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Reports, market studies and editorials on the collector car market, from Shifty.
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The Shifty Outlook 2027
The Shifty Outlook 2027: 37 collector cars to buy, keep or avoid next year, each with a fair price today and the sales behind it. Free, from The Shifty Market Desk.
The market in 2026
- Recorded sales
- $1.96B
- From $1.25B, up 57% on the same stretch of 2025
- Sales over $1M
- 189
- 101 a year earlier
- Average sale
- $120K
- $84K a year earlier
- Up 43% on 2025
- Median sale
- $39K
- $37K a year earlier
- Up 5% on 2025
Publications
The market so far, and what to watch in 2027: modern classics, manuals, naturally aspirated and non-hybrid cars as signals, and 2002 cars crossing the US 25-year import line.
The Shifty Outlook 2027: 37 collector cars to buy, keep or avoid next year, each with a fair price today and the sales behind it. Free, from The Shifty Market Desk.
Paint to Sample Porsches sell for about 15% more than the same model and year in a standard colour. Measured on 142 auction sales over three years, adjusted for mileage.