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Originally Posted by simianspeedster
Not to parse words, but I think there's a difference between classic and collectible. Classic is more of a recognition or celebration of a car's attributes, especially relative to the time it was produced and the cars that followed it. Collectible assumes those attributes (or others) will be considered so desirable that the car will hold its value better or eventually rise relative to other cars from the same era.
To me, the 1 Series may represent a future classic because of all the "lasts" as I described previously in this thread. That's why the 2 Series, IMO, may not be considered a direct replacement as others have suggested. And, as the article mentions, future tuners and tinkerers may have fun with 10-15 year old 1 Series because they are fairly easy to mod/tune and they share a lot of parts with the far more common 3 Series.
But as for collectible, only the 1M seems a sure bet and maybe (!) some other variants to like the 135is, albeit to a much lesser degree.
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Well written, and I could not agree more.
