We are No. 10!

[Gary]

The first issue of Hemmings Sports and Exotic Car magazine just came out and the Opel GT "came out of left field" to place in the 10th spot of their "20 Great Sports Cars for under $15,000".

[BQS4]

WOW!!!! About time we got some recognition

[Tim240Z]

what were the first 9?

I am thinking the 240Z is in there too....if so, COOL, I own 2 of the top ten!!

[Gary]

Originally Posted by Tim240Z what were the first 9? I am thinking the 240Z is in there too....if so, COOL, I own 2 of the top ten!!

240Z is number three.

Hemmings Sports and Exotic Cars Top 20 Great Sports Cars for under $15,000.
1 - Fiat Spider 124
2 - Lotus Europa
3 - 240Z
4 - TR6
5 - Alfa Romero Spider
6 - MGB
7 - Madza RX7
8 - MGMidget/AH Sprite
9 - Lotus Esprit
10 - Opel GT
11 - Triumph Spitfire
12 - Porsche 914
13 - Fiat X1/9
14 - Jensen Healey
15 - Saab Sonnet
16 - TR7
17 - Triumph GT-6
18 - Volvo P1800
19 - TVR 2500M
20 - Porsche 911

[benncojr]

Others mentions/Variants of the above
MGB GT 1968-1974
Porsche 912/912E 1965-1969
Porsche 914-6 1970-1971
Volvo 1800ES 1971-1973

Gary your fingers work a little faster than mine, I added the years and the other mentions/varants. So I will take out the top 20

[Turbo X]

only top 10,, we should be number 1.

[greensmurf20]

make it top ten car for under 5,000 and i bet we are number 1. i think GTs were 3,200 brand new or close to it?

[Excelsior]

TVR 2500 M - I have pics of this car from our big car show at www.ddz.net/syrnats05 about 3/4 of the way towards the end. Nice car if you ask me.

[davegt27]

wow how cool is that

you have a link to that info i need to go talk smack to a friend that likes 510's


davegt27

[kwilford]

Originally Posted by Gary Hemmings Sports and Exotic Cars Top 20 Great Sports Cars for under $15,000. 1 - Fiat Spider 124 2 - Lotus Europa 3 - 240Z 4 - TR6 5 - Alfa Romero Spider 6 - MGB 7 - Madza RX7 8 - MGMidget/AH Sprite 9 - Lotus Esprit 10 - Opel GT 11 - Triumph Spitfire 12 - Porsche 914 13 - Fiat X1/9 14 - Jensen Healey 15 - Saab Sonnet 16 - TR7 17 - Triumph GT-6 18 - Volvo P1800 19 - TVR 2500M 20 - Porsche 911

Hmm, seems that some of those cars would be hard pressed to be found in decent condition for under $15k. A Lotus Europa? Not too likely. A Jensen Healey or Porsche 911? Only for rougher daily drivers, and ones that needed lots of TLC even to keep running.
Hey, I used to own an AH Sprite ('61 Bugeye), and even those are getting up there in price. You know the adage for our Opels: "Expensive German parts for cars of low resale value (I think that was the working name for Charles' On-line Opel Parts store when he first started)

[bozkm]

a good earlier model 911 (68-73) goes for around 10K. I bought one about 7 years ago for 6K, an it was in good shape. I did alot of work to it before selling it to my dad (one of those divorce things). Every now and then, I keep going out to ebay and such to see how much its worth...still around that 10K. The ones in premier condition I have seen go for around 15K.

BTW, when I went out to Hemmings site, the picture of the front of this magazine says 10 best cars under "10K" not 15K. Is the real magazine different?

[benncojr]

Originally Posted by bozkm BTW, when I went out to Hemmings site, the picture of the front of this magazine says 10 best cars under "10K" not 15K. Is the real magazine different?

It says "20 Great sports cars for Under $15K"

[fredopelgt]

so pleased I voted

[bozkm]

This is what I was talking about...it says 10 under 10K.

https://www.hemmings.com/images/SEPrototype.pdf

[benncojr]

Originally Posted by bozkm This is what I was talking about...it says 10 under 10K. https://www.hemmings.com/images/SEPrototype.pdf

Well it has the same photo on the cover, however there is a lot of differences from that to the actual cover. Including the sub title. On the actual cover it says "Classic speed and Style from around the Globe" not "The Montly Journal of International Collector Cars"

The actual Buyer's Guide was on a Saab 900 Turbo not a Jaguar's MKII Saloon.

[benncojr]

Here is a the quote from the artical about the Opel GT.

"Imported into the United States from 1968 through 1973, the Lilightweight Opel Kadett-based "Klassische Sport-Coupe" two seater had a strangely famliar design. Some see a half-scale Chevrolet Corvette or Corvair overtones, but the cool manual rotating headlamps, fender flares and Kamm tail with quad taillamps are clearly a prodoct of their time, and are not unique to the GT. A 67hp OHV 1,078cc inline-four was the base engine through 1972 when the more modern, formerly optional SOHC 1897cc four became standard. It is worth nothing that the larger engine dropped from 102 to 90hp in 1971 due to reduced compression and while a 128 dual-carburetor "Sprint"engine was available in Europe, this is never going to be a tremendously powerful car. More than 70,000 GTs-about 75% of the total production-made their way to the United States, so this Nuburgring Nordschleife-tuned, 2,000-pound sports coupe remains head-turning and easily available to this day. Price range:$3,000 to $6,000 (David Traver Adolphus)"