the 70\'s - 90\'s cars most of them look like dairily slices!!!

Basicaly if its different and looks sweet then prices should increase fingers crossed for all of us!!!

Jono