Went past this today, WTF!?A lot of more reasonable classics, i.e. under £25k are driven by youthful desire. When we were teenagers there were certain cars that were special but always just out of reach, now some of us have benefitted from our chosen careers and have a bit more spare cash and these cars are now within grasp. Hence we look with rose tinted specs and look to buy what we couldn't in the day. Of any age there were probably more who wanted that fast Ford, the GTi or GTE of the range, the one with a Turbo badge and these classic prices have been pushed upwards. Other truly great cars have increased even more 911s, UR Quattros and the M3 as these are game chaining cars then and now.
Unfortunately Maserati have only been for the few and hence only the few wanted them back in the day and want them today which is why the prices are stagnant until recently Alfas were the same and in fact in most cases Lancia still our. Very few people outside a die hard Maserati fan will even understand the difference between a 222SE or SR from any other Biturbo so we can't expect these to differ much in price. As above it is supply & demand but the the demand is the key issue, it must be wanted by many to drive the market.
The Escorts entered by Ford for London to Mexico including the winning car all had Kent engines as they didn’t think the twin cams would last.
My godfather did a lot of the route planning for the event in a bog standard Beetle.