Will our Mavericks become like 64 1/2 Mustang?

[AzureBlueBill]

Nope. Almost nothing made in the last 20 years or so will be "collectible". Oh yeah some far-out cars like Bugatti Veyrons or Ford GTs will still be. But in several years all the electronics on today's cars will be obsolete or unavailable, all the platic will be broken/rotted and new parts will be unobtainable. Nothing made today is meant to last very long, and to keep an old 2024 car running in 2044 will be nearly impossible, so nobody's going to want them..

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[Robert C]

Nope. Almost nothing made in the last 20 years or so will be "collectible". Oh yeah some far-out cars like Bugatti Veyrons or Ford GTs will still be. But in several years all the electronics on today's cars will be obsolete or unavailable, all the platic will be broken/rotted and new parts will be unobtainable. Nothing made today is meant to last very long, and to keep and old 2024 car running in 2044 will be nearly impossible, so nobody's going to want them..

You must be fun at parties.

 

[mav_kev]

Nope. Almost nothing made in the last 20 years or so will be "collectible". Oh yeah some far-out cars like Bugatti Veyrons or Ford GTs will still be. But in several years all the electronics on today's cars will be obsolete or unavailable, all the platic will be broken/rotted and new parts will be unobtainable. Nothing made today is meant to last very long, and to keep and old 2024 car running in 2044 will be nearly impossible, so nobody's going to want them..

You must be fun at parties.

This philosophy might be a bit extreme, but I'm closer to this guy with my thinking than "will my Maverick be as collectible as a rare pony car guy". There are plenty of fantastic, desirable, collectible cars being made today - most of them are not American - and NONE of them are in the price category or mass market of a Maverick.

I mean people will collect anything See this woman who collects Saturn cars , but that doesn't mean anything for the Maverick's future prospects.

 

[James Garner]

From the moment I saw my first Maverick on the street and traced it down I knew it was the Mustang of trucks and I had to have one.

 

[BuddyS]

Here's my take -- the vehicles that become collectable are the ones that were hugely desired by youngish and upwardly mobile people 20-30 of years ago. Like now the performance Japanese cars from the 90s are seeing some appreciation (NSX, Honda S2000, Nissan Z, Supras, etc). Today the people that fit that bill are interested in what? Performance model Audis, Broncos, Galdiators, TRD Tacomas, etc? Yes the Maverick is popular and in demand, but not really by the young and crazy enthusiast crowd – I don't think there are a lot of kids with Ford Maverick posters on their bedroom walls. So 30 years from now a nice 2022 Maverick in great condition with low miles will be like finding an interesting but not terribly collectable car from a few decades ago. Think Subaru Brat, Renault Fuego or Isuzu Impulse. Neat in a nostalgic way, but not something many people are going to want to shell out real money for.

 

[Tiger Dude]

1st edition Mustangs are collectible because of emotions about pony cars and because people don't mind dying a fiery death in a car where the gas tank is behind the rear seat.

 

[colinl]

But in several years all the electronics on today's cars will be obsolete or unavailable, all the platic will be broken/rotted and new parts will be unobtainable.

Luckily the Maverick just uses gas and all the major powertrain and electrical components are shared amongst other Ford models. Body panels probably will have chinese repro available soon if not already.

But I do mostly agree, about the obsolete especially. Someone else mentioned Rivian. I don't see that being serviceable in any way in 20 years, lucky to get parts more than 5 years from now. The number quickly goes to zero when/if they go bankrupt.

 

[InfoSports]

Nope. Almost nothing made in the last 20 years or so will be "collectible". Oh yeah some far-out cars like Bugatti Veyrons or Ford GTs will still be. But in several years all the electronics on today's cars will be obsolete or unavailable, all the platic will be broken/rotted and new parts will be unobtainable. Nothing made today is meant to last very long, and to keep and old 2024 car running in 2044 will be nearly impossible, so nobody's going to want them..

You make a good point about the electronics. Hadn’t thought about that.

For the heck of it I just did a search on buying a 8080 computer chip. The 8080 IMO began the microprocessor boom. Results returned were mostly for eBay.

 

[SLAMOLOGIST]

Probably be as collectible as a ford ranchero?

 

[commadorebob]

Only if Ford stops making them. Otherwise, I don't see it happening. For one, so little has changed in the last few years in the Maverick that we are approaching 300,000 of these thing on the road. Plus, cars back in 1964 had more character.

Even if the Maverick is a runaway success and leads to a new market, I just don't see people fighting over the early models in 20 years.

 

[Gray Goose]

For what it's worth, there are Courier collectors: https://www.darkforestcreature.com/Courier/Couriermain.htm

 

[MakinDoForNow]

You make a good point about the electronics. Hadn’t thought about that.

For the heck of it I just did a search on buying a 8080 computer chip. The 8080 IMO began the microprocessor boom. Results returned were mostly for eBay.

I wish I had my Commodore 64. At the time was very innovative. If they had added good support or even sold a good "how to program it" manual for the masses it would have been much better. Got a bad unrecoverable from rap due to lack of understanding". I had mine auto dial up on a rotary dial system, the ticker tape freed and monitor stocks, hang up, and dial my pager with a message so I could call my broker if I wanted to trade. Ahhh, the good old days when brokerage commission was $20-$30. There was a surcharge that pushed commission to $59/trade when I wanted to buy 200 shares of Berkshire Hathaway for about $25/share and I wAs too cheap to pay that exorbitant AMT to broker. So kissed several mill bye bye, but who knew?

 

[TacoTanium]

If it scored enough reliability points it might, otherwise I don't see it with all these recalls.

 

[Swede.]

Not super likely. The first ones built in -21 might be attractive to some since there is very few, but they still aren't any different from the others built in -22 forward. And I kind of doubt many people bought those early ones and put them in a 'mothbag' for 'investment' purposes.
Also as someone else pointed out, Ford kinda dropped the ball some keeping up with demand by not predicting the level of popularity. Granted, the pandemic and the shortage of many needed components and electronics especially sure didn't help!
Good thing with all that is that resale/depreciation is much better for us owners than most cars, but that's going away quickly now when production is ramping up and a 'new' model will come for 2025...

 

[icegradner]

With all of the other manufactures coming out with their Maverick knock offs, will our Mav's become collectable like the 1st edition Mustangs?

99.9999999999999999999999999% chance that will be a big fat no.

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