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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…

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....

Buying Guide: Maserati 3500 GT

What kind of classic car can just under 140 grand buy today? Surely not a rare, exotic Italian car that was one of the...

The Collector Car Market Is Settling Into A New Normal

Halfway through 2025, the collector car market is settling into a new normal. Gone are the heady days of 2021, where just about everything...

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....

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...

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...

Prewar Prizes Crossing The Block In Monterey

The annual block of high-profile auctions in Monterey may be a watering hole for top-shelf Ferraris, but Pebble’s proclivity for serious prewar metal is...

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...

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...
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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...

Buying Guide: 1972-80 Mercedes-Benz W116 S-Class

The original Mercedes-Benz S-Class is a real number generator. It ended up being offered in nine different model forms, sold 473,035 units in its...

Arizona Auction Results: Big Sales And A Return To Normal

The Arizona Auctions concluded Sunday after 2,724 cars were offered over seven days to the tune of $244.8M in sales. The overall dollar amount...