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How a Hagerty data analyst shops for cars
Data drives my writing here at Hagerty Insider. Whether I’m analyzing the latest bidding trends in this increasingly-white-hot market or a diving into which MOPAR color is most valuable, I use...
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Will rising interest rates dampen enthusiasm for collector cars?
Fed chair Jerome Powell likely has too much on his plate right now to worry about old cars, assuming he ever did. But we, of course, worry about little else. So, with the Fed hiking interest rates to...
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Will the 2022 Monterey auctions set a record?
Broad Arrow Monterey Car Week auctions are a week away, and they are coming at a particularly interesting time for both the economy at large and the collector car market in particular. That makes the...
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The Monterey auctions have concluded with $470.7M in total sales
The Monterey auctions have set a new record. Total sales (which could creep higher still as auction companies negotiate post-block deals on unsold cars) hit $470.7M, versus the previous high of...
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Gauging “the right time” to buy or sell
RM Sotheby's/Jasen Delgado There is a cycle for everything. That truism of life, intuited at least as far back as the Book of Ecclesiastes, is also important to understanding how values fluctuate, be...
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Why we track the big-buck cars
Mecum Car enthusiasts celebrate the extremes. The fastest. The rarest. The most race wins. The most valuable. While most of us don’t have a vehicle in the garage that can make one of those claims,...
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Do classic car owners stay loyal to their brand for new car purchases?
Ford We all know that car collectors can be a fiercely brand-loyal bunch: just ask any vintage Mustang owner what they think of Camaros. Yet we wondered to what extent, if any, this carries over to...
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Who made the most coveted muscle cars? Values suggest a victor
Peak Muscle. 1968 to 1972. Muscle cars were honed in stoplight drags on streets and strips across America. The fastest car won. Manufacturers were in on it, too: Each competed to outdo its cross-town...
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Baby Boomers still dominate the in-person auction scene, but Gen-Xers are...
Gen X demonstrated its affinity for Porsches at the major auctions this year. Unsplash/Valdemaras Januska It’s been quite a year for big, in-person auctions. We recently looked at why we track the...
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What are reserve prices, and do they reveal market trends?
Matt Tierney We’re always on the lookout for changes in trends that suggest a market on the move, and there’s no shortage of attributes that we examine. The use of a reserve price at public auctions...
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Scoring our 2022 collector-car market predictions
At Insider, Hagerty’s website that covers the collector-vehicle market, we have only recently started publishing annual market predictions. We pore over a lot of data over the course of any given day,...
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A Ferrari will sell for $40M, plus 6 other predictions for 2023
Kevin van Campenhout/Courtesy Artcurial We don’t pretend to have a crystal ball at Hagerty Insider. At this time last year, for instance, none of us would have forecast that land war would break out...
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Arizona forecast: Will the effects of a cooling market be felt in sunny...
The January auctions, given their timing at the beginning of the year and the sheer volume of cars crossing the block, provide a yearly refresh on our view of the market. That said, they don’t happen...
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Will the effects of a cooling market be felt in sunny Scottsdale?
There are three Porsche Carrera GTs up for grabs at the Arizona auctions. We’ll be watching them closely for signs of movement in the analog supercar segment. Patrick Ernzen/RM Sotheby's Want a better...
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We expect 2023’s Amelia auctions to be the biggest ever, and here’s why
A higher percentage of the cars offered at the Amelia auctions this year have estimates of over $1M. Broad Arrow Auctions Want a better understanding of what’s driving collector-car values? Sign up for...
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Want a pre-merger AMG? Beware of murky waters
Want a better understanding of what’s driving collector car values? Sign up for the Hagerty Insider newsletter. As Radwood-era vehicles of the 1980s and 1990s have become more sought after, the rarer...
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The state of 2023’s private collector-car market
Unsplash/Hilbert Hill Want a better understanding of what’s driving collector car values? Sign up for the Hagerty Insider newsletter. Scottsdale. Amelia. Monterey. Hagerty Media’s headlines are flush...
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These 4 iconic classics just aren’t attracting young buyers
Sabrina Hyde Want a better understanding of what’s driving collector-car values? Sign up for the Hagerty Insider newsletter. If you’re a regular reader, you’ve probably noted that we frequently...
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These 2 assumptions about car collecting and age are dead wrong
Preston Rose Want a better understanding of what’s driving collector-car values? Sign up for the Hagerty Insider newsletter. As the collector car market evolves and different generations age into and...
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Which Mustang Boss 302 paint color is worth the most?
Cameron Neveu Cars slathered in eye-catching colors never fail to garner attention. The degree to which those colors impact value, however, can vary wildly from model to model. Corvettes, perhaps...
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The collector car world is in the midst of a generational transition
Baby Boomers and American car culture came of age together. The generation played an outsized role in building the modern collector car world as we know it—from shaping what cars are most popular to...
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Gated Community: Do converted-manual Ferraris get the same respect?
For decades, the act of driving a Ferrari has always brought with it some expectations. An urgent, glorious sound, usually from a front-mounted V-12 or a V-8 behind the seats. A view over the dashboard...
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The BMW 507 shows how a commercial miss can influence collector car success
Bonhams Like people, cars can sometimes be late bloomers. The BMW 507 is a perfect example—its commercial failure nearly bankrupted the company 65 years ago—but it has soared as a collector car. Could...
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For Ferrari fans, “Tour de France” means big money
Martyn Lucy/Getty Images While many are watching the cycling version of the Tour de France this month, motorsport historians know there was once a car race of the same name. Staged over multiple days...
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Segments we’re watching at the Monterey auctions
We at Hagerty Insider are looking toward Monterey’s auctions with great anticipation. For car nuts and market enthusiasts like us, it might be easy to say that every year, but there are some truly...
