The big transfer
12/26/2025
One topic that is increasingly being discussed in classic car circles is the "great wealth transfer". This refers to the wealth that the baby boomer generation (born between 1946 and 1964) will pass on to their descendants in the coming years. We are talking about trillions of USD/EUR/CHF that will pass from one generation to the next.
Of course, this also includes various classic car collections, but above all real estate, investments and cash. Regardless of the form in which these assets arrive, they will increase the purchasing power of the next generation.
These will often be people in their forties to sixties and the question arises as to whether they will then invest some of the inherited funds in old cars. This is certainly to be expected up to a certain point. But will the heirs also be interested in the cars handed down by the older generations? In some cases perhaps yes, but not necessarily at the prices that today's sellers imagine.
Classic car buyers aged between 40 and 65 are more likely to go for cars from the seventies, eighties or even nineties. Restomods and very young neoclassic cars could also be of interest to some. On the other hand, very few of the now wealthy car enthusiasts will be interested in a pre-war saloon.
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