Admittedly, even we get surprised that the '90s was 30 years ago. For, er, most of the Top Gear Philippines team, it still feels like the not too distant past. It was quite the decade for cars, too.
The '90s can be described as a time when analoge and digital were slowly coming together. Cars of that era were simple enough (for the most part) but still decently equipped to be called relevant. To some degree, you can call them practical classics. Because of the nostalgia, cars of the '90s, no matter how humdrum, are starting go up in price. Expect to pay higher for well-kept examples.
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Case in point, this particular 1995 Honda Accord.
Accords were practically everywhere in the '90s. Honda literally made millions of these midsize sedans, but spotting one in pristine condition is almost impossible. Which is perhaps why one Honda dealer in the US (Vern Eide Honda in Sioux Falls, South Dakota) reckons it can sell a close to brand new example for, drumroll please, $24,911.
Converted to local currency, that's about P1,385,000 at current exchange rates. One could say that such is the price of nostalgia. At the same time, who's willing to pay that much for a 28-year old, not exactly rare family/executive sedan? Apparently, there is one person who is. According to Jalopnik, the car is no longer in the dealer's inventory, indicating that someone might have purchased it.
Locally, this generation of Accord was the first one to be sold officially here. Launched in '94, it challenged the Toyota Corona and quickly became a popular choice in the executive sedan class. Oh, and has quite the racing pedigree too, winning the Japan Touring Car Championship back to back in '96 and '97.
As for the car that was sold, there isn't much info about it as the listing is no longer available. But from what we can tell, it appears to be the top-spec, four-cylinder model in the US, the EX. In '95, that variant started at $22,230.
So, yes, whoever bought it paid a lot for it. But for that person, whatever their reasons may be, it was worth every single penny.
