Inside the Cockpit of The Key 2024/2025: Ferrari Rules, Mercedes Rising

In which countries are the 100 most important collections in the world located? Which manufacturers are most represented in these collections? How are major collectors distributed by age? The pages of the traditional Cockpit chapter of The Key 2024/2025 yearbook provide detailed and accurate answers to many of these questions. Not only that, The Key provides an accurate analysis of the classic car market based on auction results. This part of Cockpit is produced by Cliff Goodall, who updates us weekly on Roarington, verifying this important trend index that allows us to follow price trends by brand and type of car. Ordering The Key will provide you with a wealth of useful and interesting information. For example, brand by brand, how many cars have been added to the top 100 collections and how many have been removed in the last year? To give you an idea, the three brands that have added the most cars to their collections are Ferrari, Mercedes and Alfa Romeo. These are important figures that will affect tomorrow's rankings if the trends remain the same: while Ferrari's leadership remains unassailable, as the brand most present in the world's top 100 collections, Mercedes' acceleration could challenge Porsche's historic second place.

The Key's Cockpit takes a snapshot of the 100 most important collections in the world, the manufacturers present and lots of other interesting data.

It is also interesting to discover which and how many collections favour a particular theme. Alfa Romeo has a special importance in this regard, although Ferrari remains unassailable. The themes are not limited to brands; there are collections dedicated to cars from specific countries, including the United States, or continents, such as Europe as a whole. The data also includes information on the possibility of visiting the collections: only 13% are managed as authentic museums and can be visited regularly. Others can be visited on request, but the majority remain jealously private and cannot be visited. Among the many news items in The Key's Cockpit is the age of the top 100 collectors: the news of the growth of the younger age group is positive and encouraging, confirming the dynamism of the collecting world. Order your copy of The Key, to be treasured and consulted with passion.

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