The Guide
Consider the K500 Guide to be the automotive equivalent of Robert Parker’s wine scoring service or Michelin’s red book. We’ve researched the most relevant classic cars for today’s collectors and enthusiasts, rating each out of a possible maximum of 100 points.
The no-nonsense ranking system, valuations, technical specifications and straight-talking on getting into the best events mean that you can now make a far better informed decision on what’s a triumph and avoid the turkeys.
| Year | Make | Model | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sort | Sort | Sort | Sort | |
| 1955-1955 | Mercedes-Benz | 300 SLR Coupé | 6.9 secs |
100
|
| 1928-1932 | Mercedes-Benz | SSK | 13.0 secs |
95
|
| 1937-1938 | Alfa Romeo | 8C 2900 | 10.0 secs |
92
|
| 1929-1933 | Bugatti | Type 41 Royale | 18.0 secs |
90
|
| 1931-1934 | Alfa Romeo | 8C 2300 | 10.0 secs |
88
|
| 1936-1938 | Bugatti | Type 57S Atalante | 10.0 secs |
88
|
| 1967-1968 | Ferrari | 275 GTB/4 NART Spyder | 6.5 secs |
88
|
| 1931-1934 | Bugatti | Type 55 | 10.0 secs |
85
|
| 1960-1963 | Ferrari | 250 GT SWB Competizione | 5.1 secs |
85
|
| 1936-1939 | Talbot-Lago | T150 SS Teardrop | 17.0 secs |
85
|
| 1960-1963 | Aston Martin | DB4 GT Zagato | 6.1 secs |
84
|
| 1960-1963 | Ferrari | 250 GT California Spider SWB | 7.1 secs |
83
|
| 1931-1933 | Bugatti | Type 50 | 14.0 secs |
82
|
| 1929-1931 | Bentley | 4 1/2 Litre Blower | 10.0 secs |
80
|
| 1956-1959 | Ferrari | 410 Superamerica | 6.6 secs |
80
|
| 1960-1963 | Ferrari | 250 GT SWB | 6.1 secs |
80
|
| 1965-1966 | Ferrari | 275 GTB/C Series 2 | 5.5 secs |
80
|
| 1955-1956 | Mercedes-Benz | 300 SL 'Gullwing' Al... | 7.3 secs |
80
|
| 1958-1960 | Ferrari | 250 GT California Spider LWB | 7.1 secs |
79
|
| 1959-1963 | Aston Martin | DB4 GT | 6.1 secs |
78
|
| 1963-1964 | ATS | 2500 GT | 8.5 secs |
78
|
| 1956-1959 | Ferrari | 250 GT Tour de France | 7.1 secs |
78
|
| 1931-1938 | Hispano-Suiza | J12 | 12.0 secs |
78
|
| 1954-1957 | Maserati | A6G54 | 10.5 secs |
78
|
| 1930-1933 | Alfa Romeo | 6C 1750 | 14.0 secs |
77
|
| 1956-1959 | BMW | 507 | 8.8 secs |
77
|
| 1957-1959 | Ferrari | 250 GT Pininfarina Cabriolet S... | 7.1 secs |
77
|
| 1927-1928 | Mercedes-Benz | 36/220 S-Type | 15.0 secs |
77
|
| 1965-1967 | AC | Cobra 427 | 4.5 secs |
76
|
| 1959-1964 | Ferrari | 400 Superamerica | 7.2 secs |
76
|
| 1964-1966 | Ferrari | 500 Superfast | 6.0 secs |
76
|
| 1936-1937 | Lagonda | LG45 Rapide | 14.3 secs |
76
|
| 1963-1965 | Aston Martin | DB5 Convertible | 7.1 secs |
