AutoIndex Editions
Collectors’ Guides
Long-form companions to the most collected categories of motor car — every model line in dossier depth, bound to the AutoIndex dataset and refreshed quarterly. Not quick reads: references you keep.
AutoIndex Editions · First volumes
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Volume I
Ferrari · The Nineties
The Collector's Companion · 1989–1999
From the 348 to the 550 Maranello — the decade Maranello rediscovered itself. Eight self-contained dossiers: history, production data, ownership economics and the investment case, car by car.
45 pages
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Volume II
Porsche 911 · The 997 Era
The Collector's Companion · 2004–2012
The last compact, hydraulic-steering 911s and the final flowering of the Mezger engine. Seven dossiers from Carrera to GT3 RS 4.0, with the Wiedeking years and the VW war as backdrop.
45 pages
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Volume III
Jaguar E-Type
The Collector's Companion · 1961–1975
From the Geneva launch that stopped the world to the last V12 Roadster off Browns Lane — the complete E-Type from Series 1 3.8 to Lightweight. Seven dossiers, five series, the competition cars and the market hierarchy explained.
44 pages
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Volume IV
BMW M3 · The E30 Generation
The Collector's Companion · 1986–1991
From the Group A homologation car to the Sport Evolution — the complete E30 M3 in dossier depth. The S14 engine, the DTM and ETCC championships, the Evo hierarchy, the Cecotto and Ravaglia Editions, and the documentation framework that separates a premium car from a base one.
39 pages
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Volume V
Porsche 911 · The 996 Generation
The Collector's Companion · 1997–2005
The first water-cooled 911 and the most misunderstood car Porsche ever built. Eight dossiers from the base Carrera to the GT3 RS — the IMS bearing decoded, the Mezger cars identified, and the re-rating case made.
35 pages
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Volume VI
Ferrari · The Eighties
The Collector's Companion · 1979–1989
From the 308 GTB to the F40 — the decade Ferrari redefined the supercar. Six dossiers: the 308 and 328 family, the Mondial, the Testarossa, the 288 GTO, and the F40 that ended the decade as the fastest road car on earth.
29 pages
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Volume VII
Lamborghini · Countach to Diablo
The Collector's Companion · 1974–2001
From the LP400 that invented the supercar template to the Diablo GT that closed the Aida era — the complete Sant'Agata lineage in dossier depth. Seven dossiers: the Countach variants, the Diablo hierarchy, the SE30, the GT, and the Murciélago that succeeded them.
25 pages
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Volume VIII
Aston Martin · The Gaydon Era
The Collector's Companion · 1994–2012
From the Ford-owned DB7 to the post-independence DBS — the complete Gaydon era in dossier depth. Six model lines, the VH platform revolution, and why the V8 Vantage manual is the most underpriced car in the range.
49 pages
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Volume IX
Porsche 911 · The Air-Cooled Generation
The Collector's Companion · 1964–1998
From the first 901 prototype to the last 993 off the Zuffenhausen line — thirty-four years of the same idea, refined without compromise. Eight dossiers: the long-hood era, the Carrera RS 2.7, the 930 Turbo, the SC and 3.2 Carrera, the 964, the 993 RS, and the twin-turbo 993 that closed the chapter.
39 pages
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Volume X
Alfa Romeo · The Classic Era
The Collector's Companion · 1966–1994
From the 1750 GTV that won the 1966 European Touring Car Championship to the last twin-cam Spider off the Pininfarina line — the complete Alfa Romeo collector handbook. Seven dossiers: the GTV family, four generations of Spider, the GTV6, the 75 Turbo Evoluzione, and the Autodelta competition cars that created the homologation premiums the market still prices today.
38 pages
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The Youngtimer Investment Guide
1985–2005 Cars Poised for Appreciation
A data-driven look at which modern classics from the late 1980s to mid-2000s offer the best risk-adjusted returns — and the traps to avoid.
Japanese Collector Cars
The Investment Case for JDM
Skyline GT-Rs, Honda NSX, Supra Mk IV, RX-7 FD — the JDM bubble has real foundations. Which cars have legs, which are overheated, and how to buy well.
Modern Classics Under £50k
Accessible Cars with Real Appreciation Potential
Investment-grade collecting doesn't require six figures. A curated look at attainable cars — from BMW M3s to early Lotus Elises — that the data suggests are early in their appreciation curves.
Buying at Collector Car Auctions
A Strategy Guide
How the major houses work, how to read a catalogue estimate, when to bid on the phone vs in the room, and the fees nobody talks about until the hammer falls.
Buying a Classic Ferrari
From Dino to 360 Modena
Pre-purchase inspection priorities, the models worth owning vs the ones to avoid, provenance red flags, and what separates a concours car from a money pit.
The Air-Cooled Porsche Guide
356 to 993 — Buying, Valuing & Owning
Five decades of air-cooled 911s and their siblings. Variant-by-variant value breakdowns, the inspection points that matter most, and the ownership realities buyers rarely discuss.
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