These Are the Hot Collector Cars for 2025

by Tim Healey

Updated: February 19th, 2025

these are the hot collector cars for 2025

Hey there it's podcast time once again!

Today we're used-car heavy on both ends of the spectrum. We chat with Hagerty's Brian Rabold about hot collector cars and later Matthew Guy and I discuss cheap used cars.

Oh, and Brian and I cover the list, you'll get Ford Bronco II ownership PTSD from yours truly.

We also spend some time on dash cams -- the basics and what might work best for you.

You can find us on TTAC.com or wherever you get your podcasts, or by clicking here. Thanks for listening!

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Redapple2 on Feb 02, 2025

Peugeot 505. Diesel. Manual.

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