Saturday 30th January, 2021
A 2017 HSV GTSR W1 Maloo like the one that just went under the hammer with Lloyds. Image: WhichCar
They say “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” – particularly when it comes to the Australian used car market.
In the same way that vintage comics regularly fetch higher prices than medieval textbooks and sun-damaged vintage Rolexes can be worth more than immaculate ones, grotty ‘bogan’ cars are becoming the hottest commodities for Australian car collectors. Forget European luxury or JDM tech wizardry – after years of being ignored, the next big thing in car investment is your suburban Aussie station wagons, fast sedan-based utes and bogan block beaters. A bogan car renaissance, if you will.