This is true, but it bears repeating that this a cycle that repeats over and over again. Pristine, low-mile originals always jump first, and the average ragged-out GT hatch is still worth the same money it was on Wednesday morning. There was a time long ago when even less-than-perfect Deusenbergs weren't worth much more than scrap price.
But once the genie's out of the bottle, you can't put it back in again. It's a long process, but a rising tide lifts all boats eventually. This car is a statistical outlier right now, but it happened once, it will happen again and with increasing frequency as time goes on.
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