75
|
| 1930-1931 | Bentley | 8 Litre | 14.0 secs |
75
|
| 1936-1940 | BMW | 328 | 13.0 secs |
75
|
| 1965-1965 | Ferrari | 275 GTB/C Series 1 | 6.0 secs |
75
|
| 1966-1967 | Ferrari | 365 California | 6.2 secs |
75
|
| 1966-1968 | Ferrari | 275 GTB/4 | 6.2 secs |
75
|
| 1969-1973 | Ferrari | 365 GTS/4 'Daytona' ... | 5.9 secs |
75
|
| 1955-1955 | Lancia | Aurelia B24 Spider America | 12.5 secs |
75
|
| 1959-1964 | Maserati | 5000 GT | 7.0 secs |
75
|
| 1936-1940 | Mercedes-Benz | 540 K | 15.0 secs |
75
|
| 1954-1957 | Mercedes-Benz | 300 SL 'Gullwing' | 7.6 secs |
75
|
| 1926-1930 | Bentley | 6 1/2 Litre | 12.0 secs |
74
|
| 1927-1931 | Bentley | 4 1/2 Litre | 14.0 secs |
74
|
| 1952-1955 | Bentley | R-Type Continental | 12.0 secs |
74
|
| 1969-1969 | Ferrari | 365 GTS | 6.2 secs |
74
|
| 1929-1935 | Invicta | S-Type Low Chassis | 15.0 secs |
74
|
| 1934-1936 | Mercedes-Benz | 500 K | 16.0 secs |
74
|
| 1961-1963 | Aston Martin | DB4 Convertible | 8.9 secs |
73
|
| 1964-1966 | Ferrari | 275 GTB/2 | 6.5 secs |
73
|
| 1966-1968 | Ferrari | 330 GTS | 6.8 secs |
73
|
| 1969-1972 | Maserati | Ghibli Spyder | 7.0 secs |
73
|
| 1957-1963 | Mercedes-Benz | 300 SL Roadster | 7.6 secs |
73
|
| 1962-1966 | AC | Cobra 289 | 5.2 secs |
72
|
| 1965-1970 | Aston Martin | DB6 Volante | 8.4 secs |
72
|
| 1921-1929 | Bentley | 3 Litre | 20.0 secs |
72
|
| 1965-1968 | Bizzarrini | 5300 GT Strada | 6.1 secs |
72
|
| 1929-1932 | Bugatti | Type 46 | 18.0 secs |
72
|
| 1953-1955 | Ferrari | 250 Europa | 9.2 secs |
72
|
| 1962-1964 | Ferrari | 250 GT Lusso | 7.0 secs |
72
|
| 1964-1966 | Ferrari | 275 GTS | 6.8 secs |
72
|
| 1951-1958 | Pegaso | Z-102 | 10.2 secs |
72
|
| 1959-1964 | Maserati | 3500 GT Vignale Spyder | 8.0 secs |
71
|
| 1973-1974 | Porsche | 911 Carrera RS 3.0 | 5.2 secs |
71
|
| 1927-1931 | Bugatti | Type 43 | 12.0 secs |
70
|
| 1950-1952 | Ferrari | 340 America | 7.2 secs |
70
|
| 1959-1962 | Ferrari | 250 GT Pininfarina Cabriolet S... | 7.1 secs |
70
|
| 1968-1970 | Ferrari | 365 GTC | 6.3 secs |
70
|
| 1968-1973 | Ferrari | 365 GTB/4 'Daytona' | 5.5 secs |
70
|
| 1964-1967 | Lamborghini | 350 GT | 6.8 secs |
70
|
| 1936-1940 | Jaguar | SS 100 | 12.8 secs |
69
|
| 1964-1970 | Maserati | Mistral Spyder | 8.6 secs |
69
|
| 1953-1959 | Alfa Romeo | 1900SS Zagato | 11.0 secs |
68
|
| 1960-1963 | Alfa Romeo | Giulietta SZ | 11.0 secs |
68
|
| 1927-1935 | Aston Martin | 1 1/2 Litre | 18.0 secs |
68
|
| 1950-1959 | Aston Martin | DB2 Drophead Coupé | 9.3 secs |
