Winning over the sceptics

Naysayers are quickly warming to Brightwells’ modern classics sales

The Modern Classics sales may have added to Brightwells’ already busy schedule but they’ve also enabled it to tap into a segment that has, until now, been excluded from existing sales. The theme is generous in its coverage, bringing in 1980s classics alongside much later cars, and the mix is increasingly being accepted by sceptics. Brightwells’ list was still being finalised as

CCW closed for press but interesting offerings included a W126 Mercedes-Benz 500SEL, Jaguar XJSs, a brace of Peugeot 205 GTIs and, ideally suited for the buyer with an eye on the future, a Honda Insight.