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It’s summer, and we’re halfway through the year. That means we’ve also just updated all the prices on Hagerty Valuation Tools, and things are as wild as the last time we checked in. The supercar boom continues to expand even as the rest of the collector car market cools and as our Hagerty Market Rating continues to edge its way down. Halo cars like the Ferrari F40 and 288 GTO continue to post up big increases, but that’s much of the same news we covered last quarter.

Some of our notable gainers of the collector car market this quarter made broad jumps, while others indicate a maturing and more nuanced

Source: 5 Cars Gaining Value in an Ever-Widening Market – Hagerty Media

With all due respect to Porgy and Bess, it’s “summertime and the cruisin’ is easy.” Said cruisin’ is certainly easier when the top goes down. And it’s practically effortless when you’ve got a V-8 to pull you along. 

Convertibles have always been the ultimate way to enjoy a warm-weather outing, and when they’ve got power to match their panache, at a price that won’t break the bank, few things are better. So this week we’ve rounded up 64 cylinders

Source: 8 Great V-8 Droptops for Under $30K – Hagerty Media

The launch of 5th generation F-series for the 1967 model year was going to be big for Ford Motor Co. Ford has seen tremendous growth in sales in the 4th generation and Ford wanted to see that growth continue. 

This growth came from buyers that were saw the pickup truck not only a work vehicle but a vehicle that could be used every day as transportation as well a work vehicle. In the 50s and early 60s pickup trucks were work only vehicles for a majority of owners. 

Source: Fifth Generation (1967-1972) Ford F-Series: Ford Trucks Go Mainstream

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Oddballs and the Ugly Ducklings of the collector car realm. Nice to see it get a little bit of love. ~jrs

In mid-May, Broad Arrow will offer more than 70 collector cars at its Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Auction, held on the shores of Lake Como—possibly the most picturesque, Instagrammable place on Earth to sell an automobile.

Heavy hitters include Italian classics from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lancia, Bizzarrini, even Pagani. There are R34 Skylines and Porsches galore, too. As always at a sale like this, though, there are some oddballs in the mix that range from

Source: 6 Amazing Oddballs up for Grabs at Broad Arrow’s Villa d’Este Auction – Hagerty Media

Thirteen point eight seconds, that’s how long it took one American car to reach from zero to 100 mph, and then to a dead stop. Not a 0-60 run, but zero to 100 and back to zero, in less time than an average TV commercial. That feat is sixty years old, and it still holds up today.

In 2026, with electric motors, active aerodynamics, and more computing power than NASA had in the Apollo era, most of the world’s most expensive performance cars only manage to match this American sports car from the 60s. Some are still chasing it.It was small, wicked, and so fast that it’s still the golden standard today.

Source: This Old-School American Car Is A Collectors’ Favorite And Still Humiliates Today’s Supercars