About CAR85
A private market built on relationships.
CAR85 is an independent specialist focused on rare, limited-production and collector-grade automobiles in the UK and international private market.
Our approach
Focused briefs. Direct conversations. Considered introductions.
We work with collectors and trusted counterparties who value discretion, clarity and informed judgement. Our role is to identify the right opportunity, establish whether a genuine basis for a transaction exists and coordinate the path forward with appropriate care.
CAR85 is intentionally selective. We are most useful when the brief is specific, the automobile is exceptional and conventional channels are unlikely to produce the right result.
What defines us
Three principles behind every conversation.
Discretion
The right transaction does not need an audience. Information is shared carefully and only where relevant.
Access
Our work begins beyond the public listing—through collector relationships, specialist networks and direct briefs.
Judgement
Rarity alone is not enough. Provenance, specification, condition, timing and counterparty all matter.
How we work
Confidential from first brief to final introduction.
- 01
Understand the brief
We establish the exact car, specification, timing and commercial parameters.
- 02
Qualify the opportunity
We assess the market, provenance and counterparties before progressing.
- 03
Make the introduction
Where there is a credible fit, we coordinate a direct and discreet path forward.
Start with the brief