Hagerty UK chose the Scramble in January to reveal its 2025 Bull Market List, the 10 top tips to buy this year, when Paul Cowland presented the list at Hagerty Clubhouse.
Using the meticulously maintained Hagerty Price Guide as its reference point, a group of experts led by Guide editor John Mayhead selects 10 cars to watch, buy and sell. Some might be on the verge of rocketing prices, others might be temptingly affordable – all are guaranteed to please.
The list is always varied, ensuring there are cars for any price, and 2025 is no exception: the first-generation RAV4 lines up with the Ferrari F355.
Assembly attendees will recall the RAV4 from the 2022 edition of Festive Four-Wheelers, and Hagerty believes it to be ‘A great entry-level classic’. Values of the Ferrari, meanwhile, have increased 6.2% in three years.
In a similar vein, the best concours-level Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow IIs around have shot up by 20%, which, Hagerty says, will have the added benefit of dragging the cheaper examples up with them. ‘A rise in top examples often encourages more to be spent on maintaining other, less pristine cars,’ it says.
The Maserati Ghibli has earned its place on the 2025 Bull Market List by virtue of its range of entry points into the early 1990s model. Pick up a Biturbo for less than £10k, or its epic V8 Shamal sibling for more than £50,000. The Range Rover P38 offers similar opportunities, with scope to drag a sub-£1000 bargain up past £15,000 in the right hands. Hagerty says: ‘Find an original, well-maintained example, and it could offer a lot of value for money.’
Two recent sharp climbers have been included, the once overlooked Porsche 912 and Subaru Impreza P1. The four-cylinder Porsche has probably peaked, Hagerty says, while the P1 could keep rising – ‘Excellent’ examples have already shot up from £32k to £50,500. ‘The gulf between top and bottom values is huge,' Hagerty reckons. ‘The fair price is 61% lower than its top concours value. Pristine, low mileage cars will probably increase most, but regularly driven cars that are a little rough around the edges will be much more affordable and great fun.’
Affordability and fun have brought the Austin-Healey 3000 into the list, a model that has remained fairly static in terms of price and therefore cheaper in real terms, while the Alfa Romeo 147 GTA is recommended for pure driving pleasure. Similarly rare and competition themed is the Peugeot 106 Rallye, but ‘Originality is critical,’ Hagerty cautions.