The Autoshift

Say you're 15 or 16 years old and you want to get an old car as your first car. How can you make sure the experience is a good one? The Autoshift Team takes a look at that this week and offers up advice on how to go about it, including what to look for and what to avoid.

Change is a constant, even during Monterey's annual Car Week in August. The Autoshift team takes a look at 2025's Car Week events as compared to years past, and dives into some specific changes that really stood out to them — both at the auctions and beyond.

The Autoshift Team — Jim Pickering, Chad Taylor and Chad Allan Tyson — takes a look at some of the highlights from Mecum's Tulsa auction, held June 6-7, 2025.

The Autoshift Team looks at Barrett-Jackson's Palm Beach 2025 Auction — what was hot, what was not, and what we can learn from this year's results.

This week, the team takes a look at Mecum's MASSIVE Indy sale, where over $100m in classic cars traded hands in May, 2025! What do the details there tell us about the market? www.theautoshift.com

Allow the guys to more formally introduce themselves. Yeah, it’s three white guys talking about cars, but they want to help you understand the what, the why, and the how of the collector-car market. There are over 40 years of experience between Jim Pickering, Chad Taylor and Chad Allan Tyson in covering and participating in the action. Plus, how do they manage at daily driving collector cars?

Join automotive journalists Jim Pickering, Chad Taylor and Chad Allan Tyson as they discuss the state of the collector-car market in 2025. The main topic of discussion is how pickup trucks and SUVs have become this century’s customization sensation, just like hot rods were for most of the 1900s. They give a few predictions as to where the market might be headed, too. Plus, Jim reminds us that Uniq...