Will 240s and Sr20dets will still be popular in another 20 years?

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Originally Posted by Future240

I don't think unmolested S-chassis will go for that much as collector cars. Lets be honest here. A stock KA 240sx is ok to drive but its far below a lot of other cars. Most enthusiast would prefer it to make more than 155 crank HP. Its not Miata nimble. It is basic. The S-chassis basically needs mods to accentuate its base features.

HP is not what determines collectability. History, want and rarity have a lot more to do with it than HP.

Old Air cooled Porsches are fairly anemic. That doesn't prevent someone from paying 6 figures for one

The E30 M3 with a non Evo 4 banger made less than 200 HP. 30-50K for a clean example currently. The Evo 2 S14 engine cars fetch more (and were never available stateside).......a lot more (130-145K +) and only makes 217 HP.

Old School Muscle (market has died off) are all 5000+ lb barges with big block V8s that are useful only for a smoke show and drive like a tug boat. 6 figures for some.

So yeah, the 240SX has zero history in the US outside of drifting. Actually, that goes world wide as well.