NSX Named a Future Collectible By Hagerty Insurance

[SilverStone05]

Was just poking around cnn money and happened by this.

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/autos/0701/gallery.future_collectibles/5.html

Good to see people recognizing the collectibility of the NSX. :wink:

 

[ABhagat]

Haha so is the Scion xB

 

[enesexdreamer]

Semi exotic? More like, ground breaking, benchmark setting,timeless design supercar exotica.

 

[enesexdreamer]

Haha so is the Scion xB

That was my prediction when the car made its debut:biggrin:

 

[NSXrunner]

Interesting list. Still scratching my head about the Scion XB, but I'll give it it's due for being the stand out square peg so to speak in the round world of cars, and they suceeded with it. :smile:

 

[MJK]

Nice to see them coming around.

I had to argue with them about this 2 years ago before they would cover it.

 

[quack]

Nice to see them coming around.

I had to argue with them about this 2 years ago before they would cover it.

lindsey lohan is more important

 

[NSXrunner]

lindsey lohan is more important

Of course, she is America's Princess Di!...no wait....Thats Paris Hilton...:tongue: :biggrin:

 

[Paul91]

How did the TT make it?!?

 

[lrsudog]

"Semi-exotic"?

That sounds about as desirable as "Semi-erect".

 

[Yinzer]

Well it's not on the 2012 list (no surprise):

http://blogs.automotive.com/top-10-future-collectibles-hagerty-insurance-hot-list-77227.html

Interestingly, an NSX article link is currently featured on Hagerty's homepage:

http://www.hagerty.com/Classic-car-...les/2012/07/03/Buyers-Guide-1991-96-Acura-NSX

I saw Wayne Carini plugging Hagerty Insurance's "car valuator" on one of his recent shows and took a look - it seems like they do a relatively decent job valuating realistic NSX values, IMHO. I take their numbers as being average "as-sold" prices. Adding ~10% to their numbers seems to be realistic for an asking price. Thinking about some of the very nice, well kept, low-mileage, nearly-OEM cars with fully recenty updated maintenance sold by members on Prime recently, I think their "concours" value (yellow line) seems like a reasonable representation of an average as-sold price, and 10% more wouldn't look out of place as a typical asking price. What do you guys think?

 

[PHOEN$X]

Ha, the only vehicle I'd consider owning on that list is the GT-R black edition.

Some comments on the "Buyers Guide 1991-96 Acura NSX" article:

Today these cars trade in the high teens to mid-five figures — roughly $18,000 to $65,000 — and like anything, you get what you pay for.

That's a pretty extreme range. An average condition 91-96 NSX will fetch around $28-$38k. Low mileage pristine examples will fetch more of course, and high mileage poor condition units will obviously sell for less.

OEM replacement parts, too, are pricey, so factor that in. These were supercars after all, and just because they were built by Honda doesn't mean Civic taillights will work in them.

Another article that calls the NSX a supercar, which I can't disagree with, but the "tailights" [sic] were not one of the NSXs design highlights given the problems with water leakage. Funny that they mentioned that part.

Avoid any car with questions; there are just too many NSXs out there to settle for an iffy one simply because it's dirt cheap. If you're serious about acquiring one of these great-driving, affordable exotics, check out Honda and Acura forums and read what members have to say.

Why couldn't they just have mentioned Prime? For the pure NSX enthusiast, there is no other site. Period.

 

[Jacob_Seattle]

And the Chrysler 300?? They made like a million of these cars. How can it be collectible? This is a strange list.

 

[HONDA_RJJ]

The XKR is on my short list of weekend cars to add, but to bad it won't be anytime soon.

 

[oscar_driver]

"semi exotic" .... seems like who ever wrote that is a hater LOL