The Bonhams Zoute Grand Prix 2019 sale was held 11th October in the Belgian seaside town of Knokke-Heist, resulting in €10,676,550 in total sales and a 76 percent sell-through rate. The auction was staged alongside the 10th edition of the Zoute Grand Prix classic car event. The top result at the Bonhams Zoute Grand Prix 2019 auction went to the 1965 Ferrari 275 GTB Alloy that sold for €2,875,000. … [Read more...]
Maserati International Rally 2019 – Report and Photos
Maserati enthusiasts from across the globe descended on the Scottish Highlands for the 40th edition of the marque’s annual International Rally. Held between Friday 20th and Monday 23rd September, the Rally is hosted in a different country each year and is an opportunity for fans and collectors of the House of Trident to meet, compete and showcase their special Maserati cars. After being held in Germany last year, … [Read more...]
RM Auctions Hershey 2019 – Auction Results
The RM Auctions Hershey 2019 sale was held October 10-11 at the Hershey Lodge in Hershey, Pennsylvania, resulting in $15,569,594 in total sales and a 97 percent sell-through rate. RM's 13th annual sale during the AACA Eastern Fall Meet featured more than 200 cars and an array of memorabilia that attracted bidders from 23 countries. The star lot of the RM Auctions Hershey 2019 auction was a 1930 Cadillac V-16 Sport … [Read more...]
Ex-Works Bugatti Type 55 Offered
A 1932 Bugatti Type 55 will be featured at the 2020 Bonhams Retromobile Week sale, to be held 6 February at the Grand Palais in Paris. The Bugatti is being offered for the first time at auction following 56 years in the ownership of one British family. “This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to acquire an extremely historic and important motor car owned by the same family for 56 years,” said Sholto Gilbertson, … [Read more...]
Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble October 2019 – Photo Gallery
The final Bicester Heritage Sunday Scramble of 2019 was held 6th October across the 425-acre former Royal Air Force base in the heart of England. More than 6,000 motoring enthusiasts flocked to Bicester Heritage to see a selection of vehicles from Abarth to Zagato, as well as historic F1 cars and a unique Aston Martin Vanquish designed by Ian Callum. Among the wide range of vehicles that filled both the Bicester … [Read more...]
Celebrating Maserati’s Land Speed Record
Mario Umberto “Baconìn” Borzacchini, at the wheel of a Maserati Tipo V4, set the world land speed record for the flying 10 kilometres on 28 September 1929. The car had made its race debut on 15 September, driven by Alfieri Maserati in the Monza Grand Prix, finishing the race in sixth place. Two weeks later, before the race at the Circuito di Cremona, the “Giornata dei record”, a time trial on the flying 10 … [Read more...]
Our Favorite Race Cars from the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours
The spectators at the 2019 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance were treated to some truly exceptional sights on and off the show field at the Pebble Beach Golf Links. From the trio of Ballots built for the 1919 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race to the quartet of Bugatti Type 59 Grand Prix raced by greats like Tazio Nuvolari, this year’s Concours d’Elegance highlighted race cars that competed on the show field in the following … [Read more...]
Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas 2019 – Auction Results
The Barrett-Jackson Las Vegas 2019 auction was held October 3-6 at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, resulting in $33.3 million in total sales and a 100 percent sell-through rate. In total 677 vehicles sold at Barrett's 12th annual Las Vegas sale, and $560,000 was raised through the sale of charity vehicles. In addition, 352 pieces of automobilia brought in over $855,800, bringing the total … [Read more...]
Continuation ‘Blower’ Bentley Revealed
One of the most iconic cars from Bentley’s history -- Sir Tim Birkin’s 1929 supercharged 4 1/2-litre 'Blower' -- will be reborn with a new build of 12 matching cars that will form a pre-war race car continuation series. Only four original ‘Team Blowers’ were built for racing by Birkin, in the late 1920s. All were campaigned on the racetracks of Europe, with the most famous car -- Birkin’s own Team Car No. 2, … [Read more...]
Hungaroring Classic 2019 – Report and Photos
The Hungaroring Classic 2019 was staged 12-14 July at the 14-turn, 2.72-mile Hungaroring in Mogyorod, Hungary. Building upon the success Peter Auto's debut event in 2017, which represented the first time an international historic meeting has been held on a Central European circuit, this year’s event featured 179 participants, 170 cars entered, 780 vehicle local clubs and 45,000 spectators who flocked to the track to … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s Taj Ma Garaj – Auction Results
The RM Sotheby's Taj Ma Garaj auction was held September 28, 2019 in Dayton, Ohio, resulting in $5,685,859 in total sales. The Taj Ma Garaj Collection featured 32 Porsche and Volkswagen motor vehicles, as well as 356 lots of memorabilia from late collector, John Dixon. Leading the RM Sotheby's Taj Ma Garaj auction results was a 1957 Porsche 356 A Carrera GT Speedster by Reutter, equipped with its original, … [Read more...]
Goodwood 2020 Motorsports Calendar
Goodwood released its 2020 Goodwood motorsports calendar, with dates set for the Goodwood Members' Meeting, the Goodwood Festival of Speed and the Goodwood Revival. In 2019, Goodwood enjoyed a vintage year met with an increase in attendance numbers, driven by the unique content created for each event. The 2020 Goodwood motorsports season will start with the 78th Members' Meeting, which will be staged on 28-29 … [Read more...]
RM Sotheby’s Sáragga Collection – Auction Results
The RM Sotheby’s Sáragga Collection auction was held 21 September in Portugal, resulting in €10,191,425 in total sales. The single-owner Sáragga Collection sale featured 127 cars offered without reserve. The Sáragga Collection was offered from a location on the owner’s estate, and hundreds of buyers filled the room to secure cars from this sale near the beach resort region of Comporta. The room was reportedly … [Read more...]
BMW M1 Art Car by Andy Warhol
“I love this car. It’s more successful than the artwork,” was the opinion of Andy Warhol after his sweeping brush strokes had transformed the BMW M1. It took him less than half an hour to create the fourth exhibit in the BMW Art Car Collection. 40 years later, enthusiasm for the mid-engined sports car remains unabated. Already world-famous at that time, the Pop Art icon shared the same passion with many … [Read more...]
Porsche Reveals Retro Coca-Cola Livery
As the 50th Anniversary of the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) comes to a close at Michelin Raceway Road Atlanta, Porsche Cars North America (PCNA) will turn to an Atlanta neighbor to help celebrate and commemorate the sports car racing series’ Golden Anniversary. The twin Porsche GT Team Porsche 911 RSR race cars will carry a familiar red and white livery in the 22nd running of the Motul Petit Le Mans … [Read more...]
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