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    HSV will have the same revival as any other Holden. They will lose value before the same as any other Holden. You have to appreciate that other generations are going to be more interested in what they grew up driving and not what previous generations drove.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
    HSV will have the same revival as any other Holden. They will lose value before the same as any other Holden. You have to appreciate that other generations are going to be more interested in what they grew up driving and not what previous generations drove.
    You just mentioned what's important with every generation, the nostalgia quotient.

    Funny, all the cars that are in demand now are what I grew up with and the plethora that I know of are mostly owned but people my age, be they blue ovals or lions,so that kind of says it all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Valencia View Post
    Big call but im not sure the HSV commodore will be that popular yes it is a commodore
    they have been around long enuf now and there going down in value big time
    group a or group 3s are a different kettle of fish

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    Time will tell
    Took the words out of my mouth, big call.

    Just trying to imagine the same retrospective adoration for HSV as for HK - WB, XW - XC as for all those that came after.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
    HSV will have the same revival as any other Holden. They will lose value before the same as any other Holden. You have to appreciate that other generations are going to be more interested in what they grew up driving and not what previous generations drove.
    In some ways, but like any Holden, Commodore, Torana etc only a select few of them will be collectable, the rest will just be a passing fad. No-one will want the bottom shelf stuff unless that is all they can afford.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HK1837 View Post
    In some ways, but like any Holden, Commodore, Torana etc only a select few of them will be collectable, the rest will just be a passing fad. No-one will want the bottom shelf stuff unless that is all they can afford.
    People still restore HX Sandmans even though they are the bottom of heap.... Except 6 cylinder ones.
    I am interested in Sandmans only because they had a cool sticker kit and were mostly V8's. I have no connection to the Van craze and to be honest find show vans a bit over the top. I prefer Utes because that's what all my mates drove when I left school. Except Sandaro who had his HJ Sandman of course.
    So it's what interest you that makes you want something. Unfortunately dealers and traders push the value of old cars way past what they are really worth to Joe Blow the actual car lover.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
    People still restore HX Sandmans even though they are the bottom of heap.... Except 6 cylinder ones.
    I am interested in Sandmans only because they had a cool sticker kit and were mostly V8's. I have no connection to the Van craze and to be honest find show vans a bit over the top. I prefer Utes because that's what all my mates drove when I left school. Except Sandaro who had his HJ Sandman of course.
    So it's what interest you that makes you want something. Unfortunately dealers and traders push the value of old cars way past what they are really worth to Joe Blow the actual car lover.
    People do restore HX's, but they also restore 6cyl 4 door Toranas! Nothing wrong with the hobby, we are talking future collectables via crystal balls. In the end I think it'll be the 308/5.0L Sandmans that will be what people will want if any are desired at all. At the moment for some reason vans are more popular than utes, but that will probably change again at least once.
    My interest was always in the "GTS" style Sandman (HQ-HJ), I was never a fan of HX-HZ as the stripes always looked too girly to me. HX and HZ GTS and LE were the same for me too, too much blingy cr@p on them, HQ-HJ GTS look far better in my eyes.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wbute View Post
    HSV will have the same revival as any other Holden. They will lose value before the same as any other Holden. You have to appreciate that other generations are going to be more interested in what they grew up driving and not what previous generations drove.
    This might be the exception. On cars sales.com a few HSV Maloo GTS's left at dealers for around 95k then a few 'second hand' ones with 27km - 300km only on them for around $135,000. I think they're dreaming.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Wally View Post
    This might be the exception. On cars sales.com a few HSV Maloo GTS's left at dealers for around 95k then a few 'second hand' ones with 27km - 300km only on them for around $135,000. I think they're dreaming.
    The Blue oval dealers did the same thing with the GT-F.
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