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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…

Jaguar’s Most Underrated Designs

Jaguar built its reputation in a few ways. There were the race cars, yes, but Jaguar also sold sports cars that looked and performed...

Buying Guide: Lotus Esprit

Car enthusiasts who came of age in the ’80s or ’90s regard Lotus as a bonafide manufacturer of exotic cars, the names of which...

Predictions For The 2024 Collector Market

With a scant few days left in 2023, we’ve polished up our crystal ball and begun to look ahead to what might happen in...

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....
2026 Monterey Auctions With $758M Record Sales

2026 Monterey Auctions With $758M Record Sales

The numbers are in, and the 2026 Monterey auctions made history. Total sales reached a record of $758.3M, surpassing even the pandemic-fueled frenzy of...

Record-Breaking McLaren F1 For Sale Again

The world’s only brown-on-brown McLaren F1, which sold for a stunning $20,465,000 at auction in 2021, is up for sale once more. The three-seater...

Most Expensive Lamborghinis Ever Sold At Auction

Lamborghini has never built cheap cars. From its beginnings in 1963, Automobili Lamborghini sought to build a mature gentleman’s express, though it quickly shifted...

The Mecum Kissimmee 2025 Highlights

The first live collector car auction of the year and the largest one in the world wrapped up on January 19. Mecum Kissimmee 2025...

Buyers Guide: 1970-81 Chevrolet Camaro

For a car that helped define what pony cars were all about, the first-generation Chevrolet Camaro got off to something of an ignominious start....

7 Blue-Chip American Classics At Monterey Auctions

While the Monterey Car Week auctions attract an enormous amount of European exotica—especially Ferraris—many bidders also pack their checkbooks and money orders to browse an...

Buying Guide: 68′-72′ El Caminos

Automotive landscape may be populated by all sorts of half-this, half-that vehicles (coupe-SUVs, anyone?), but you can’t walk into any new-car dealer in America...

Buyers Guide: 1962-80 Triumph Spitfire

The economics facing the postwar car industry in the U.K. were complex and challenging. The country was nearly bankrupt, and it had to sell...