LOL! We are all bonafide automotive journalists. My list of qualifications is as follows:
"Jamin Loveless is an automotive journalist living in Las Vegas, NV, conveniantly near Shelby Motorcars headquarters at the Las Vegas Motorspeedway, and the Las Vegas Strip (which becomes a rolling car show every Friday and Saturday night of the year). This in addition to having no travel time to attend SEMA every year! Not only is he an accomplished amature drag racer and an avid member of the SCCA competing in Solo 2 events in 3 different regions, but he works at a high end custom shop! As a true auto enthusiast, he loves everything about all the car scenes, but has a special and inexplicable affinity for FWD GM cars, especially those sporting the Quad 4 engine and Saturns."
Yay for me!
I saw several IRL's around the Provo and Salt Lake City areas, but typically the same ones. Down here, though, I see quite a few. Not like their all over the place, but I can count on seeing one pretty much every day (and I'm not counting the ones I see by default working just down the street from Saturn of Henderson, lol).
Interested to see where this whole Evoke thing goes, and where Saturn in general is headed. Though I'm no longer affiliated with the company, I would like to see them become all they should. High hopes.
As fort he IRL holding/gaining value - not bloody likely. Put one on blocks in a garage for 19 years, and yes, you'll have a collectable. There were 204 Oldsmobile 442 W41's built, and they had a true and verifiable racing heritage. There is ONE remaining in collectable condition that anyone knows of, like new with <27k mileson it. It's already winning shows, and hasn't hit the "classic" mark yet (turns 20 in 2011). The other 203, those that have been found, are mostly beat to crap and not worth anything, even restored. The few that could be saved may be worth keeping around, and will likely be worth their original window sticker again someday, though it's unlikely they'll ever be worth more, the one aforementioned vehicle being the lone exception. A low mileage, well kept IRL in 20 years will be a nifty collectable, not worth a lot but something that'll get smiles at shows. Other than that - sorry....
