Sell All Hellcats

Market saturation is a concern for supercharged Dodge Challengers — Demons included

Buy: 2014–15 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28

The fifth-generation Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 — produced exclusively for the 2014 and 2015 model years — is an obvious choice for enthusiasts and investors. As a pure, track-focused machine, it captures the raw, analog spirit of an era that modern sports cars have largely left behind. And it does it with a guttural roar that’s pretty hard to find anywhere else.

A total of just 1,801 Z/28s were produced globally. This extremely low production volume strongly insulates the car against steep depreciation and sets a foundation for future growth. Because it represents the peak of naturally aspirated, track-focused engineering for the fifth-generation platform, it should be prized for its extreme scarcity.

The 7.0-liter LS7 V8 generates 505 horsepower and 481 lb-ft of torque, routing its power exclusively through a Tremec 6-speed manual transmission. To put it to the ground, Chevrolet equipped the car with track-ready 305/30ZR19 Pirelli P Zero Trofeo R tires, with this massive size fitted at front of the car as well. Adding exclusivity to the platform are carbon-ceramic brake rotors, Multimatic spool-valve dampers, and about 300 pounds of weight reduction relative to the more-powerful ZL1 trim.

Recent sales indicate reasonable value retention relative to the car’s $75,000 MSRP, with auction prices ranging from about $53,000 to $70,000 for low-mile, collector-worthy examples. With its heavily track-focused hardware, visceral analog feel and limited production run, the Z/28 has all the markers of a car that should climb in value. And even if it doesn’t, it should still satisfy an owner who loves smoking 911s on the track.

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Sell: 2015–23 Dodge SRT Hellcat/Demon

The instant-collectible category is the most dependable trap in car collecting, and the supercharged Challenger is a good example. Hellcats and Demons were treated as collectibles on arrival, yet by 2019 Dodge had already produced an estimated 35,000 supercharged Challengers. And that was before four more years of Redeyes, Jailbreaks and other specials. Then Dodge announced plans to end the platform in 2023. But even as it billed its 2023 “Last Call” cars as limited editions, dealers were well stocked on Hellcats, and many of the “limited” cars sat unclaimed.

Guides now value a good-condition Demon 170 at about $125k, down roughly 15% over the past year, while ordinary Hellcats trade in the mid-to-high-$50k range. Many Hellcats and Demons are frequent flyers across the auction block, with no shortage of them on the market at any given time. On Bring a Trailer, a matching-VIN Demon and Demon 170 sold for $273k for the pair in October 2024, about what a single Demon 170 had brought earlier that year. With roughly 3,300 Demon 170s built, saturation is a real worry.

It’s not too late to sell limited models without a loss. Ordinary Hellcats have already slipped to roughly their original sticker. But a market made up of cars bought to be sold later is getting more crowded. Time to sell while some buyers are still willing to pay a collector premium, and before the next wave of “Last Call” cars lands on the block.

Hold: 1991–99 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4

The Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 is one of the last undervalued Japanese hero cars of the 1990s, as rewarding as a driver as it should be as an investment. It uses a twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 rated at 300 or 320 horsepower, depending on the model year. It’s a complex and porky GT car with all the addenda its enthusiastic creators could throw at it, including all-wheel drive, four-wheel steering, active aerodynamics, adjustable suspension and active exhaust. The penalty was a curb weight of about 3,800 pounds.

It was facelifted twice during the nine-year run, first in 1994 when Mitsubishi replaced the pop-up headlights with fixed projectors and upped output from 300 to 320 horsepower. The transmission was upgraded from a 5-speed to a 6-speed manual that year as well. Then the decontenting began: The active exhaust was killed after 1994, the adjustable suspension after 1995, and active aero exited after 1996. A convertible version, called the Spyder, arrived for 1994 and 1995. And 1997 marked the first year of the stand-off hoop-type spoiler on the coupe. That basket handle was replaced with a squared-off spoiler for the final year, 1999.

About 15,500 VR4s were produced over the nine-year run, about 1,000 of which are the most desirable and costly third-generation cars. Clean, unmodified and unmolested examples are scarce, which supports long-term value. Prices are split by generation, with first-gen cars averaging in the mid-$20k range and ultra-low-mileage, perfect-condition third-gen cars bringing as much as $100k. With Supras and RX-7s already out of reach for many collectors, the VR-4 still has room to grow.