This is Collector Car TL;DR: a weekly recap of what happened on Collector Car Feed, plus car auctions, listings, automotive news, and other things of interest to the average CCF Enjoyer.
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The Videos
This past week in Collector Car Feed videos we wrapped up Readers’ Rides, played a game, and began a rice rocket hunt for frequent collaborator Lil Cargo.
You don’t have to go broke to get off road in a Jeep Grand Cherokee
This wraps up Readers’ Rides for now, still reading emails sent in Q3 2023. There’s a good mix in here: posers, real ones, Brazilians. Something for everyone.
Canada is allowing Chinese EV sales. Is the Canadian auto industry goose cooked? (A Game)
We play Price is Wrong with guest players Lil Cargo and Alan in place of Atlas, who is out ice fishing. Every car shown was built in Canada. It’s kind of shocking how many domestics are built in Canada, or were before the Canadian-Chinese EV Apocalypse of 2026.
Everybody likes a game. If you’re only watching one, this is it.
$10,000 doesn’t buy a whole lot anymore on Facebook Marketplace
Lil Cargo has sung about the 350Z, but has never owned one. We aim to change that in 2026 and begin a Facebook Marketplace hunt with the following constraints: under $10K, can put a big exhaust on it, can put big wheels on it. His requirements, not ours. This search will continue into the following week.
The News
More Than 1 in 5 New Car Buyers in the U.S. Are Taking Out Loans of 84 Months or Longer
If you don’t have an 84 month auto loan, this is a feel good story. Road and Track is letting the auto industry off easy: “The price of goods and commodities has been on a roller coaster ride ever since the Covid-19 pandemic, and as all of us know by now, the automotive industry has been far from immune to such fluctuations.”
It has been six years since Covid. Please come up with a new excuse.
Audi Quietly Ends A8 Orders In Germany, Signaling The Sedan’s Demise
The A8 is dead, but Audi is “leaving the door open” for a “possible successor”. Better be a big door, because you know it’s going to be an SUV.
Jeremy Clarkson defiantly hits back at criticism of The Grand Tour replacements as he makes plea to fans over new trio
The big takeaway here, for me at least, is that they’re bringing back Grand Tour with new hosts. Apparently this has been known for months. In this article, Clarkson says they’re “bloody funny” and so on. The six episode season comes out sometime in 2026.
Acura Will Sell Its First Model Ever In Japan
The title is not the interesting part of the story, which is weird. Honda is going to import American-made cars to sell in Japan in the second half of 2026. They’re bringing over the Integra and Passport Elite. Good luck shilling that underpowered, overpriced, rebadged hunk of shit at home.
The Cars
14-Mile 2003 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra Coupe 10th Anniversary Edition
This Terminator sold for $175,067. Not a typo, not a moved decimal. If you ever wanted an 03-04 Cobra, well… you can’t afford it anymore. It’s over.
Obviously this is an extreme example, and to be very real, it’s been over for a while now. The Terminator has been a true neoclassic collector car nearly since its inception. These were never cheap. Equivalent F bodies have always been a more sensible purchase. But this locks it in: the Terminator is off limits to enthusiasts. It’s a showroom and museum piece now.
45k-Mile 2006 Subaru Baja Turbo
The value of an automatic Subaru Baja Turbo is often debated on Collector Car Feed, but rarely is it demonstrated on BaT. This one sold for $15,500, and while the miles are low, the whole car has been resprayed (that’s bad). It makes one wonder what an all-original stick shift turbo might sell for. We’ll keep an eye out.
Ongoing Auctions
2013 Ford Focus ST
Lightly modded, 120K on the clock, but at time of writing it’s sitting at $6600 with a day left, and there are no accidents on record. There’s a lot of good here.
2000 Lexus ES 300
You’re about to see demonstrated the power of grave robbing. This is an unremarkable Lexus sedan with 44,000 miles on the clock being sold out of Florida. The ES 300 is very much just a dressed up V6 Toyota Camry; for that reason expect this to sell for over ten grand.
You could make a decent living off Florida estate sale cars like this one.
2002 BMW M3 Coupe
I just like Phoenix Yellow. This is a $40K+ car. Does it feel like the E46 M3 never dipped?
Final Thoughts
In a recent video, I promised to give away a choice piece of automotive memorabilia: a 2009 Super Street calendar. The days from 2009 line up with 2026, so you can use it this year! It’s actually two calendars in one: one side is all cars, and one side is all HOT BABES. You can flip it over if your mom’s coming up the stairs.
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See you Soon.
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