Elliot Newton, Staff Writer
"If we're talking best moments of 2025, mine would have to be Icons of Porsche in Dubai this November. After leaving -4 degree rain and wind in Wales the scorching desert sun and city skylines was the perfect way to celebrate all things Porsche in the Middle East. I can safely say I spent the entire journey home scouring the classifieds in the Classic Driver Market for a Porsche of my own!"
J.P. Rathgen, CEO
"My best moment of 2025 was definitely smoking a cigar with Arnold Schwarzenegger while we were recording the BMW Group Classic podcast "Classic Heart". What an absolute icon, he's a true childhood hero of mine and his humour is still unmatched. We even went for a joyride down memory lane in a classic BMW 1600, similar to the very first car he owned in the US. I will never forget that moment."
Jan Baedeker, Creative Director and Editor-in-Chief
"I actually have two favourite Classic Driver moments of 2025: the first one was clearly the Marks & Cars event we organized together with our friends from the Marks delicatessen store in Munich in September. It was meant as a small cars & coffee gathering for the local car community, but things escalated quickly and the event turned into a full-blown celebration of motorsports heritage, with Le Mans winners casually parked on the streets and racing heroes sipping espressos at the bar. We cannot wait to host this again. The second highlight was the launch of our new book "Drive Different" we published together with Gestalten. It's the ultimate guide to restomods and reimagined icons, and I can highly recommend you grab your copy from the Classic Driver Shop."
Błażej Żuławski, Special Operations & New Business Executive, CD Works
"My definite highlight of 2025 was when we launched this limited Jägermeister collectors edition bottle at Ultrace in Poland. The idea and creative concept for it was developed by our in-house agency CD Works for our long-term client Rennmeister. Only 560 of these collectors edition were made and they came in a 1990s Manga VHS-style box with the bottle and a little BMW M3 Sport Evolution DTM scale model, right in time for the 50th anniversary of BMW M. So this was a particularly dear project to my heart as a car enthusiast."
Mathieu Magara, Sales Executive
"Looking back at 2025, I would say that my highlight of the year was our 'Succession' event organized by Broad Arrow Auctions and Classic Driver in Zurich. During this event, there was a pandel discussion with key figures from the car collecting scene. One of them, Fritz Burkard, mentioned something very memorable: "As car collectors we have a responsibility to drive our cars and share them with the world." So if you own some of these beautiful machine, take them out and enjoy them as much as possible!"
