The next classic cars are the cheap ones nobody saved. One collector has never paid over $1,000 for a car, a 1999 Dodge Caravan was honored at a 2025 show, and the insurer Hagerty bought the 1980s-and-90s show RADwood as a bet on the future.
The next classic cars are the cheap ones nobody saved: one 39-year-old collector has never paid more than $1,000 for a car, a museum off Route 66 preserves 'disposable' models like the Plymouth Horizon, the 2025 Concours d'Lemons honored a 1983 Oldsmobile Cutlass and a 1999 Dodge Caravan, and the insurer Hagerty bought the 1980s-and-90s car show RADwood in 2022 as an investment in the future.
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The Ford Escort, the Dodge Caravan and Other Classic Cars
The New York Times · Oct 4, 2026
