Restored cars were the winners in the final sales of 2025 – we look back at the UK’s top Yuletide buys

THERE’S RARELY MUCH to report from the auction world over the Christmas and New Year period, but an interesting set of results from the first major BH Auction sale in Japan kicked off 2026. While Japa

2003 Alpina Roadster V8, £371,000 Bingo, Japan, 10 ...

Year of manufacture 1980 Recorded mileage 73,997 Asking price £97,750 Vendor Graeme Hunt, Battersea, London; 020 79378487; graemehunt.com WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £53,332 (1979) Max power 220bhp (est) Ma

As barn finds go, they don’t get much better than this 1972 911 Targa that emerged from a dusty garage where it had lain since 1982. Acquired by the unidentified family when it was just a year old, th

YOU’LL PAY: £45,000 YOU’LL LOOK LIKE: A LOTTERY WINNER ON THEIR WAY TO THE GREEK PILLAR EMPORIUM Has the 360 finally aged out of its blobby phase and into used Ferrari temptation? Though its curves we