Young Buyers Favor McLaren and …Rolls-Royce !?
What do Rolls-Royce and McLaren have in common? Not much. One is a nearly 120-year-old builder of silent, supple luxury cars. The other is...
1983-90 Alfa Romeo Spider Buyer’s Guide
The cycles of new car models seem to get shorter every year. Over the last several decades, the average model cycle has gone from...
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...
Ferrari & Rolex: The Risks Of Gatekeeping
Ferrari and Rolex carry just about as much cachet as any brand can, and given their histories, it’s easy to understand why. But the...
Sale Of Hamilton’s First Mercedes F1 Car Sets New Auction Record
The most expensive Formula 1 car sold at auction remains driver Juan Manuel Fangio’s Grand Prix–winning car, a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 sold by Bonham’s...
This Ferrari Could Be 2023’s Most Expensive Car?!
The 2023 Monterey Car Week is less than a month away. The auction schedule is set, the catalogs are almost full, and plenty of...
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 Best BMW M3
BMW could never have imagined the dynasty it would start when it built the first M3 back in the mid-1980s. So called because it...
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...
A Stable, Strong Market – At Least For The Best Cars
We thought Amelia’s auctions this year would be big, and they were. Final numbers are still being tallied and, assuredly, auction companies are feverishly working...
Boomers Are Back To Boost The Collector Car Market
Hagerty regularly measures the interests and behaviors of collector car buyers, with one of the key methods being the analysis of insurance quote activity....
Learnings From The Florida Auctions
In the week or so that follows any major auction, Hagerty’s team of analysts break down specific sales and looks for broader trends or...
