Flip This Car: Taurus SHO

[kevm14]

I guess the culture of the Type R was the crescendo of the anti-muscle car 90s tuner crowd. So it was the best of that. And to be fair, your RWD options were pretty limited. A Miata of the time was considerably slower. But does that make it a potential 6 figure car? I can't see how but I have been wrong before.

[kevm14]

Or, perhaps the allure of the Type R is exactly what attracts me to an Impala SS. It was what the car represents, and not just what it actually does.

[Bob]

I guess the culture of the Type R was the crescendo of the anti-muscle car 90s tuner crowd. So it was the best of that. And to be fair, your RWD options were pretty limited. A Miata of the time was considerably slower. But does that make it a potential 6 figure car? I can't see how but I have been wrong before.

Mark my words: by the year 2026, there will be a Type R sold for 6 figures. This will probably be a very mint low mileage stock example and not typical of the general market. The Type R represents the best of the 90s sport compact genre in my opinion. It is also fairly rare with less than 4000 cars imported over 4 model years and very few remaining in good condition. I do sometimes wonder if I should have sold the Elise instead of my Type R since finding an Elise in as good or better condition than mine at a later date would be much easier.

The current high water mark appears to be a $45k eBay sale of a 2001 with 4500 miles, referenced in this article: http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture ... ers-guide/

[Bob]

Also, this sold for $43.3k: http://bringatrailer.com/2015/03/16/one ... ra-type-r/