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 every year. Not quick reads: references you keep.
AutoIndex Editions · First volumes
The first volumes
12 dossier-depth volumes on sale, bound to the AutoIndex dataset. Buy any edition as an instant PDF download; volumes still in production are marked coming soon.
The complete library
All 12 Editions for £99
£300 bought separately. Two or more, picked on any guide’s page: £20 each.
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 market view, car by car.
£25 · 46 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.
£25 · 44 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.
£25 · 42 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.
£25 · 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.
£25 · 36 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.
£25 · 32 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 pre-Audi 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 · 27 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.
£25 · 51 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.
£25 · 40 pages
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Volume X
Japan's Icons · The 90s JDM Era
The Collector's Companion · 1989–2002
The cars Japan built when its engineers answered to nobody — Skyline GT-R, Supra, NSX, RX-7 — and the fastest-moving collector market of the last decade. Seven dossiers: the R32, R33 and R34 GT-R each treated in full, the A80 Supra, the NSX, the FD RX-7, and the R35 that ended the era. Plus the import mechanics, Japanese auction grades and originality verification this market uniquely runs on.
£25 · 39 pages
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Volume XI
Mercedes-Benz SL · Pagoda to R129
The Collector's Companion · 1963–2001
Four decades of the roadster Mercedes built to outlast its owners — the W113 Pagoda, the long-lived R107 and its SLC coupé, and the R129 that has only now begun its recovery. Nine dossiers covering every configuration a UK buyer will meet, from the one-year 250 SL to the 85-car SL 73 AMG, with the R230 as the line under the era.
£25 · 47 pages
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Volume XII
Fast Fords · Lotus Cortina to Escort Cosworth
The Collector's Companion · 1963–1996
Thirty-three years of the performance Fords that won on Saturday and sold on Monday — the Lotus Cortina, the rallying Escorts, the Capri, the RS Turbo and the Cosworths. Eight dossiers, every one built around the question this market turns on more than any other: is the car what it claims to be?
£25 · 48 pages
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Volume XIII
Classic Mini · Mini-Minor to Rover Cooper
The Collector's Companion · 1959–2000
Forty-one years and more than five million cars — the Austin Seven and Morris Mini-Minor, the Cooper and Cooper S that won the Monte Carlo Rally, the Elf, Hornet, estates and Moke, the 1275 GT and the Rover Coopers. Eight dossiers, and the identity checks that separate a genuine Cooper S from the many cars built to look like one.
Coming soon · 47 pages
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The Youngtimer Guide
1985–2005: the cars a new generation of collectors is buying
The modern classics from the late 1980s to the mid-2000s: which versions collectors want, what separates a good one from a tired one, and the running costs nobody mentions in the advert.
Modern Classics Under £50k
Characterful cars at an attainable price
From BMW M3s to early Lotus Elises: the cars that deliver the most for the money, what decides the price of each, and what to check before you buy.
Buying at Collector Car Auctions
How the sale room works
How the major houses work, how to read a catalogue estimate, when to bid on the phone and when in the room, and the fees nobody mentions until the hammer falls.
Classic Aston Martin
DB2 to Vantage V8: an owner's guide
The most romanticised British GT cars carry equally romantic restoration bills. This guide separates the ownership fantasy from the reality, model by model.
British Sports Cars: 1960s–1980s
The golden era: values, variants and what to check
Lotus, Triumph, TVR, Morgan, MG: an era that produced some of the most characterful sports cars ever made. Where the market stands now, and which versions to look for.
German Engineering Classics
BMW & Mercedes-Benz 1955–1985
From the Mercedes 190SL and 300SL to the BMW 2002 Turbo and M1: the era that cemented German engineering's reputation and produced the collector cars that followed.
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