Jay Leno's Picks: Mazda Miata and Prius

Sure we envy rich car collectors, but it's hard to badmouth a guy like Jay Leno. Here's a gearhead who buys with his heart instead of looking for profit. Sure, he doesn't need the cash. But still, we like that Leno, and not some guy who has never driven a manual gearbox, dropped $800,000 in 1998 on a McLaren F1 that is now worth twice that amount.
So what does Jay, who has one of almost everything cool on four and two wheels, think are the next collectible cars?
Leno answered that question in his February column in Octane, a British mag for super-rich collectors, and dreamers like me. Leno picks the mid-90s Mazda MX-5 Miata and the first-year Prius. "They were simple, easy to work on; they were twin cam, they were true sports cars like the Lotus Elan," he writes about the Mazda. As for the Prius, in 20 years people will remember gawking at it, he says.
Or we can follow Leno's lead: "All I've done with cars is buy the ones I like, on the basis that if I like 'em, other car people will probably like 'em too." In that case, I'll avoid the Mazda and the Prius and go for a mid-70s 911, currently the least desirable 911 among collectors.