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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 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...

Industry Pros About The Current Collector-Car Market

Data and financial figures are central to the work featured in the pages of Hagerty Insider. Market data provides clarity, helping to determine vehicle...

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....

Buying Guide: VW Camper 1950 – 1967

As a child of the late ’90s, I associate the VW Bus with the first Cars movie. Specifically, with Fillmore, the pastel green VW...

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...

What 300SL Gullwing Sales Tell Us About The Market

The Mercedes-Benz 300SL W198 debuted in New York some 70 years ago this week. It was at the forefront of the car world then,...

$4.9M Lamborghini Is the Most Expensive Miura Ever Sold

Lambos were expensive this week. A 2003 Murciélago sold for $508,500, 67 percent over its #1 (“best in the world”) value in our price guide....
The Most Expensive Aston Martins Sold At Auction

The Most Expensive Aston Martins Sold At Auction

In January 1913, Aston Martin became Britain’s newest carmaker. Cofounder Lionel Martin had already been racing at the nearby Aston Hill Climb in Buckinghamshire,...

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...

The 2024 Collector Car Market Feels Similar To 2015

The collector car market, the stock market, and the economy rarely move in lockstep. Recently, the Dow has been in record territory, while the...

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,...

The 1968-72 Pontiac GTO

It’s no stretch to call Pontiac’s GTO the single most important car of the muscle car era. Yes, there are varying opinions as to...