Think ‘cult ‘ status has been replaced nowadays with ‘marque ‘ status, there’s simply not the numbers ( or spares infastructure) for any models following to be able to have the broad appeal the originals.
Personally see the upcoming range of older cars as ‘niche’ motors, classic status due to age more than anything else, dont think any of them have the production run timescale to become cult, or were taken to heart by the buying consumers of the relevant time in the same way as 2CV’s, 4s, Beetles, Moggy’s, Minis etc were in their day or now.
Good examples will always be good examples, but I personally dont think mass produced cars from during and after the ‘technological’ revolution in the 80/90s were ever produced with the masses in mind, more the manufacturer, models change so quicky there will never be the parts avalability to keep them on the road as affordable classics, more a few months of driving a nice old car about followed by a few months of searching for unavaliable spares..
Nissan Micras seemed to be very popular on the roads a while ago, but I cant see myself getting the same satifaction opening my garage to see an early Micra sitting in the place of the 4.