A classic car is different from every other vehicle you own. If a modern car is stolen, insurance writes a check and you buy another. If your classic is stolen, no check replaces it. The exact car, the numbers-matching engine, the paint you sourced, the years you spent getting it right, all of that is gone. Classics are stolen to order, shipped overseas, or broken for parts that are worth more separately than the car is whole. Protecting an irreplaceable vehicle is not about recovering the money. It is about getting the actual car back.
Why classics are targeted
Classic and collector cars are high value, often uninsured for their true worth, and frequently stored in ways that make them easy to reach. A car that sits in a garage or barn for months is a quiet target with no one checking on it. Some thieves steal to order for overseas buyers. Others strip cars for rare parts. Because many classics predate modern security entirely, there is nothing built in to stop someone rolling one onto a flatbed.
The cars that get recovered are the ones that are tracked and acted on fast, before they reach a container or a workshop.
Stored off power? Scorpion Go is the right fit
Most classics are not driven daily. They sit for the winter, live in a barn, or come out on dry weekends. You do not want a device drawing current from an old electrical system or draining a battery over a long layup, and you may not want to hardwire anything into an original loom. That makes a self-powered unit the natural choice.
Scorpion Go has its own internal battery that lasts up to three years, is IP68 weatherproof, and needs no wiring at all. Hide it in the car, arm it from the app when you put the cover on, and it alerts if the car moves when it should not. No drain, no cutting into original wiring, no dead battery when you come back in spring.
Driven regularly? A hardwired option exists
If your classic is a regular driver with a sound electrical system, a hardwired unit gives you live tracking and full journey history. ScorpionTrack Standard is the hardwired baseline with monitored recovery, and Secure adds Automatic Driver Recognition tags. Both are insurance approved, as is every ScorpionTrack tier. For most owners of a stored classic, though, Scorpion Go is the cleaner fit.
We contact you, you do not have to notice
This is what matters for a car you might not see for weeks. A cheap tracker sends an alert and leaves the rest to you. If your classic is in a barn and it moves at night, a self-monitored app does nothing until you happen to check.
ScorpionTrack is monitored 24/7 from our Secure Operating Center. If your car moves when it should not, we contact you to confirm it is genuine, then coordinate recovery with law enforcement. You do not have to spot it or report it first. For a car that sits unattended most of the year, that is the whole point.
Prevention and speed beat a car you never see again
There is no replacing a classic, so recovery speed is everything. A tracked car that is acted on quickly can be intercepted before it is loaded into a container or taken apart. Every hour lost makes it harder. The faster the response, the better the chance you get the actual car back, not a payout for a car that no longer exists.
Which setup for your classic
- Scorpion Go for a stored or seasonal classic, no wiring, no battery drain, no cutting into original loom.
- Standard for a regularly driven classic with a sound electrical system.
- Secure to add Automatic Driver Recognition on a hardwired install.
Every tier is insurance approved and British engineered, protecting vehicles since 1973. Compare the range on our products page. For other vehicles that sit in storage, read our motorcycle GPS tracker and RV GPS tracker guides.