5 Great Muscle Car Investments

Buick Regal GNX

Americans love their muscle cars — just look at the prices that golden age cars from the 1960s and early 1970s fetch at auctions. The cars on this list were all made after the first golden age of American muscle and some are getting a bit pricey already, but they all have this in common: Their best years appreciation-wise are still in front of them. Buy now.

Value of the GNX on the rise.

1. 1987 Buick Regal GNX: Built to lower the curtain on the rear wheel-drive Regal, the GNX may also have been the last Buick that gearheads have truly lusted after. The highest performance variant of the Regal T-type and Grand National, great ones have broken $100,000. But with fewer than 550 built and the generation that wanted but couldn’t afford one back in the ’80s now flush with disposable income, the sky is likely the limit for this car.

The Trans Am from Smokey and the Bandit, which recently sold for $450,000