British classic cars: model guides, values and history
MGF and TF values: the cheapest sports car in the record, where a head gasket costs more than the car26 October
Vauxhall Nova: the supermini that raised a generation (1983–1993)26 October
MGF and MG TF: the mid-engined comeback (1995–2011)25 October
Jaguar XK8 and XKR: the V8 that replaced a legend (1996–2006)24 October
Aston Martin DB7: the car that rescued the badge (1994–2004)23 October
Aston Martin Lagonda: the wedge that saved the company (1976–1990)22 October
Bentley Continental R, T and Azure: the hand-built nineties (1991–2003)21 October
Bentley T-series: the quiet twin that kept the badge alive (1965–1980)20 October
Rolls-Royce Camargue: the Pininfarina outsider (1975–1986)19 October
Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith and Silver Dawn: the coachbuilt swansong (1946–1959)18 October
Vauxhall Nova: the supermini that raised a generation (1983–1993)
MGF and MG TF: the mid-engined comeback (1995–2011)
Jaguar XK8 and XKR: the V8 that replaced a legend (1996–2006)
Aston Martin DB7: the car that rescued the badge (1994–2004)
Land Rover Defender vs Series III: leaf springs or coils, and what three to one at auction is really buying
Ford Capri vs Escort Mk2: the same engines in two different bodies, and the plain saloon now costs more
Jaguar E-Type vs Austin-Healey 3000: the two big British sixes, and what the auction record says about each
Mini Cooper vs Austin-Healey Sprite: two A-series icons, two kinds of fun
Britain, decade by decade
All decades
Bentley T-series: the quiet twin that kept the badge alive (1965–1980)
Rolls-Royce Camargue: the Pininfarina outsider (1975–1986)
Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith and Silver Dawn: the coachbuilt swansong (1946–1959)
The Derby Bentleys: the silent sports car (1933–1940)
The vintage Bentleys: 3 Litre to Blower, the cars of the Bentley Boys (1921–1931)
Rolls-Royce 20/25 and the small-horsepower cars: grandeur for the merely wealthy (1922–1939)
Most sold at auction
Sales a year, worldwide, 2021 to 2025
What they sell for
Sold prices from 58,016 recorded auction sales, not valuations
MGF and TF values: the cheapest sports car in the record, where a head gasket costs more than the car
Land Rover Discovery 1 values: the newest record on this site, and the cheapest coil-sprung Land Rover
MGC values: roadster over GT, double the MGB, half the Healey, and the GTS in a class of its own
Land Rover Series I values: the 80-inch premium, the factory Reborn cars, and a market off its 2021 peak
Ford
Ford Cortina: Britain's best-selling car of the 1960s and 70s (1962–1982)
The Ford Cortina was Britain's best-selling car for much of the 1960s and 70s, five generations of family saloon that defined the company car park and the family driveway, from the sporting Lotus Cortina to the everyday GLs. A guide to the Mk1 to Mk5, how the generations differ, the fast Cortinas, and what to check before buying one.
Ford Granada: the executive Ford from The Sweeney to Cosworth (1972–1994)
Ford Escort: the everyman Ford and the rally legend (1968–2000)
Ford Capri: the car you always promised yourself (1969–1986)
Ford Anglia 105E: the small Ford with the backwards window (1959–1967)
Jaguar
Jaguar XJ6 and XJ12 (1968–1992): Sir William Lyons' last saloon
Jaguar XJS (1975–1996): the grand tourer that outlived its critics
Jaguar XK120 (1948–1954): the fastest car in the world
Triumph
Triumph TR6: the last of the hairy-chested roadsters (1968–1976)
Triumph Spitfire: a real roadster on a shortened saloon chassis (1962–1980)
Triumph Stag: the V8 grand tourer that lived down its reputation (1970–1977)
Mini
Mini Cooper and Cooper S: the giant-killer that won the Monte (1961–2000)
Mini Clubman and 1275GT: the squared-off Mini of the 1970s (1969–1980)
Mini Traveller and Countryman: the woody Mini estate (1960–1969)
MG
MG MGB: over half a million built, and still the easiest classic to own (1962–1980)
MG MGB GT: Pininfarina looks and a hatchback, for roadster money (1965–1980)
MG Midget: a Sprite in MG clothing, and the cheapest way into the marque (1961–1979)
Land Rover
Land Rover Series I: the aluminium original (1948–1958)
Land Rover Series II and IIA: the definitive working Land Rover (1958–1971)
Land Rover Series III: the most numerous of them all (1971–1985)
Jensen
Jensen Interceptor: the Anglo-Italian V8 grand tourer (1966–1976)
Jensen FF: the first four-wheel-drive production car (1966–1971)
Jensen CV8: the fibreglass Chrysler-V8 bruiser (1962–1966)
Rootes Group
Hillman Minx: four decades of Britain's dependable family car (1932–1970)
Hillman Imp: the rear-engined gamble that took on the Mini (1963–1976)
Sunbeam Alpine: the civilised British sports car (1959–1968)
Reliant
Reliant Scimitar: the sporting estate that invented its own class (1964–1986)
Reliant Robin: Britain's most famous three-wheeler, and most misunderstood car (1973–2002)
Reliant Regal: the three-wheeler that carried Britain's tradesmen, and the Trotters (1953–1973)
Jaguar E-Type (1961–1975): the complete guide to the series
The Jaguar E-Type was the most beautiful car of its age and one of the fastest, and it ran from the covered-headlamp Series 1 to the V12 Series 3 across fourteen years. The development story, the differences between the series, the myths sorted from the facts, and what the survivors are like to buy now.
