Why do we all have to buy a special edition classic worth you try

Mazda RX-8 Nemesis for Toyota Celica Red Edition, a special edition extra kit can make a valuable second-hand buy

Special edition: they are really special?

It is the creation of a marketing droid new car sales are thought to be enhanced by the promise of a sweet paint job and a few extra pieces of kit. Traditionally, that never translated into something like a used car values ​​are higher, thankfully; it just makes the vehicle somewhat more behavior of people like us. So is there that we must take a closer look at?

Rustling around cheapies, I was delighted to stumble on the 1993 Volvo 440 XI Limited Edition at just £ 395. It was one of them ironically hip - hip PASI nouveau than not-quite classics. With racing green paint, sport seats and I do not know what else, it will always make £ 395 as long as it can pass MOT. Special Edition scarcity factor will always help too, even if the automatic transmission is not.

If you buy a cheapie, the Ford Focus is a sensible way to go. Ford has been offering Black edition, so the 2001 1.6i petrol with the skin, and black, of course, is a snip at £ 790 you have to wait decades for any significant increase in value, but it's a comfortable car and not the old guy Ghia.

We do not want saloons, though, are we? We wanted the characters, the excitement and the name of the special edition is really, really good. Well, it will be the Mazda RX-8 Nemesis.

There are some specials based on the model of 228bhp, 189bhp engine butthis used. Never mind, the name is rather amazing. Only 350 were made, mostly in copper and some in Stormy Blue, and had all sorts of peaks rotary, Nemesis floor mats and chrome random pieces. What I found was blue, so rarely there.

This is feasible because of their potentially key heap of trouble expensive and did not do many miles to the gallon of oil, but overlooking worth two and a half door 'practicality. Anyway, £ 1,600 for a 2007 Sportster left field, which will be more exclusive in the coming years, is cheap.

A 2005 Toyota Celica Red Edition (black, confusing, although the chairs rouge) at £ 4995 is more rational than buying a Wankel-engined oddity. Or, I like to see a somewhat more contemporary coupe Renault Mégane 1.6 Dynamique World Series. They have a high specification with stripes off-center, and an example in 2009 cost £ 5500 or more.

Which brings us back to the Volvo and the spiritual successor to the old rubbishy 440. So how about the 2009 C30 R-Design Black Edition, but white? There is a black roof and mirrors and R-Design bodykit, and you'll pay around £ 7000 for the privilege of special feeling. Fun.

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