The "how much is my E9 worth" thread seems to pop up every 6 months or so and it always gives me great pleasure to offer my opinion, for several reasons. One, gives me a sense of self-importance, and I'm a very self-important kinda guy. Two, I like to coddle my cars, treat them like garage queens, baby them around town, ever exceed 4000 RPM. God forbid something should happen to this masterpiece of German engineering. Just ask anyone that knows me, and they'll tell you how I never drive my cars. Third, it seems to border on blasphemy to suggest that somehow our cars aren't worth as much as we'd all like to think. Look, I know come very nice and clean CSLs have been going for close to 100K, but I'd wager that unless they're genuine Bats, the owners put much more than that in to them. The days of exponential ROI has yet to hit CSLs, or any E9s for that matter. We're not talking about 250GTO, GTA, or E-Type valuations guys, and we likely never will.
E9s are great cars, but compared to a nice CSi, what does the L get you? Some fancy interior, a couple aluminum body panels and a thinner monocoque. Some fine powerplant, but not exotic at all. The only thing, the ONLY thing they've got going for them is the relatively low number made.
I own an E9 because I think it's a great combination of classic look and feel and modern roadworthiness. They're pretty, and they drive nice. I have no strong desire to sell mine, but anyone that is willing to give me enough money (and apparently it's well within the limits of what people are spending these days) would be driving away in my CSL quite quickly.
Finally, $100K for a vintage Ferrari? Maybe a Bertone Dino or a 328. I think even the once rather common GTC4s are now well over 100K.
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