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84 month car loans and six figure Mustangs: it’s never been more over
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.
And you can get it weekly by giving me your email address.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.
Want to win it? Scroll up and sign up for the weekly email newsletter. I gave this one away already, but I have a couple more.
See you Soon.
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The Nissan 300ZX is the only affordable 90s JDM halo car left in 2024
The Z32 Nissan 300ZX, Twin Turbo or NA, is the only 90s JDM halo car left that hasn’t skyrocketed in value yet, but it’s coming. Before too long, you won’t be able to buy a 300ZX. Think of it like a 240SX that went to college: same layout, more engine, more turbos, more money? Maybe not the last one. These seem like a good deal so get one before it’s too late. Today we scour Facebook Marketplace for Z32s and it goes pretty much how you expect.
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The Nissan 240SX is an extension of your personality
Oh you want your Nissan 240SX just to be a boring stock original condition example of one of the greatest FRs ever made? That’s pretty lame dude have you thought about getting an NRG quick release, Prisma buckets, and letting people know who you REALLY are? After all, the Nissan 240SX is an extension of your inner essence. I don’t know about you, but I can’t properly articulate who I am unless my car is modified to match my personality, and that’s not a bunch of gibberish, that really means something to me. Sorry I’m a little early on this one, we’re gearing up for May Fools
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The NB Mazda Miata is the cheapest FR touge machine you can buy in 2023
Mazda Miata NB, the most requested car in CCF history, is a 50/50 balanced FR roadster with a five or six speed manual, optional Torsen LSD, and just enough power to make things interesting but definitely not enough to beat your buddy’s (insert literally any car manufactured after 2010).
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This Factory Five 818 kit car on Facebook Marketplace doesn’t look like the picture on the box
The Factory Five Racing 818S, at least on the Factory Five website, looks pretty sweet. It’s a mid-engine kit car built on the 02-07 Subaru Impreza/WRX, and seriously, it looks incredible in the press photos:
Sure, the body panels don’t line up just right, but black hides everything. Sheesh! This is FF’s most affordable kit, starting at around $11000. And it promises a great time: buy the kit, throw in your junker Subie (we know there’s a lot of those eating up space in a lot of garages), put in the sweat equity, and baby you’ve got a purpose-built street machine unlike anything else on the road. Fun times and mad props from Cars and Coffee dorks in bucket hats and Tevas are yours to be had.
Unfortunately, this white 818S is the more likely final product of your labor. I’m not saying this guy completely fucked up, but damn dude. What’s up with all the aggro vents? Why did you put a screen door on the back? Why are there vents on those… what are the bumps behind the headrests called on roadsters? Can somebody tell me? Anyway why are they vented?
This dude sunk his blood sweat and tears into this thing and wound up with what looks like a cross between a salvaged C7 Corvette and a Polaris Slingshot rented on Turo. He wants almost twice what Factory Five claims it’ll cost to build one of these and says you “can’t build one for what I’ve got it listed for”. I’m sure FF’s estimate is way off the mark, but damn dude, if you’re going to ask full price, could you at least have not built a kit car that rivals 70s VW Beetle kits in heinousness?
Anyway, if you want to lowball him, hit him up.
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It’s time to buy your budget dream car
Today it’s an S CHASSIS REPORT as we look at a ton of Nissan 240SX listings on Facebook Marketplace. We’ve got S13s, S14s, an S13.4, and who knows what else, but there’s plenty to pick from and you better believe those prices are all OBO. Lowballers will be ignored but that doesn’t mean you can’t try, hit them with 60% of their asking price, ask a hundred guys, treat it like applying for an entry level IT job, who knows what will happen. Worse case scenario you’re gonna own a 240SX bruh, get to work.
