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Originally Posted by captainaudio

Porsche is unique in the fact that they have been selling cars with the same basic shape and mechanical layout for close to 50 years. Aston Martin to a certain extent has a "that's as Aston Martin" look to it but BMWs for the most part, and particularly the sedans, are fairly generic in appearance. That is not to say they are not attractive designs and a good part of the reason that they look similar to some other cars is because BMW's designs have been very imitated.

The collector car market is very hard to predict. As a rule post war BMWs have not had much of a presense in the collector car market with the notsble exception of the 507. This is IMO not a bad thing as there are some very desirable BMW models such as the 2800CS and 3.0CS that can be acquired for very reainable prices. Whether this will continue in the future is a matter of speculation. 4o years ago I am sure most here would have taken a 2800CS over a Hemi Cuda convertible in a heart beat, In 1969 the BMW was more expensive than the Plymouth. Who could have predicted that 40 years later the BMW would be worth $60,000 and the Plymouth would be worth close to a million.

CA

I guess the solution would be to obtain one of everything.... I'm just going to go with that and get started. Next up, '97 550 Maranello. Then a '96 993 Twin Turbo.