68
|
| 1925-1933 | Bugatti | Type 37 | 14.0 secs |
68
|
| 1966-1968 | Ferrari | 330 GTC | 6.5 secs |
68
|
| 1933-1934 | Mercedes-Benz | 380 K | 18.0 secs |
68
|
| 1972-1973 | Porsche | 911 Carrera RS 2.7 | 5.8 secs |
68
|
| 1977-1989 | Aston Martin | V8 Vantage | 5.2 secs |
67
|
| 1966-1968 | Lamborghini | 400 GT 2+2 | 6.0 secs |
66
|
| 1952-1954 | Siata | 208 | 14.0 secs |
66
|
| 1967-1970 | Toyota | 2000 GT | 9.9 secs |
66
|
| 1936-1940 | Aston Martin | 2.0 Litre | 15.0 secs |
65
|
| 1963-1965 | Aston Martin | DB5 | 7.1 secs |
65
|
| 1992-2000 | Aston Martin | Vantage | 4.6 secs |
65
|
| 1962-1964 | Facel Vega | II | 7.8 secs |
65
|
| 1968-1969 | Ferrari | Dino 206 GT | 7.2 secs |
65
|
| 1973-1976 | Ferrari | 365 GT4 BB | 5.3 secs |
65
|
| 1952-1954 | Fiat | 8V | 10.0 secs |
65
|
| 1922-1932 | Hispano-Suiza | H6 | 18.0 secs |
65
|
| 1965-1974 | Iso | Grifo | 5.8 secs |
65
|
| 1948-1950 | Jaguar | XK 120 Alloy Roadster | 10.0 secs |
65
|
| 1958-1967 | Lancia | Flaminia Sport Zagato | 9.5 secs |
65
|
| 1956-1959 | Porsche | 356 Carrera | 11.0 secs |
65
|
| 1965-1967 | Shelby | Mustang GT350 | 6.5 secs |
65
|
| 1922-1925 | Alfa Romeo | RL | 18.0 secs |
64
|
| 1958-1963 | Aston Martin | DB4 | 9.0 secs |
64
|
| 1936-1939 | Bentley | 4 1/4 Litre | 15.5 secs |
64
|
| 1958-1962 | Ferrari | 250 GT Pininfarina Coupé... | 7.1 secs |
64
|
| 1934-1938 | Hispano-Suiza | K6 | 19.0 secs |
64
|
| 1931-1935 | Horch | 670 | 22.0 secs |
64
|
| 1933-1936 | Lagonda | M45 | 14.0 secs |
64
|
| 1937-1939 | Lagonda | LG6 | 15.0 secs |
64
|
| 1938-1939 | Lagonda | V12 | 14.0 secs |
64
|
| 1957-1964 | Maserati | 3500 GT | 8.0 secs |
64
|
| 1962-1968 | Maserati | Sebring | 7.5 secs |
64
|
| 1923-1934 | OM | 665 Superba | 18.0 secs |
64
|
| 1953-1971 | AC | Ace | - |
63
|
| 1965-1968 | Alfa Romeo | Giulia GTA | 8.0 secs |
63
|
| 1935-1936 | Auburn | 851 Speedster | 15.0 secs |
63
|
| 1972-1974 | Ferrari | Dino 246 GTS | 7.5 secs |
63
|
| 1954-1958 | Porsche | 356 Speedster | 10.8 secs |
63
|
| 1927-1929 | Alfa Romeo | 6C 1500 | 20.0 secs |
62
|
| 1934-1937 | Alfa Romeo | 6C 2300 | 17.0 secs |
62
|
| 1978-1989 | Aston Martin | V8 Volante | 5.3 secs |
62
|
| 1933-1936 | Bentley | 3 1/2 Litre | 20.4 secs |
62
|
| 1972-1975 | BMW | 3.0 CSL | 7.5 secs |
62
|
| 1951-1956 | Bugatti | Type 101 | 14.0 secs |
62
|
| 1946-1950 | Maserati | A6 1500 | 12.5 secs |
62
|
| 1965-1970 | Aston Martin | DB6 | 6.3 secs |
61
|
| 1935-1953 | Delahaye | 135 | 13.0 secs |
61
|
