Is Citroën C6 a Future Classic Car?

I remember when this car came out, everybody seemed to like the looks of it and it was basically a BMW 5 Series competitor, but only more expensive, probably not as reliable, but still a luxurious and interesting looking ride.
One of my neighbours also got one and I saw him when he brought it to the parking lot and I immediately asked myself “why the hell isn’t more people buying this beauty?”

But let’s analyse if the C6 is a future classic car, shall we?

1) It needs to be beautiful or have something interesting in the looks of it and I think we can all agree that it’s rather good looking. I am intrigued by that amazing rear window and not only that, but it draws some lines from the original Citroën DS.

2) It needs to be rare and this one it kinda is… In the time frame 2005 - 2012 Citroën manufactured only 23.400 models which is kind of a low number compared to what BMW sold of it’s E60 5 Series (1.359.870).

3) Is it technically significant? Well… somehow… most reviewers appreciated it as being a little bit ahead of it’s time with a lot of features that were not included by the competition, like heads up display, lane departure warning system, xenon directional headlamps, Hydractive 3+ suspension (also known as hydropneumatic suspension made famous by the Citroën DS) with electronically controlled springing and damping, and a rear spoiler which automatically adjusts to speed and braking. Stuff that sounds normal now, but for 2005 were really new.

Also the C6 was the first car to obtain four stars in the pedestrian test rating of EuroNCAP, due to the inventive design, where the bonnet pops up a little if a person/animal is hit, thus increasing the gap between the deformable bonnet and the non-deformable engine components below.

4) Is it usable and entertaining to drive?

It’s still a not so old vehicle and it depreciated kind of fast as you can buy an early model for around 7000€, but the later model still holds it’s price as it solved some problems of the car, but still we’re not really in the moment of buying this car with the idea that we’re buying it to make money with because it’s gonna become classic in 2043. All I’m saying is if you buy it now and plan to keep it in the family you might actually make some good money off it then :)

Entertaining to drive? I don’t know what to say.. it’s a luxury car, you don’t buy it to go rallying with it, but if you enjoy highway road trips I think it is. Reviewers said that the V6 engine is so silent that you can barely hear it.

5) Does it have a great badge on it’s nose?

I say it does! I’d certainly get one :)

What do you think, am I right or wrong? Are you going to jump on the hype and make some money off it when the right time comes?