The Next Good Classic May Already Be Parked on Your Street

Road & Track has published a guide to classic cars that a collector can buy without paying the premium the hobby usually attaches to the word "collector." The premise is that certain older models remain genuinely distinctive yet have been overlooked by the market, so they change hands for far less than their character would suggest. For an owner in Palm Beach or Naples who wants something with real presence at a cars-and-coffee morning rather than another blue-chip trophy, that is a useful argument. The magazine's point is not that these cars are cheap, but that they are undervalued, and that the gap between the two is where a patient buyer should be looking.

With reporting from Road & Track.