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The Key

Top of the Classic Car World

The Key, Top of the Classic Car World collects stories, data and events that keep their own value over time: everything an aficionado should know.

Cover of The Key 2024–2025

A Timeless Passion, Refined

The Key 2024–2025, sixth edition

The sixth edition of The Key, TCCT’s acclaimed yearbook and your personal compass through the world of classic cars. This volume continues our mission to capture the beauty, relevance, and legacy of the most exceptional automobiles in history – and those who preserve them.

An enriched Top 100 Collectors ranking, with seven new entries and exciting movements throughout the list. From a unique look at American automotive icons to in-depth reflections on brand evolution, The Key 2024/25 blends hard data with emotional storytelling.

Format
Softcover
Pages
244
Language
English
Size
235 × 260 mm
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Fresh data.
New perspectives.

Auction results only tell part of the story, as many sales are made directly between buyer and seller. The Classic Car Trust looks at the top end of the classic car world itself, with data from more than 200 collectors who between them own thousands of the most important classic cars on the planet.

Auction data points
256,000
analysed for The Key 2024–2025
Vehicles
4,000+
tracked across the auction market
Events
1,200
from all over the world
Collectors, ranked
Top 100
seven new entries in this edition
Collectors
200+
whose collections form the research base
Editions
6
published since 2018

Inside the analysis

  • The Top 100 Collectors

    The ranking of the world’s most influential collectors, one by one.

  • Auction market

    Trends and phenomena from the results of auctions worldwide.

  • Brand desirability

    How the appeal of the great marques shifts over time.

  • Age demographics

    Who collects today, and who will collect tomorrow.

  • Geographic trends

    Where the classic car world is growing and where it is moving.

  • Private collections

    Visits to collectors who opened up their garages.

  • The next generation

    What young Europeans, Asians and Americans think about the car’s future and its past.

Figures from The Key 2024–2025; research base and topics as described in the editions since 2018.

Earlier editions

All editions are available at shop.tcct.com.