DATA & ANALYSIS

Historic Automobile Group International (HAGI™) is an independent investment research house and think-tank with specialised expertise in the rare classic motorcar sector.

The group has created benchmarks which track this alternative asset class accurately for the first time, using rigorous financial methodology usually associated with more traditional investments. The HAGI Index has been published monthly since 2008 and is referenced frequently in the financial media including  FT.com, Wall Street Journal, the Economist, as well as classic car publications such as Road & Track.

The purpose of this approach is to lend transparency to the sector and enable market participants to make informed decisions based on data driven fundamentals.

The group runs a proprietary database encompassing in excess of 100,000 actual transactions. Entries start from the date of the cars‘ manufacture and are updated on a daily basis. The data is collected from four major sources: Private contacts, marque specialists, dealers and auction results. HAGI consists of a unique team of professionals and advisors with a long standing track record in the fields of both finance and historic motorcars.

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Books by HAGI Publishing

Better than Gold, Investing in Historic Cars – By Dietrich Hatlapa, second edition. Revised, limited edition.

The book covers subjects such as value drivers, performance measurement and market history. The author illustrates historic price developments of various market sections, including those of collectors’ Ferrari, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz. For more details and to order please follow this link. You can also order by phone on +44 1 904 431 213 UK time zone, thank you.

The Porsche Carrera 4-cam Engine – By Peter Pohl. Both the English language version and the original German version are available.

Historic Automobile Group International (HAGI) has organised and is organising a number of events and conferences in Europe and the United States. These invitation-only events bring together collectors, investors, senior industry practitioners from the classic car industry and interested students for two information-packed days of keynote speeches, panel discussions and classic cars on display.

HAGI’s Value in the Classic Car Market (VCCM) conferences were held annually for five years from 2014 to 2018 together with the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA.

VCCM South Africa is a “first of its kind” conference in the Southern Hemisphere which initially ran in conjunction with Concours South Africa in August 2017, Gary Player Country Club, Sun City. Two subsequent conferences took place in Johannesburg and Knysna, 2018 and 2019 respectively.

HAGI’s Classic Car Symposium Cologne (CCSC) was held in June 2015 and was organised together with The Cologne University of Applied Sciences in Cologne and Professor Frank Hermann of the Institute of Automotive Engineering, IFK.

Founding Partner for the VCCM and CCSC conference is Mercedes-Benz Classic, the classic department of Mercedes-Benz in Stuttgart, Germany.

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With kind support of:

Founding Partner

Past conferences:

2018 VCCM Agenda

2017 VCCM Agenda

2016 VCCM Agenda

2015 VCCM Agenda

2014 VCCM Agenda

For sponsorship information please contact Katharine at HAGI: conference@historicautogroup.com.