Eight future classic risers from £1k to £40k to savour now
Fancy the wind in your hair, and want to make it a Modern Classic? From £1000 to £40k, you’ll find the perfect convertible for you. Variety makes life a bit spicy, so, for that reason, the collection is eclectic. There are four-pots, six-cylinders and a thunderous V8, as well as delicate sports cars, roadsters and go-karts for the road. Each has visited the bottom of its depreciation curve and is on the cusp.
The very best – treasured by protective owners – will always attract a premium, but high production volumes for most means there are also plenty of good driveable examples out there. No matter which level of car you go for, buy it, drive it and cherish it, all in the knowledge that its value will gently appreciate.
Market analysis:
MGF: Sheer weight of numbers and a reputation tainted by head gasket issues means you can pick up low-mileage MGFs for less than £2000. Buying sooner rather than later is a good idea as this situation cannot last.
Mazda MZ-5: There’s a growing demand for G- for H-plate 1.6s, which can make £5000+ in top condition, but really nice later MkIs with less than 80k on the clock are still below £3000 – cheaper if you’re not hung up on mileage. If looked after, the running gear will easily top 200,000 miles.
Porsche Boxster: Ignore dealers who think that all Porsches are worth £10k+. You can find lots of sharp Boxster S models in the £7500-£8500 range. Lesser Boxsters are taking the price hit so these shouldn’t fall much further.
BMW Z4: With enthusiast attention focussed on paying something like a 30-50% premium for the 3.0 Si model, the not-much-slower 3.0 SE looks like a real bargain at £550-£7000 for the really good stuff. But there are lots about, so they’ll fall further.
