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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…

The Best BMW M5

Germany is no stranger to a fast saloon, BMW, Mercedes and Audi have been building them for years. But it’s arguably BMW that does...

McLaren’s New Way Of Funding An F1 Team

Half of the cars sold during the RM Sotheby’s Abu Dhabi sale held on December 5, 2025, traded hands for seven- or eight-digit figures....

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....
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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...

Mercedes 300 SL Sales & Market Analysis

The Mercedes-Benz 300SL has been around for over 70 years. It was at the forefront of the car world in its heyday, and has...

1903 Mercedes Simplex Is Amelia’s Most Expensive Car

Between three auctions in Amelia Island , 354 collector vehicles were up for grabs. Forty-two of them were worth a million dollars or more,...

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...
The Cheapest V-12 Classics

The Cheapest V-12 Classics

One of the interesting things about the piston-driven, internal-combustion engine is the sheer variety of its packaging. There’s the number of cylinders, of course,...
The 10 Most Expensive Cars At The Monterey Auctions

The 10 Most Expensive Cars At The Monterey Auctions

This year’s Monterey Car Week auctions saw mixed results, with some disappointing numbers and unmet reserves contrasted with fervent bidding wars and record prices....

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...

Cars That Caught Our Eye At RM’s Arizona Auction

RM Sotheby’s returned to the Arizona Biltmore for its 27th annual auction in the Copper State, which yielded $31.5M in total sales and 85...

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...