| 1939-1953 | Alfa Romeo | 6C 2500 | 14.0 secs |
60
|
| 1950-1959 | Aston Martin | DB2 | 9.3 secs |
60
|
| 1955-1959 | Bentley | S1 Continental | 12.9 secs |
60
|
| 1927-1930 | Bugatti | Type 44 | 16.0 secs |
60
|
| 1947-1952 | Cisitalia | 202 Berlinetta | 16.0 secs |
60
|
| 1965-1972 | Citroën | DS Chapron | 12.0 secs |
60
|
| 1958-1961 | Facel Vega | HK500 | 8.4 secs |
60
|
| 1958-1964 | Facel Vega | Excellence | 8.6 secs |
60
|
| 1960-1963 | Ferrari | 250 GTE | 7.1 secs |
60
|
| 1969-1974 | Ferrari | Dino 246 GT | 7.5 secs |
60
|
| 1950-1954 | Jaguar | XK 120 | 10.0 secs |
60
|
| 1961-1968 | Jaguar | E-type Series 1 3.8-Litre Road... | 6.5 secs |
60
|
| 1956-1958 | Lancia | Aurelia B24S Convertible | 13.0 secs |
60
|
| 1951-1955 | Porsche | 356 'Pre-A' Converti... | 17.0 secs |
60
|
| 1961-1964 | Jaguar | E-type Series 1 3.8-Litre Fixe... | 6.5 secs |
59
|
| 1961-1964 | Lagonda | Rapide | 11.0 secs |
59
|
| 1936-1937 | Alvis | 4.3 Litre | 11.5 secs |
58
|
| 1948-1950 | Aston Martin | DB1 | 14.0 secs |
58
|
| 1967-1972 | Aston Martin | DBS | 8.5 secs |
58
|
| 1972-1989 | Aston Martin | V8 | 7.0 secs |
58
|
| 1984-1985 | Audi | Sport Quattro | 5.0 secs |
58
|
| 1957-1961 | Jaguar | XK 150 | 8.3 secs |
58
|
| 1968-1970 | Lamborghini | Islero | 6.5 secs |
58
|
| 1951-1955 | Porsche | 356 'Pre-A' | 15.4 secs |
58
|
| 1981-1981 | Porsche | 924 Carrera GT | 6.9 secs |
58
|
| 1962-1965 | Bentley | S3 Continental | 12.0 secs |
57
|
| 1976-1985 | Ferrari | 512 BB | 6.2 secs |
57
|
| 1964-1968 | Jaguar | E-type Series 1 4.2-Litre Road... | 7.2 secs |
57
|
| 1951-1958 | Lancia | Aurelia B20 GT | 13.0 secs |
57
|
| 1935-1936 | Avions Voisin | C25 | 22.2 secs |
56
|
| 1959-1962 | Bentley | S2 Continental | 12.0 secs |
56
|
| 1966-1973 | Fiat | Dino Spider | 8.0 secs |
56
|
| 1966-1973 | Maserati | Ghibli Coupé | 6.8 secs |
56
|
| 1969-1971 | Mercedes-Benz | 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet | 9.5 secs |
56
|
| 1919-1932 | Isotta Fraschini | Tipo 8 | 22.0 secs |
55
|
| 1954-1957 | Jaguar | XK 140 | 8.4 secs |
55
|
| 1964-1968 | Jaguar | E-type Series 1 4.2-Litre Fixe... | 7.2 secs |
55
|
| 1968-1978 | Lamborghini | Espada | 6.0 secs |
55
|
| 1922-1932 | Lancia | Lambda | 23.6 secs |
55
|
| 1963-1970 | Maserati | Mistral | 8.3 secs |
55
|
| 1971-1978 | Maserati | Bora | 6.5 secs |
55
|
| 1955-1965 | Porsche | 356A-C Convertible | 13.0 secs |
55
|
| 1972-1973 | Porsche | 911 2.4 | 7.9 secs |
55
|
| 1937-1941 | BMW | 327 | 16.0 secs |
54
|
