I think it is related to the age of the buyers. Many of the people who love these cars were in their teens when they came out. Now they are in their 30s, 40s and 50s and have money to spend on the car they could not have as a youngster.
This is what is driving the BMW E30, Aircooled Porsche 911, Ferrari Testarrosa and Lambo Countach markets to go sky high. Few people lusted after MK3s and MK4s. They were popular when new but did not age well. Did not have the nostalgia these others had. Maybe because they were not as impactful. The MK2 was way better than the MK1 (whose values are also climbing) but the MK3 and MK4 were just incremental improvements which while they were much better cars overall – people don’t lust over incremental. Just some thoughts on what I think is driving the market. 40 year olds in the 80s were buying 50s - 70s cars and that fueled that market. The same is happening now – except the 40 year olds are buying 80s cars.. By the time the MK4s came out, most of these same people were into adulthood and the cars that came out then did not imprint in their memory as much as when they were teens. -Larry From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Les Noriel Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2016 1:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [mk2-16v] MK2 Jetta on Bring A Trailer (9/2016) To further Matthew’s observation, I’ve noticed that MK2 resale values are markedly higher when compared to similar condition MKIIIs or MKIVs. I was surprised at how inexpensive MKIIIs are selling for these days. They’re practically worthless. I’ve seen two 95 Golf hatchbacks with the six cylinder VR6 motor this week which appeared in decent condition for around $750 -Les On Sep 14, 2016, at 8:02 AM, 'Matthew Yip' via MK2-16v <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Interesting that BAT would offer a Mk2 - maybe these cars are finally gaining some recognition in the collector market even though they were mass-produced. This example is very clean especially since most diesels were beat to pieces by their owners who saw them (correctly) as work-horses rather than collectibles. What's amusing are the younger generation who flock to Mk2s because they accept power upgrades more readily than the Mk1. To read some of their exploits, it's as if they discovered the New World and to their shock and dismay, the Mk2 isn't a Honduh or a Toyota but instead, it's an old German car that's filled with idiosyncrasies and maintenance nightmares. On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 9:41 AM, Larry Velez <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: http://bringatrailer.com/2016/09/13/well-kept-driver-high-mile-1989-volkswagen-jetta-diesel/ -Larry 91 GTI 16V -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MK2-16v" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mk2-16v. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/BY2PR04MB199062455A003B45E6A769A6C0F10%40BY2PR04MB1990.namprd04.prod.outlook.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mk2-16v/BY2PR04MB199062455A003B45E6A769A6C0F10%40BY2PR04MB1990.namprd04.prod.outlook.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. 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