They are highly collectable now because there are so relatively few in existence. No matter, these fast cars of today are fun to drive, reliable and very capable of handling tight turns and rough road surfaces, attributes their ancestors could never claim. Nearly every manufacturer makes one. Even the truck market has offerings for those who want to go fast. The Ford Lighting pickup at 5.8 seconds and the Mercedes-Benz ML55 at 6.0 seconds are two obvious contenders and several others are coming to showrooms.
Fuel is plentiful and cheap.
What isn't cheap, however, is the cost of insurance. In the old days when a driver lost control of his muscle car all he did was wreck the thing and collect a few thousand dollars from the insurance company. Now, though, our litigious society looks at things in an entirely different way. Such drivers typically lose these cases but the overall insurance rates reflect the costs. And that, friends, is why many high-performance vehicles offered today will soon fade away.