>FWIW I'm about to pull the trigger on a what I think will be the last personal vehicle I drive myself and my last powered by internal combustion. The car has a twin turbo V8 that's assembled by hand in Germany, then shipped to the buyer wherever they may be. IMHO that sort of attention increasingly will be limited to Rolls Royce style prestige, sort of like having a butler in 2018. Everything else will be assembled quicker, cheaper and more accurately by machine, ideally close to home so you can have it quicker without international freight.

Good for you. I debate myself on buying a classic car for minimal days of fair weather driving (think 190SL, MG B, Fiat 124 Spider) and investment angle. Big question for me is if automatic driving will make driving such vehicles an offense long range, thus damping worth increases.