Market Intelligence
Youngtimer spritz!
The market for "Youngtimers", cars produced between 1980 and 2000, is on the rise as a new collectible limbo that still manages to fill new impulses with irresistible memories. The percentage of Youngtimers on sale has tripled in volume from 4.98% to 14.45% over the past 11 years, and total turnover has risen from a paltry 1.58% to a substantial 8.15%. The article provides examples of how this segment interests young millionaires from Silicon Valley and highlights some of the successful sales and bidding wars at Scottsdale’s auctions. The market also offers good deals, with some Youngtimers still highly underestimated, like the 1990 Jaguar XJ-S 5.3 V12 Convertible, which sold for only $14,000.
Youngtimer! This is the magic word at the moment, the word that defines cars as “not used but not yet vintage”, a kind of collectible limbo that still manages to fill new impulses with irresistible memories.
And the word is followed by a specific fact: cars produced between 1980 and 2000 are in great demand right now as our charts confirm.
