A publication for people who take collecting cars seriously.
An independent buyer's-guide publication — not a dealer, broker or appraiser.
Editorial buyer's guides, a global network of specialists, and the rituals of ownership — assembled with the rigour the subject deserves.
The collector car world is wide, fragmented and frequently overheated. We built Car Collector International to give it a single, calm, considered point of reference — one that treats the subject as both a discipline and a pleasure.
The library spans pre-war thoroughbreds from Bugatti, Bentley and Alfa Romeo through post-war icons, 1960s Lamborghinis, contemporary hypercars and the JDM classics now entering serious collector territory — with new guides published regularly across every major collecting segment. The specialist network covers storage, transport, restoration, detailing, paint protection, insurance and auction houses across 17 countries.
The Market desk covers the 2026 auction season in full — nine major international sales with verified results, alongside The Watch List, where CCI publishes specific editorial positions on models approaching an inflection point. The Collector's View covers future classics, seasonal auction previews and collectability. The Calendar tracks the international collector car season week by week — concours, auctions and the wider event calendar. The publication grows carefully — desk by desk, guide by guide.
The top of the library.
Maserati MC20 / MCPura
Maserati's return to the front rank — a Modena-built carbon-tub mid-engined supercar with a 621 bhp / 630 PS pre-chamber twin-turbo V6, produced 2020–2026 in Coupé and Cielo form and continued for 2026 as the MCPura.
Ferrari 12Cilindri
Front-engined naturally-aspirated V12 two-seater succeeding the 812 Superfast — coupé and Spider launched together.
Bizzarrini 5300 GT
The engineer's supercar — a Le Mans class winner with a Chevy small-block and Giugiaro's Bertone shape.
Gordon Murray Automotive Le Mans GTR
First model from GMSV's SV Design pillar — longtail three-seater on T.50 / T.50s architecture.
Aston Martin Valiant
A 38-car road-legal, track-focused manual V12 special revealed at the 2024 Goodwood Festival of Speed.
Mercedes-Benz 190 SL
Postwar Mercedes roadster styled in lockstep with the 300 SL — a 1.9-litre, four-cylinder elegance over performance.
From the Riviera to the Alps, and the cars that earn the journey.
Latest from the desks.
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2026 — Collector's Debrief
The cars that mattered across four days at Goodwood, and what the weekend tells us about the collector season ahead.
The First Half of 2026 — What Nine Sales Actually Showed
Four genuine patterns from $1.1bn of results — the Ferrari hypercar reset, Carrera GT's run, the California Spider climb, and Lamborghini re-rating.
Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione — Unrepeatable and Underpriced
1,000 units, Modena-built, Ferrari V8 DNA — and still trading well below its material significance.
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Browse by era.
The quiet hours that keep great cars great.
Elsewhere in the library.
911 GT2 (996)
The first water-cooled GT2 — rear-drive, twin-turbo, six-speed manual, and an early adopter of PCCB ceramic brakes.
Diablo
The last fully analogue Lamborghini flagship — a 200 mph V12 supercar built before electronics softened the breed.
Corvette (C1)
America's original sports car — fibreglass-bodied, V8-powered from 1955, and the foundation of every Corvette that followed.
H6
Marc Birkigt's 1919 masterpiece — the Boulanger straight-six that set the standard for inter-war luxury.
2002 tii & Turbo
The fuel-injected tii and the turbocharged Turbo — the sporting peak of BMW's 02 Series.
750S
The sharpened send-off — McLaren's combustion Super Series V8, evolved.
Mulliner Bacalar
The first coachbuilt Bentley in over eighty years — a two-seat, roofless, W12 barchetta built by Mulliner in a run of just twelve cars.
300ZX Twin Turbo (Z32)
Twin-turbo VG30DETT V6, multi-link suspension and the Z car's late-1980s technical leap.
The specialist network — independent and global.
Classic Remise
Historic industrial buildings converted into classic car centres
Canepa
Concours restoration and motorsport workshop
Topaz Detailing London
The world's most awarded paint correction studio
AutoCarShippers
25,000+ cars shipped internationally per year; weekly services from US to UK and mainland Europe; offices and loading in LA, Miami, New York, Houston and Savannah; container and RoRo shipping for high-value classics
Five desks, each built to be definitive.
Car Collector International is structured as a publication, not a directory. We're launching with the desks we can do justice to today, and adding new ones as the editorial team grows.
Editorial buyer's guides
501 long-form buyer's guides across 85 manufacturers, written for collectors and updated as new titles publish.
Enter desk →The specialist network
All seven specialist categories are live — storage, transport, restoration, detailing, paint protection, insurance and auction houses — with 229 providers across 17 countries.
Enter desk →Auction results and market intelligence
Nine major 2026 sales covered with verified top results, The Watch List for editorial market positions, and quarterly Market Intelligence.
Enter desk →The collector car season
The major international concours, auctions and collector events through the year, with editorial previews.
Enter desk →Editorial analysis for the serious collector
Future classics, seasonal auction previews and The Collectability Index — editorial judgement, not financial advice.
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Independent
Inclusion is never for sale. Listings and guides are editorially selected.
Editorial
Written by collectors and marque specialists, not a generic listings team or content farm.
Considered
We'd rather publish one definitive guide than a hundred shallow ones. New coverage rolls out as it's ready.