| 1995-1997 | Porsche | 911 (993) Turbo | 4.4 secs |
54
|
| 1963-1966 | Alvis | TE21 Drophead Coupé | 12.0 secs |
53
|
| 1956-1959 | BMW | 503 | 13.7 secs |
53
|
| 1963-1969 | Porsche | 911 2.0 | 9.1 secs |
53
|
| 1969-1971 | Porsche | 911 2.2 | 8.0 secs |
53
|
| 1951-1954 | Delahaye | 235 | 14.0 secs |
52
|
| 1949-1950 | Healey | Silverstone | 11.0 secs |
52
|
| 1987-1989 | Porsche | 911 Speedster | 6.0 secs |
52
|
| 1959-1966 | Alfa Romeo | Giulia SS | 12.0 secs |
51
|
| 1971-1973 | Ferrari | 365 GTC/4 | 7.0 secs |
51
|
| 1956-1962 | Alfa Romeo | Giulietta Spider | 14.0 secs |
50
|
| 1962-1967 | ASA | 1000 GT | 11.5 secs |
50
|
| 1976-1990 | Aston Martin | Lagonda | 8.8 secs |
50
|
| 2001-2007 | Aston Martin | Vanquish | 4.8 secs |
50
|
| 1952-1959 | Austin-Healey | 100 | 9.6 secs |
50
|
| 1946-1950 | Bristol | 400 | 19.1 secs |
50
|
| 1930-1953 | Delage | D6 | 20.0 secs |
50
|
| 1966-1976 | Jensen | Interceptor | 7.5 secs |
50
|
| 1957-1967 | Lancia | Flaminia | 10.5 secs |
50
|
| 1957-1964 | Lotus | Elite | 10.0 secs |
50
|
| 1995-1996 | Porsche | 911 (993) Carrera RS | 5.0 secs |
50
|
| 1967-1970 | Shelby | Mustang GT500 | 5.5 secs |
50
|
| 1947-1950 | Talbot-Lago | T26 Lago Record Cabriolet | 15.0 secs |
50
|
| 1954-1963 | AC | Aceca | 13.4 secs |
48
|
| 1965-1973 | AC | 428 | 6.0 secs |
48
|
| 1932-1936 | Alvis | Speed 20 | 15.2 secs |
48
|
| 1971-1974 | Jaguar | E-type Series 3 V12 2+2 | 6.4 secs |
48
|
| 1931-1939 | Lancia | Astura | 20.0 secs |
48
|
| 1955-1965 | Porsche | 356A-C Coupé | 11.0 secs |
48
|
| 1970-1972 | Porsche | 914/6 | 8.7 secs |
48
|
| 1967-1969 | Bizzarrini | 1900 Europa | 7.5 secs |
47
|
| 1953-1955 | Bristol | 404 | 12.0 secs |
45
|
| 1938-1939 | Horch | 853 | 25.0 secs |
45
|
| 1970-1973 | Lamborghini | Jarama | 7.2 secs |
45
|
| 1974-1982 | Maserati | Khamsin | 8.1 secs |
45
|
| 1991-1992 | Porsche | 911 (964) Carrera RS | 5.4 secs |
45
|
| 1971-1995 | Rolls-Royce | Corniche | 10.0 secs |
45
|
| 1975-1986 | Rolls-Royce | Camargue | 9.5 secs |
45
|
| 1951-1955 | Siata | Daina | 19.0 secs |
45
|
| 1959-1967 | Austin-Healey | 3000 | 11.0 secs |
43
|
| 1936-1938 | Wanderer | W25 | 22.0 secs |
42
|
| 1962-1966 | Alfa Romeo | 2600 Spider | 11.1 secs |
40
|
| 2000-2003 | BMW | Z8 | 4.2 secs |
40
|
| 1948-1953 | Bristol | 401 | 15.1 secs |
40
|
| 1959-1963 | Facel Vega | Facellia | 11.4 secs |
40
|
| 1968-1970 | Jaguar | E-type Series 2 4.2-Litre Road... | 8.0 secs |
40
|
| 1971-1975 | Jaguar | E-type Series 3 V12 Roadster | 7.0 secs |
40
|
