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Post by z30Norfolker » Fri May 27, 2022 7:49 am

This popped up on my feed this morning, values are rocketing.. is the Z4 a future classic already, able to command such prices.

https://www.pistonheads.com/news/genera ... best/45542

Either way, its a very good read
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Post by Zulu4 » Fri May 27, 2022 3:24 pm

Cool :thumbsup:
I also had the Alfa 3.0 V6 GTV around 2001. It was a lovely car, but nowhere near as quick or fun as the Z4 roadster I replaced it with.
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Post by Calps » Fri May 27, 2022 5:07 pm

I remember reading that article when it came out a few weeks ago.
z30Norfolker wrote: Fri May 27, 2022 7:49 am is the Z4 a future classic already, able to command such prices.
That the car featured is still for sale, and has dropped in price by £1000 since this was published probably tells it's own story....

That Westfield would be a bit of a hoot though
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Post by Mr Tidy » Fri May 27, 2022 9:19 pm

I also read that article when it was first posted and remember thinking that Z4 looked a bit expensive!

E85 & 86s still still look pretty cheap for what you get though.
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Post by SonnyA85 » Sat May 28, 2022 1:41 pm

I don't see anywhere where it says it will be a future classic in the article.

Personally I don't think they will. There's nothing special about any of the non M versions. The M versions will be a modern classic and the alpinas but not the normal Z4's.

The fact you can pick them up for £2k-4k shows that they aren't appreciating in price quite the opposite

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Post by tiglon » Sat May 28, 2022 3:21 pm

There's nothing remarkable about them now, just like there wasn't anything remarkable about an Alfa 2000 50 years ago. Once the E85 is old enough that it's nostalgic and there are only a handful around then it will be desirable enough to be a classic. Yes everyone will lust after the Z4M, but that'll be quarter of a million just like a GTAm.

The Z4 is probably at the bottom of it's price curve at the moment, just like the Toyota MR2 mk3 was when I bought one (with the same mileage as the £7k one in that article) for £850.
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Post by Zulu4 » Sat May 28, 2022 4:48 pm

SonnyA85 wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 1:41 pm I don't see anywhere where it says it will be a future classic in the article.

Personally I don't think they will. There's nothing special about any of the non M versions. The M versions will be a modern classic and the alpinas but not the normal Z4's.

The fact you can pick them up for £2k-4k shows that they aren't appreciating in price quite the opposite
When I sold my Mk1 Golf GTi for peanuts in 1993, I told the buyer it would be a classic one day. He laughed at me.
Now they can fetch £20k.
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Post by SonnyA85 » Sat May 28, 2022 6:00 pm

Zulu4 wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 4:48 pm
SonnyA85 wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 1:41 pm I don't see anywhere where it says it will be a future classic in the article.

Personally I don't think they will. There's nothing special about any of the non M versions. The M versions will be a modern classic and the alpinas but not the normal Z4's.

The fact you can pick them up for £2k-4k shows that they aren't appreciating in price quite the opposite
When I sold my Mk1 Golf GTi for peanuts in 1993, I told the buyer it would be a classic one day. He laughed at me.
Now they can fetch £20k.
Yeah but the golf GTi was the top end golf was it not? Just like the alpina and M is to the Z4.

How much is a normal non GTi MK1 golf?

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Post by SonnyA85 » Sat May 28, 2022 6:01 pm

tiglon wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 3:21 pm There's nothing remarkable about them now, just like there wasn't anything remarkable about an Alfa 2000 50 years ago. Once the E85 is old enough that it's nostalgic and there are only a handful around then it will be desirable enough to be a classic. Yes everyone will lust after the Z4M, but that'll be quarter of a million just like a GTAm.

The Z4 is probably at the bottom of it's price curve at the moment, just like the Toyota MR2 mk3 was when I bought one (with the same mileage as the £7k one in that article) for £850.
A quarter of a million for a Z4M? Inflation must be much higher than I thought? Or are we talking rubles?

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Post by enuff_zed » Sat May 28, 2022 9:46 pm

SonnyA85 wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 1:41 pm Personally I don't think they will.
Your opinion..........fine.
SonnyA85 wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 1:41 pm The fact you can pick them up for £2k-4k shows that they aren't appreciating in price quite the opposite
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Pick it up for £2k is just possible for a 4-pot, but I can tell you now, from experience, that it will be double that to make it a good'un.
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat May 28, 2022 10:24 pm

tiglon wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 3:21 pm There's nothing remarkable about them now, just like there wasn't anything remarkable about an Alfa 2000 50 years ago. Once the E85 is old enough that it's nostalgic and there are only a handful around then it will be desirable enough to be a classic. Yes everyone will lust after the Z4M, but that'll be quarter of a million just like a GTAm.
I hope not - I'd be afraid to use mine but don't ever want to part with it.

If M and Alpina values do climb I can see 3.0Si values creeping up as the next best option, especially as both are pretty rare with less than 1,000 Roadsters and just over 2,000 Coupes registered in the UK. And a 3 litre N52 is still pretty special for an N/A production engine.
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Post by Roberltd2 » Sat May 28, 2022 11:04 pm

SonnyA85 wrote: Sat May 28, 2022 1:41 pm I don't see anywhere where it says it will be a future classic in the article.

Personally I don't think they will. There's nothing special about any of the non M versions. The M versions will be a modern classic and the alpinas but not the normal Z4's.

The fact you can pick them up for £2k-4k shows that they aren't appreciating in price quite the opposite
Back in the late 70s you could pick up a Meriden Bonneville for three or four hundred quid. I doubt you'd find one now under 5K. There was "nothing special" about them at the time either.
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sat May 28, 2022 11:19 pm

That's true of everything from years ago - I bought a MK2 Escort RS2000 for less than £3K in 1983.

Sold it for less than £2.5K in 1984 when I replaced it with a 1982 Capri 2.8 Injection for £4,950!

But I really can't understand why anyone would pay twice as much for any RS Escort as I paid for my Z4MC. :o
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Post by kaiser01 » Sat May 28, 2022 11:20 pm

I can remember when you could get a nice 635CSi for £5-6K or even an M635CSi for under £15k. As the M6s have jumped to £50k+, they have dragged the values of the “standard” car with them. See M5s and M535is, M3s and 2-door 325i too. I see the Z4 3.0si and Z4 M as as similar pairing. As interest increases in the M, the 3.0si will benefit too.

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Post by MikeyH » Sat May 28, 2022 11:31 pm

Morris Minors, Ford Anglia 105e, minis, Morris Oxfords and Bond Bugs, need I say more :rofl:
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