I attempt to keep an in depth eye on Bring A Trailer. It could appear to be the era of cars going for wild prices is at an end, but that’s not true — things just calmed down a bit. Wild auctions are still happening on the location, be it a flip or someone who thinks a near-100,000-mile Honda Element is price greater than $10,000. For instance, take this latest listing for a 20-year-old Oldsmobile.
General Motors phased Oldsmobile out in 2004. As a tribute to the brand, the ultimate 500 examples of the brand’s lineup on the time — the Intrigue, Silhouette, Alero, Aurora and Bravada — all received “Final 500” special editions. Apparently, considering these items can be price something sooner or later, someone went and purchased one in every of the Final 500 Aleros and didn’t touch it for the subsequent 20 years. This Final 500 Alero has just 84 miles on the odometer and is just about in showroom condition.
The entire Final 500 editions were painted in Dark Cherry Red Metallic paint and received special heritage-inspired Oldsmobile emblems throughout. The inside is roofed in Light Neutral leather and has Oldsmobile heritage badging embroidered within the seatbacks. There’s a number of other options like 16-inch wheels, a rear spoiler and a Sun & Sound package that gave it an upgraded stereo system and sunroof. It also has a performance suspension, which doesn’t matter much as this thing is powered by a 200-horsepower 3.4-liter V6 paired with a four-speed automatic.
All that gave the impression to be enough to get someone to bite, because the winning bid was $24,000, which is nuts, after all. Take away all of the special Final 500 stuff and also you’re left with an Alero, which was never all that special to start with. What’s much more interesting is that this thing has had three previous owners over the past 20 years. Based on the Carfax, the primary two owners each had it for a decade each but neither ever drove the thing. Between owner one and two, just 42 miles were placed on this Alero, which tells me they either kept storing it hoping it went up in value or desired to flip it infrequently. Some within the comments were also hoping that the winning bid would come near the automobile’s original $26,400 MSRP; it ended up $2,400 off.
To whoever got the winning bid, congrats I assume? I sit up for seeing this thing listed again in one other few years because the owner tries to get back what they paid for it.
This Article First Appeared At jalopnik.com