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Lotus
Lotus Elan: 700 kilograms that changed what a sports car had to be (1962–1973)
Lotus Esprit: the wedge that went underwater and grew into a supercar (1976–1992)
Lotus Eleven: the tiny sports racer that made Lotus a marque (1956–1958)
Vauxhall
Vauxhall Victor: nineteen years and five generations of family Vauxhall (1957–1976)
Vauxhall Carlton: Luton's last big saloon, the Car of the Year and the GSi 3000 (1978–1994)
Vauxhall Astra GTE: Ellesmere Port's hot hatchback, from the Mk1 to the 16v red-top (1983–1991)
Austin
Austin Seven: the car that motorised Britain (1922–1939)
Austin Ten: the quiet best-seller of the 1930s (1932–1947)
Austin A30 and A35: the little Austin that raced everything (1951–1968)
Morris
Morris Eight: the best-seller that saved Cowley (1935–1948)
Morris Oxford: six generations of the sensible middle (1913–1971)
Morris Minor: a million of the best-loved car Britain ever made (1948–1971)
Rover
Rover P4: fourteen years of Auntie (1949–1964)
Rover P5 and P5B: the car that ran the country (1958–1973)
Rover P6: the first Car of the Year, and still the clever one (1963–1977)
Morgan
Morgan 4/4: the longest-running car name in the world (1936–2018)
Morgan Plus 8: a Rover V8 in a vintage suit (1968–2004)
TVR
TVR Chimaera: the friendly monster that became Blackpool's best seller (1992–2003)
TVR Grantura and Vixen: where Blackpool learned to build sports cars (1958–1973)
TVR Griffith: the name Blackpool saved for its wildest cars (1963–2002)
Aston Martin
Aston Martin DB2: where the DB legend learned to walk (1950–1959)
Aston Martin DB4: the car that made Newport Pagnell immortal (1958–1963)
Aston Martin DB5: the most famous car in the world (1963–1965)
Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow: the ten-thousand-pound best car in the world (1965–1980)
Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud: the last and loveliest of the old school (1955–1966)
Rolls-Royce Corniche: the coachbuilt survivor that outlived its makers (1971–1995)
Bentley
Bentley Mk VI and R Type: the first complete Bentley, and the fastest four-seater on earth (1946–1955)
Bentley S-series: the quiet twin with the beautiful secrets (1955–1965)
Bentley Turbo R: the blown Bentley that saved the badge (1985–1999)
Kit cars
Gilbern: the only car ever built in Wales (1959–1973)
Ginetta G15: the Imp-powered baby GT the taxman killed (1968–1974)
Clan Crusader: the Lotus engineers' fibreglass underdog (1971–1973)
Tractors
Massey Ferguson 135: the classic tractor everyone knows
Fordson Major: the big, simple Ford that ploughed Britain
David Brown tractors: the gear-makers who also built Aston Martin
Family saloons
Morris Marina: British Leyland's million-selling problem child (1971–1980)
Austin Princess: the wedge that should have been a hatchback (1975–1981)
Hillman Avenger: the saloon that changed badge three times (1970–1981)
Microcars
Peel P50: the smallest production car ever made
Bond Bug: Reliant's tangerine three-wheeler (1970–1974)
Heinkel Kabine and Trojan 200: the bubble car Britain built in Croydon (1956–1965)
Vans
Morris Minor van: the Post Office classic
Bedford CF: the Transit rival that became a camper icon
Austin-Healey
