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

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

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

The prospect of good value dominates this year’s UK Bull Market List from Hagerty, with many of its featured cars leaning on ownership prospects rather than steep curves in prices. Even the Ferrari F4

Once they headed the company car parks of Eighties Britain, now these executive icons offer prestige, nostalgia and pure driving pleasure from £5k. But which of these trading-floor titans best rewards the shrewd classic motorist?