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collector cars are works of art and outperformed wine, watches and art-indexes – the global race to renounce combustion engines will only serve to heighten interests in these relics of a vanishing era…

State Of The Classic Ferrari Market

The first adult job for Dave Kinney was still in high school when he was working for a classic car dealer. They sold what...

The Best Cars At The Arizona Auctions

This biggest month of collector car auctions is upon us. As Mecum’s extravaganza in Kissimmee winds down, Hagerty is gearing up to look west...
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Buying Guide: 1963-71 Mercedes-Benz SL

Mercedes-Benz has had an on-off relationship with its two-tiered sports car lineup. More recently there has been the SL/SLK, but the original was the...

British Marques With Mixed Future Among Younger Enthusiasts

Although we talk about “the collector car market” a lot around here, it’s more of an amalgamation of smaller market segments than one big...

Are Automotive Icons Facing Demographic Headwinds?

If you’re a regular at Insider, you’ve probably noted that frequently reference demographic data, in particular age. That’s due to both supply and demand....

Hagerty’s Collector Car Indexes Show An Nuanced Market

The Hagerty Price Guide Indexes are seven stock market-style indexes that average the values of notable segment movers, or “component” cars. They help provide...

The Hypercar Market Is Getting Crowded

There is no rigid definition of what a “hypercar” is, but to quote Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart’s take on certain obscene materials, “I...

The Legendary Essex Wire Cobra Heads To Mecum Kissimmee 2025

No discussion of Shelby Cobra history is complete without a detailed look at what is arguably the winningest Cobra of them all: the famed...

BMW’s 3 Series Is Quietly Climbing

By the time the author´s friend Tom got his driver’s license, the odometer on his dad’s 1980 BMW 320i was inching toward 200,000 miles....

The International Harvester Scout II

Ted Ornas, Chief Designer at International Harvester, got an open-ended directive from the company’s top brass in 1959. They wanted a go-anywhere vehicle, but...

Hagerty Indexes Reveal A Mixed Market

The Hagerty Price Guide Indexes—first published in 2009—are a series of stock market-style indexes that average the condition #2 (“excellent”) values of representative vehicles,...

1960-1964 Ford Galaxie Values

America couldn’t get enough of the space race in the late ’50s and early ’60s—seemingly everything carried the theme, from consumer products to TV...