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Is depreciation back? Yes, suggest 911s and Corvettes
Cameron Neveu As we mark the halfway point of 2023, the Hagerty Market Rating, which has dropped for 10 out of the past 12 months, reminds us what a difference a year makes. Even though we’re still...
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2023 Monterey auctions poised to approach record totals
As we approach the Monterey Car Week auctions for 2023, we find ourselves in a similar situation to 2022. Last year, the market was beginning to cool, but despite this, we saw record sales (the final...
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Have rising interest rates dampened enthusiasm for collector cars?
Shelby American Collection/David Schlatter Car collectors overwhelmingly own their cars outright, but borrowing money to acquire a dream car is more common than you might think. As you would expect,...
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Second-best Monterey ever presents high points and signs of cooling
The 2023 Monterey Car Week auctions concluded Saturday with the second-highest total in history. That’s an impressive top-line statement to be sure, though the numbers put more detail to what’s...
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Your perfect Mustang might not be the top trim. Here’s why
Mecum Performance per dollar, or top factory trim? It has been a running debate among car buyers for decades, renewed once more with the latest Mustang variant to reach the market—the Dark Horse. That...
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Introducing the RADindex
The Ferrari California Spider* in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off is arguably the most memorable movie car of the 1980s. It was very valuable then, and it’s even more valuable today. But what if the everyday...
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Figoni on Delahaye: Detailed insight into coachbuilt masterpieces
Figoni on Delahaye, the latest book by coachbuilt French car expert Richard Adatto, is a tribute to the creativity of designer Joseph Figoni. Published on the 100th anniversary of the Figoni...
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How well did our experts call the trends? Scoring our 2023 market predictions
Nearly 12 months ago, we made several predictions about what would happen in the enthusiast vehicle market in 2023. We value a good gut check, so we are scoring our predictions to see what we got right...
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Here’s what our experts predict for the 2024 collector market
With a scant few days left in 2023, we’ve polished up our crystal ball and begun to look ahead to what might happen in the market in the coming year. As has become tradition around this time, we take a...
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Arizona Auctions: How Hot Will They Get?
January’s auctions represent a refresh for the enthusiast vehicle market—though this past fall afforded a couple of auction headlines, the last time many people tuned in was back in August for the...
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What 300SL Gullwing Sales Tell Us About Broader Market Behavior
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, and now that it is a valuable and sought-after collector car, the 300SL...
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Forecasting the 2024 Amelia Auctions
With the big January auctions in the rearview mirror and Paris’ Rétromobile sales just gone out the left window, it’s time to look ahead to the Amelia auctions on the horizon. Taking stock, we’ve...
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Launch Mode: Introducing the Hagerty Supercars Index
The new Supercars Index is an extension of the existing group of Hagerty Price Guide (HPG) indexes. While those indexes start way back in 2006, some of the supercars in this new index were not yet on...
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Which Original Mustang Paint Color Is Worth the Most?
April 17 marks sixty years since the Ford Mustang’s public debut at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. The original pony car immediately became a pop-culture and automotive phenom, and it remains one of...
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Introducing the Hagerty Japanese Vehicles Index
The Hagerty Price Guide has been around for a long time. First published in 2006, its original title, Cars that Matter, contained a much smaller group of vehicles than it does today. American Trucks...
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Book Review: HiPo 1964.5 Ford’s First High Performance Mustang
April 17 marked 60 years since the Ford Mustang’s public debut at the 1964 New York World’s Fair. The original pony car immediately became a pop-culture and automotive phenom, and it remains one of...
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Old School Mechanical Fuel Injection Juices These Cars’ Values
As the new enthusiast vehicle market moves increasingly towards hybrid systems, dual-clutch transmissions, turbochargers, and all manner of computer systems managing the power going to the ground,...
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The Cybertruck Commands a Premium, but It’s Less than You’d Think
The Tesla Cybertruck is a unique vehicle, to say the least, both on the road and in the marketplace. The EV, packed with high-tech features and adorned with sharp angles, gets attention everywhere it...
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Is the Market Waving a Green Flag at Lamborghini?
The collectability of Lamborghinis has traditionally trailed that of more established marques like Ferrari and Porsche. The reasons are many: small production numbers, miniscule motorsports history,...
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Fast Pickups Are the Real Golden Age of Muscle
One of Hagerty’s insightful market observers recently wrote about how the Second Golden Age of Muscle is Over. I don’t dispute that conclusion, but I also think there is another part of the muscle...
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Introducing the Hagerty Truck and SUV Index
At Hagerty, we are always looking for ways we can help enthusiasts understand the market better, which is why we are introducing the new Hagerty Truck and SUV Index. It is the fourth new Hagerty Price...
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The Best Cars Hit Every 30 Years, and History Says the Next Cycle Is Now
Details matter to car enthusiasts. On any given vehicle, we want to know things like how many cylinders, how many speeds in the transmission, serial number, how fast it is, how many miles are on it,...
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2024 Monterey Auctions May Hit Record Totals
With Monterey Car Week fast approaching, many enthusiasts will be watching the auctions closely to see if the market can escape its post-pandemic doldrums. There are some signs of activity in the...
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What We Learned at the 2024 Monterey Auctions
Car Week 2024 and the Monterey auctions are now in the books. While the Sunday concours in Pebble Beach is all about elegance, the auctions are best described with numbers. In four days, more than...
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What We Got Wrong with Our 2024 Monterey Auction Forecast
This year’s Monterey auctions surprised us for both the caliber of cars offered and the occasional disappointment in results. Our total sales forecast for the week ranged from a pessimistic $430M to...
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