CLASSIC CARS - THE CATS WHISKERS FOR INVESTORS ? ``Last  year classic car prices not only beat returns on equities, but managed to outperform gold as well !!!`` ( Telegraph Money 04/02/2012 ) `` Some segments of the classic car market rose by 20pc in 2011``. ``The market is undergoing a drive to quality - so buy the best you can afford in terms of history, condition, originality and provenance``.