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.
Pininfarina Battista
First car from Automobili Pininfarina — hand-finished electric hypercar on Rimac running gear.
Aston Martin DB4GT & DB4GT Zagato
The lightweight, faired-headlamp short-chassis DB4 — and its 19-car Zagato-bodied elite.
AC Cobra
Carroll Shelby's Anglo-American roadster — 998 original CSX-chassis cars built 1961–1968, from the 260-powered founding run to the big-block 427 S/C.
Shelby Series 1
The only car Carroll Shelby designed from the ground up — 249 cars, an Oldsmobile Aurora V8, and a build story more contentious than the car itself.
Lancia Rally 037 Stradale
Abarth-built homologation for Lancia's Group B rally programme and the last rear-wheel-drive car to win the World Rally Championship — a Pininfarina-bodied, Volumex-supercharged mid-engined coupé produced in tiny numbers.
Porsche 911 GT3 RS (991)
The first electrically-steered GT3 RS — 4.0-litre naturally aspirated, PDK-only, wider than any road-going 911 before it.
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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The quiet hours that keep great cars great.
Elsewhere in the library.
Gallardo
The usable V10 Lamborghini that brought Sant'Agata into the modern era.
Skyline GT-R (R34)
The final Skyline GT-R — the analogue Japanese supercar that became a global blue chip.
F8 Tributo / F8 Spider
Mid-engined 3.9-litre twin-turbo V8 berlinetta succeeding the 488 GTB — Tributo coupé and retractable-hardtop Spider.
TS1 GT
Zenvo Automotive's second-generation Danish hypercar — a road-going grand tourer with a twin-supercharged 5.8-litre V8 developed in-house from a GM architecture base, planned production of just 15 cars from 2016 to 2019.
LG45 / V12
W.O. Bentley's post-Bentley masterwork — six-cylinder LG45 and the sublime 4½-litre V12, including a third place at Le Mans 1939.
Type 235
The last Delahaye — a 1950s ponton-bodied evolution of the 135, sold as a coachbuilt chassis.
SSK
Ferdinand Porsche's supercharged short-chassis monster — the most fearsome sports car of the late 1920s.
H6
Marc Birkigt's 1919 masterpiece — the Boulanger straight-six that set the standard for inter-war luxury.
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.
