The annual Autosport show at the Birmingham NEC is often regarded as the official pre-season gathering of the world motorsport industry. The expo features displays and stands from leading companies, and official season launches from many major teams competing in Formula 1, World Rally Championship and the World Endurance Championship. It is also home…
International Car Auctioneers Coys predict that 2018 will see new participants in the classic car market and that the outlook is optimistic. Chris Routledge, CEO at the auction house said: “As we enter 2018 and some of the uncertainties of the last 24 months have begun to settle down and seek direction, the historic motor…
Effort is the antithesis of grace, its often said, and in the world of car design the statement is particularly true for the vehicles we hold in the highest esteem. The best cars are the result of visionaries or small teams, devoid of too much managerial or marketing department input, simply working towards making the…
The Classic Car Auction Results team recently stopped by the excellent ‘Ferrari: Under the skin’ exhibit, currently showing at the London Design Museum. For those who are yet to visit, we won’t give everything away, but sitting as the centre of attention in one of the halls is this unique 1986 Ferrari Testarossa Spider. …
Rarely does auction marketing ever truly represent a sale’s contents. For a seemingly greater number of sales every year, we’re blessed with paragraph upon paragraph of hyperbole, as some poor auction house employee tries in vain to find a new way of describing the cars that we’re all intimately familiar with. RM Sotheby’s recent ICONS…
The ‘E24’ BMW 635CSi might be one of the most luxurious GTs of the eighties, but there’s nothing relaxed about how they have been performing at auction over the past couple of years. The original BMW 6 Series, known to fans by its chassis code ‘E24’, was for a number of years a group of…
Slowly rising classic car prices are nothing new – particularly for iconic 1970s coupes like the Datsun 240Z. However, we haven’t seen many cars as seemingly hot as the 240Z in the past couple of years. Anyone who keeps their finger on the pulse of the classic car world knows that values boomed around the…
Values of the Jaguar XJS have been rallying in recent years – could this be the start of a major push upmarket as we saw with the E-Type? When it comes to values of classic cars, everyone is trying to find the next ‘big thing’. We all know the cars that have ‘gone’ – so…
The XK120 was a record setter back in its day, holding the production speed record for six years, but is it still breaking records today with its price? We turn to the data and see what’s really going on with Xk120 prices. You’ll struggle to find a car that epitomises the appeal of a classic…
