“When did Mötley Crüe become classic rock"” ~ Bowling for Soup, 1985; from A Hangover You Don’t Deserve; 2004.

During junior high, my classmates and I often dreamed about the cars we wanted when we ?grew up.? It filled many of our lunch time chats during the ’90s. Sloppy Joes, green beans, and chocolate milk were premium fuel as we tried, in earnest, to convince each other of the superiority of our favorite cars. The lunchroom table was evenly split in my rural Iowa community; Ford guys on this side, Chevy guys on that side, Dodge guys over there.

The New Greatest Hits

Fast forward 25 years and enter Hagerty Magazine?s Bull Market list for 2020, a crystal ball look at the top 10 classics expected to rise in value this year. The list, now in its third year, is curated by Hagerty’s valuation experts. The team uses data from the company’s Price Guide and Valuation Tools, along with auction data and incoming requests for insurance quotes. Fellow Gen Xers and older millennials will likely recognize the list as a “greatest hits” of sorts.
?The high school graduates of the late ?90s are now in their late thirties, and like every generation before them, they are investing in the cars of their youth,? explained Larry Webster, Editor-and-Chief of Hagerty Magazine and author of the book Never Stop Driving. “It?s a reflection of the seismic shift in car collecting. The cars people were driving to hig...