1) 4038 made, but how many left even today that are still driveable and HAVEN'T been totaled or accidented?
2) Wrapper cars in pristine shape WILL always bring more at the end of the day; there's always someone out there who wants one. There won't be 4000 of these things around in 20 years; not even close.
I really don't give a damn about the one I drive - if it goes up or down in value; that's my driver. My "investment car" is the yellow one and I have no desire to drive it, but rather just look at the thing every day in the garage. Beats looking at a painting on the wall for me. It's garage art for me and it appreciates; it's the reason why and the ONLY reason why I bought it. Annual cost to maintain is marginal compared to the anticipated ROI. Why would I want to drive it if I have an 800 RWHP modified GT sitting right next to it? I have a bunch of other high powered monsters to drive as well when I want to change things up.
When I look at all things considered, I see I have all types of various investment instruments in my portfolios and to get 10% a year (and IMO that's very low on this investment as I think it will go much higher) - I'd still be real happy. How many people out there do better than 10% annually compounded over say, 15 years? I bet very, very few. Anything higher would be far more risk, with few exceptions, like real estate, and even that's seriously collapsed in the US in a few key areas over the past 7 years. Diversity is the key to any long term investment gain.
If the car ended up being worth a million in 20 years...it may not fare as well as some of my real estate holdings, but it will do far better than the markets, for me anyway. I don't play with high-risk vehicles in the stock market...so if I see a 3-5% net after tax each year, I'm ecstatic, and I know that when many see their wealth shrink in an overnight crash, I'm not one of them. I try to be realistic about things, so anyone telling me they see 25-30% gain in their market portfolio annually, I know is NOT telling me what they actually lost in crashes. But I guess - to each, their own.
My yellow GT will remain a delivery miles car as long as I own it. It will have it's fluids changed every 1-2 years - and gas pumped out and changed each year. It's not that tough to do and it's a climate controlled garage. I'm sure it's easier to invest that 200k into the market and maybe I'll get lucky, or not, but this will continue to rise over time; I have no doubt. I don't see the bottom all of a sudden falling out on these cars.
Sinovac, 200k at 10% for 20 years is a huge return for most, but it really depends on how much one is willing to tie up in one single investment. For me, it was a no-brainer. All about diversity. I only look at this car as an art investment, nothing more.
