Historically it has always been the ‘ugly duckling’, quirky or obscure classics that tend to be a safe bet for making money in the car market. Many of history’s oddballs have typically been produced in low numbers or featured a design so unique that we only see their likes once in a lifetime. As such many of…
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…
City Auction Group ran their first classic car auction yesterday at the famous Rockingham Motor Speedway and I personally couldn’t think of a more perfect setting for this collection of vintage cars to go under the hammer. For those that haven’t been to Rockingham or don’t know much about it, it’s Europe’s fastest motor racing…
Last weekend CCA hosted their second sale of the year, the June Sale, with over 160 cars offered infront of a packed auction hall at the Warwickshire Exhibition Centre. With all of the sales in and results totted up CCA reported a sales rate of 80% and total sales of £1.8 million. A successful sale,…
Last weekend marked CCA’s auction at the practical restoration show at the Birmingham NEC. CCA made sure they would not go unnoticed among the crowds with a 200 strong auction of everyman classic cars. After what has been a tumultuous start to the year for classic car sales CCA managed to pull through with one…
The most iconic car of the 1980s? The first iteration of the BMW M3 certainly has a decent claim. As prices for more sought after ‘modern classics’ continue to see good growth, we take a look at how the ‘E30’ M3 is performing at UK auctions. The second generation BMW 3 Series, or chassis code…
Last weekend marked Race Retro, Silverstone Auctions first classic car sale of 2017 hosted at Stoneleigh Park near Coventry. Not ones to let their first foray into 2017 slip under the radar Silverstone auctions amassed some truly special cars on the day as well as a host of automobilia for the crowd’s delectation. In total…
For BMW the 1970’s heralded one of the most accelerative periods of growth they have seen in their history. Due to financial instability there was a need for BMW to move away from large engined, expensive cars and bike engined microcars to something more middle of the road to take on the likes of Mercedes Benz…