Sports Car Digest - The Sports, Racing and Vintage Car Journal
Sports Car Digest focuses on Classic Car Auctions, Concours d’Elegance, Vintage Car Racing, Road Rallies and other historic automotive events.
A line-up of Italian sports and racing cars will be featured at the 2013 Gooding & Company Pebble Beach auction, scheduled for August 17th and 18th in Pebble Beach, California. Among the auction highlights include a 1948 Alfa Romeo 6C Competizione 2500 from the "Sleeping Beauties" collection, a 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB Long Nose Alloy and a 1965 Ferrari 500 Superfast with only one owner since 1966. … [Read more...]
A selection of sports and racing cars are the latest featured consignments for the 2013 RM Auctions Monterey sale, scheduled for August 16-17 at the Portola Hotel and Monterey Convention Center in California. Among the more than 100 motor cars on offer, RM's flagship two-day Monterey auction will feature a 1955 Jaguar D-Type, 1955 Ferrari 750 Monza Scaglietti Spider, a 1950 Ferrari 166 Touring … [Read more...]
The competition car collection of Irvine Laidlaw will headline the 2013 RM Auctions London sale, scheduled for 7-9 September, at its established Battersea Park location and in partnership with the St. James's Concours of Elegance in central London. The highlight of the Lord Irvine Laidlaw Competition Car Collection is the ex-Works and ex-Ecurie Ecosse, 1955 Jaguar D-Type, chassis number XKD … [Read more...]
RM Auctions announced early consignments for its 2013 Monterey sale, scheduled for August 16-17 at the Portola Hotel and Monterey Convention Center in California. Highlighted offerings for RM's 28th annual flagship Monterey auction include more than 20 Ferraris and marques such as Maserati, Duesenberg, Hispano-Suiza, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz. Among the notable Ferraris consigned to date are … [Read more...]
A Vignale-bodied 1953 Ferrari 250 Europa Coupe will be among the headline offerings at the 2013 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction, scheduled for August 16th on the grounds of the Quail Lodge property in Carmel Valley, California. This one-of-a-kind Ferrari was designed by Giovanni Michelotti for Vignale and sold new to the North American Ferrari importer Luigi Chinetti. Upon seeing the design, … [Read more...]
RM Auctions has become the official auction partner of the St James’s Concours of Elegance, scheduled for 5-7 September 2013 at St James’s Palace in central London. As a result of the partnership, RM Auctions has changed the dates of its well-established London sale which has traditionally taken place in late October. … [Read more...]
The inaugural Bonhams auction at the Spa Classic historic races will be held Saturday 25th May 2013 at the Spa Motor Circuit in Belgium. Nearly 60 automobiles will be offered, with seven Ferraris, six Porsche 911s and a Lamborghini Miura among the notable entries. Philip Kantor, Head of the Mainland European Motoring department, said, “We are very much looking forward to our first sale at … [Read more...]
A Ferrari 330 GTC will be among the headline entries at the inaugural Russo and Steele Newport Beach auction, scheduled for June 20-22, 2013 at the Newport Dunes Waterfront Resort in Newport Beach, California. Designed by Pininfarina and powered by a Colombo-derived, four-liter V-12, the 330 GTC debuted at the Geneva Motor Show in 1966. … [Read more...]
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby's, announced a new auction in New York City, to be held November 21, 2013 at Sotheby’s headquarters in Manhattan. The RM Auctions New York City 2013 sale, the first major collector car auction staged in Manhattan in over a decade, will feature approximately 35 automobiles from around the world. With an emphasis on bespoke design and 'best of category' … [Read more...]
A selection of Ferrari supercars are the latest offerings for the 2013 RM Auctions Villa d'Este sale, scheduled for the 25th of May during the famed Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este weekend on Lake Como, Italy. A total of sixteen Ferraris are among the 40 lots offered during the single-day auction. Max Girardo, Managing Director of RM Auctions, said, "RM has a reputation for selling the … [Read more...]
Bonhams returns to the Monterey Classic Car Week for the 16th consecutive year for its Quail Lodge auction, scheduled for August 16, 2013 at the Quail Lodge in Carmel Valley, California. Among the list of early consignments for the 2013 Bonhams Quail Lodge auction is a barn-find 1972 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale that has remained untouched for the last 30 years. … [Read more...]
The Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed Auction 2013 will be staged Friday 12 July at Goodwood House in Chichester, Sussex, with a selection of automobiles offered as the official auction of the Goodwood Festival of Speed. In addition to the previously announced Mercedes-Benz W196 and Maserati 300S, a 1934 Alfa Romeo 8C-2300 'Le Mans' Tourer from long-term ownership (estimate £1.4 million – … [Read more...]
RM Auctions announced further consignments for its 2013 Villa d'Este sale, to be held on the 25th of May during the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este weekend on Lake Como, Italy. Among the latest headline offerings is the 1905 FIAT 60HP Five-Passenger Touring Car built especially for American-based brewing magnate, August Anheuser Busch. The example is the second of just 20 chassis manufactured, … [Read more...]
Auctions America has announced a new Southern California sale, scheduled for August 1–3, 2013 in Burbank. Named 'Auctions America California', the auction is another part of the company's aim to increase its presence in key markets. The multi-day collector car auction will be held at the Los Angeles Marriott Burbank Airport hotel and is expected to feature more than 400 collector cars, including … [Read more...]
A Maserati 300S is among the headline offerings at the 2013 Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed auction, scheduled for Friday 12 July at Goodwood House in Chichester, Sussex, UK. The sports-racing Maserati joins the previously announced Mercedes-Benz W196, making this year's Festival of Speed auction the most anticipated in its history. … [Read more...]
