the delorean is a piece of art and a piece of rolling history.. some get it, some don't.
A market consists of a range of people that are willing to pay different prices and sellers willing to sell at different prices. There will be intersections that will create transactions. If buyers will only pay lower prices than sellers are willing to accept, then there will be no sales.
I'm in that continuum, but my highest acceptable price is probably near the bottom of possible buyers. I see little or no value in the Delorean. Others, obviously, see more value.
My $2000 valuation is nether right nor wrong - it's what it is.
meh.. we can agree to differ on that one.
unless you can find me a delorean that isn't a paperweight for a purchase price at 2000, then your valuation is based on absolutely nothing except your own opinion which is not something you can claim as factually "right". since it's not right it's wrong. it *is* right for what it is worth to you, and that is perfectly fine. but I can't give a guy an official appraisal on a car and offer him 5% of market value and call it correct.
as to the 4000 pacer thing... no problem... i'd also like that fully restored 25000 '69 camero! it would be worth closer to 60 grand i'd say(depending on model of course)... so using the same % (but adjusting for realities sake!) I think 7000 is possibly low... especially since I am speaking of a '75 coupe pacer, not a 78 wagon (the most common 78)
also, from about five lines above the quote you conveniently selected, "Nevertheless, in spite of their bad reputations, cars of the 1970s era such as the Pacer are becoming collectors' items.[75] Business Week reported that the rising values of so-called "nerd cars"[77] - ugly 1970s-era cars[78] - prompted the CEO of a major collector-car insurance company[79] to buy a Pacer[75] which has "inexplicably appreciated substantially beyond the $2,300 that he paid for it in 2004."[78] In 2002 he said: "In what can sometimes be a sea of automotive sameness, the AMC Pacer continues to turn heads even today",[80] and he put the value of a "mint Pacer" at "between $4000 and $6000", saying that "the increased value is fueled solely by the heart"
and as a note, that quote for the 4-6k valuation was from an article from 2007. come on guys! if you are going to go to the work of trying to make me look bad for having a different opinion, at least put some effort into it! haha! all in good fun though...
back to the point... delorean... not a good car. but rare, and has style... can we not just leave it at that?
*edited to add this valuation link..
https://www.hagerty.ca/valuationtools/HVT/VehicleSearch/Report?vbe=30735 that's American dollars...