| 1955-1963 | Mercedes-Benz | 190 SL | 13.0 secs |
40
|
| 1963-1981 | Mercedes-Benz | 600 | 9.7 secs |
40
|
| 1968-1971 | Mercedes-Benz | 280 SL 'Pagoda' | 9.0 secs |
40
|
| 1939-1959 | Rolls-Royce | Wraith | 16.8 secs |
40
|
| 1959-1992 | Rolls-Royce | Phantom V-VI | 13.0 secs |
40
|
| 1925-1939 | Rolls-Royce | Phantom I-III | 16.8 secs |
39
|
| 1954-1962 | Alfa Romeo | Giulietta Sprint | 14.8 secs |
38
|
| 1946-1953 | Allard | K Type | 10.0 secs |
38
|
| 1955-1965 | Bentley | S Series | 13.0 secs |
38
|
| 1985-1989 | Ferrari | 328 GTB/S | 5.5 secs |
38
|
| 1936-1949 | Lancia | Aprilia | 25.0 secs |
38
|
| 1950-1954 | Nash-Healey | Roadster | 10.0 secs |
38
|
| 1929-1936 | Rolls-Royce | 20/25 | 28.0 secs |
38
|
| 1966-1968 | Mercedes-Benz | 250 SL 'Pagoda' | 10.5 secs |
37
|
| 1970-1975 | Citroën | SM | 8.0 secs |
35
|
| 1963-1967 | Ferrari | 330 GT 2+2 | 7.0 secs |
35
|
| 1968-1970 | Jaguar | E-type Series 2 4.2-Litre Fixe... | 8.0 secs |
35
|
| 1983-1988 | Lamborghini | Jalpa | 7.0 secs |
35
|
| 1953-1963 | Lancia | Appia | 14.0 secs |
35
|
| 1965-1972 | Maserati | Mexico | 7.2 secs |
35
|
| 1969-1974 | Maserati | Indy | 7.5 secs |
35
|
| 1963-1967 | Mercedes-Benz | 230 SL 'Pagoda' | 10.5 secs |
35
|
| 1922-1929 | Rolls-Royce | Twenty | 19.4 secs |
35
|
| 1963-1970 | Iso | Rivolta | 7.6 secs |
33
|
| 1962-1966 | Jensen | CV8 | 6.7 secs |
33
|
| 1972-1976 | Maserati | Merak | 9.0 secs |
33
|
| 1965-1969 | Porsche | 912 | 12.0 secs |
33
|
| 1946-1952 | Bentley | Mk VI | 15.2 secs |
32
|
| 1996-2001 | Ferrari | 550 Maranello | 4.2 secs |
32
|
| 1951-1956 | Jaguar | Mk VII | 13.0 secs |
32
|
| 1974-1979 | Lamborghini | Urraco | 6.2 secs |
32
|
| 1998-2002 | BMW | Z3 M Coupe | 5.3 secs |
31
|
| 1993-1998 | Porsche | 911 (993) | 5.4 secs |
31
|
| 1952-1955 | Bentley | R-Type Saloon | 16.0 secs |
30
|
| 1992-1996 | Dodge | Viper | 4.3 secs |
30
|
| 1967-1973 | Fiat | Dino Coupé | 8.0 secs |
30
|
| 1965-1970 | Honda | S800 | 13.5 secs |
30
|
| 1970-1974 | Iso | Lele | 6.9 secs |
30
|
| 1953-1963 | Jensen | 541 | 10.8 secs |
30
|
| 1975-1978 | Lotus | Esprit S1 | 8.0 secs |
30
|
| 1989-1993 | Porsche | 911 (964) | 5.7 secs |
30
|
| 1970-1977 | Alfa Romeo | Montreal | 7.5 secs |
28
|
| 1971-1984 | Alpine | A310 | 8.0 secs |
28
|
| 1973-1980 | Ferrari | 308 GT4 | 5.6 secs |
28
|
| 1992-1996 | BMW | 850 | 6.0 secs |
25
|
| 1985-1989 | Ferrari | 400/412 | 7.7 secs |
25
|
| 1970-1974 | Ford (UK) | Capri RS2600 | 8.4 secs |
25
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