These impressive collector cars are starting to drop in price if you want a bargain
Published on Feb 24, 2026 at 1:44 AM (UTC+4)
by Ben Thompson
Last updated on Feb 23, 2026 at 4:56 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by
Mason Jones
Collector cars are dropping in price, so now is a good time to buy one if you want to bag yourself a bargain.
After a spike in purchases between 2021 and 2024, the boom has now eased and many cars are selling for a lot less.
Some cars bought at the peak are now going for 15 to 30 percent less.
And these cars have been highlighted as being particularly good value.
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You can bag yourself a bargain with these collector cars
In an article on Jalopnik, several collector cars were pinpointed as being particularly advantageous for buyers looking to save.
First up there was the Volkswagen Golf GTI (Mk1/Mk2), which peaked in price in April 2025 before trending downwards.
One listing on Bring A Trailer was going for a mere $6,000.
And then there’s the Triumph Spitfire, which is considered one of the most affordable collector cars on the market.
Built between 1962 and 1980, the Spitfires never experienced the post-pandemic heights that other cars saw.
These cars go for great prices – around $7,300 in 2022 and around $6,700 in 2026.
Around 315,000 Spitfires were built in the two-seater design in its 18 year run, so it’s not like these cars are exactly hard to find.
Early Dodge Vipers are also declining in price, with Vipers from the SR-I generation (1992 to 1995) going for anywhere between $20,000 and $30,000, depending on the condition.
It was a similar story with the Cadillac XLR, which saw a 20 percent jump between 2021 and 2024.
The XLR is now more or less where it was back in 2021, with upper prices of $40,000 and then $20,000 on the lower end.
Brad Bronwell, the writer at Jalopnik, predicted that the Porsche 911 SC had reached its peak.
“[I think we] will see a market correction of 10% or more this year, dipping back closer to the $50,000 mark, and potentially dropping below that marker,” he wrote.
He suggested that within six to eight months, these cars will drop their 2021 prices of $38,000.
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Why are these cars going so cheaply?
Recent research from Hagerty indicated that the collector car market had sunk to a 15 year low.
This comes after what experts have called ‘buying silliness’, which came after the COVID-19 pandemic.
With stimulus cash and limited travel options, buyers started investing in cars seeing them as high-yield assets.
Now, the bubble has burst and 80 percent of collector cars values have either dropped or remained static over the last year.
Demographics also have to be taken into account – as older collectors start selling up, Gen Z collectors are entering the market.
It’s an interesting time to be a buyer.
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Following stints at LadBible, The Sun, The New York Post, and the Daily Mail, Ben joined the team full-time in February 2025. In his role as Senior Content Writer, his sparkling copy, the ability to sniff out a good story at 100 paces, and a GSOH quickly led to him becoming an integral and invaluable member of the writing staff.
