Hagerty’s data team just published its ninth annual Bull Market List, and the spread this year is wider than usual — a $16,600 Miata sits on the same roster as a $1.55 million Porsche race car. Every December, the classic-car insurer’s Hagerty Automotive Intelligence team combs its own auction results, private-sale records, and insurance data — “millions of data points,” the company says — to flag 11 enthusiast cars it expects to appreciate over the coming year. The 2026 list, released December 8, 2025, runs from a 1956 luxury coupe to a 2013 Corvette, and seven of the eleven cars on it still trade for under $60,000.

1. 2006–2013 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 — $55,900

The C6-generation Z06 packs a 505-horsepower, 7.0-liter LS7 V-8 into a car that routinely sells for less than a loaded new Camaro. Hagerty’s data shows values holding firm even as newer Corvettes flood the market, which the insurer chalks up to the LS7’s reputation as one of GM’s great naturally aspirated engines.

2. 2006–2010 BMW M5 — $36,000

This generation is the only M5 ever built with a V-10, a 500-horsepower 5.0-liter borrowed loosely from BMW’s Formula 1 program. Hagerty found that 58 percent of people requesting insurance quotes on the car are under 40, a younger buyer skew than almost anything else on the list.

3. 2004–2007 Porsche Carrera GT — $1,550,000

Only 1,270 were built, each with a race-derived V-10 and a notoriously unassisted clutch that has humbled plenty of owners. It’s the most expensive car on this year’s list by a wide margin, yet Hagerty says 28 percent of collector interest in it now comes from buyers 40 and under.

4. 1999–2005 Mazda MX-5 Miata — $16,600

The second-generation Miata is the cheapest car on the list, and Hagerty flags it for a reason beyond nostalgia: better brakes and a stronger engine than the original NA car, at a price that still undercuts most new economy cars. Interest spans nearly every age bracket Hagerty tracks.

5. 1995–1998 Nissan Skyline GT-R — $82,350

Built around a twin-turbo inline-six and a cult following built largely through video games, the R33 and R34-era GT-R only became legally importable to the U.S. once cars hit the 25-year mark. Hagerty’s data shows steady demand from buyers who grew up playing Gran Turismo rather than watching the car race.

6. 1995–1998 Volkswagen Golf GTI VR6 — $20,000

The narrow-angle 2.8-liter VR6 gave the third-generation GTI a six-cylinder growl no hot hatch rival could match. Hagerty pegs 78 percent of interested buyers at age 50 or younger, a sign the hot-hatch nostalgia wave is running well behind muscle cars and Porsches, not ahead of them.

7. 1990–1993 Chevrolet 454 SS — $59,800

A half-ton pickup built around a 7.4-liter big block and stiffened suspension, aimed squarely at straight-line speed rather than towing. Hagerty’s insured values for the 454 SS are up 57 percent since 2021, one of the steeper climbs on this year’s entire list.

8. 1981–1993 Dodge Ramcharger — $25,300

A full-size, V-8-powered SUV from the era before crossovers existed, and still a bargain next to the Ford Broncos that get most of the retro-SUV attention. Hagerty notes it as an easy engine-swap candidate for buyers priced out of the Bronco market entirely.

9. 1969–1972 Alfa Romeo GTV — $105,000

A twin-cam Italian coupe with a devoted following among collectors who got outbid on air-cooled Porsche 911s and went looking for an alternative with similar driving manners. Hagerty describes the GTV’s cult status as strong enough to hold value independent of the broader European classic-car market.

10. 1968–1970 Dodge Charger — $91,450

Roughly 40,000 R/T variants left Dodge factories across these three model years, giving the Charger enough surviving supply to keep it accessible despite its muscle-car pedigree. Hagerty’s ownership data shows 52 percent of Charger owners are Gen X or younger, younger than the muscle-car segment overall.

11. 1956–1957 Continental Mark II — $82,700

The most expensive American production car of its era, built with a 300-horsepower V-8 and hand-finished trim that undercut nothing for cost. Hagerty flags it as one of the rare pre-1960s classics still priced within reach of a well-off first-time buyer rather than only institutional collectors.

“No matter your budget, it’s never been easier to get into an enthusiast car you truly love,” said Larry Webster, Hagerty’s senior vice president of media, in the company’s announcement. Brian Rabold, the insurer’s vice president of automotive intelligence, credited the picks to the team’s read of “millions of data points covering public auction results, private sales insights, insurance data along with buyer and seller behavior.”

What stands out across all 11 isn’t the price spread, it’s who’s buying. Hagerty’s own age breakdowns show Gen X and millennial interest concentrated in cars most of them never could have afforded new — the Carrera GT, the Skyline GT-R, the M5 — while genuinely affordable entries like the Miata and the GTI draw buyers of every age. The bet Hagerty is making isn’t that any one era of car is back in style. It’s that the ceiling on what counts as a “collector car” keeps dropping, one 25-year-old daily driver at a time.