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Originally Posted by epbrown
I can't think of a single car that, like art, became more popular post-humously; could one of you cite an example?
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Originally Posted by RichardTS
Jag E-type. In 1995 almost 30 years after the real E-type (inline 6 with 3 carbs - not the bloody ugly V-12) ceased production the Metropolitan Art Museum in NYC chose it to display as an example of 20th century art. Go check the price nowadays.
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You can't seriously be suggesting the E-Type, a 1960s
icon, is more popular now than when it launched to almost unanimous accolades? MOMA may have acknowledged its significance 30 years later, but it has never been in question.
Thinking on it, I'd say the Ferrari 250-series is a good candidate for post-humous greatness. These languished as "just an old Ferrari" for decades after production ended, trading for used car prices despite hilariously few being built (an E-type owner wouldn't have traded you for one at that model's nadir). No one was raving about the design, their performance, or anything thru the 60s, 70s, and most of the 80s. Interest rose when Enzo died, and has spiraled upward ever since.