2009 Formula 1 World Champion Jenson Button’s fully restored 1970 Ford Bronco was sold on the Collecting Cars auction platform for $166,000. There were 22,205 views on the vehicle and a total of 80 bids were submitted for the custom truck that Collecting Cars U.S. team consigned. By the time...
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The 2022 What Car? Car of the Year Awards have named the Mazda MX-5 the ‘Best Sports Car for Value’. Since it made its debut in 2015, the iconic sports car has won an award from What Car? every year. The award is the latest from Britain’s leading car review...
On February 3, Thursday, Bonhams Les Grandes Marques à Paris Sale will be offering a couple of motor cars that were driven on and off the track by one of the motorsport legends – Michael Schumacher. Both cars hailed from the year that the seven times Formula 1 World Champion...
Unlike our daily commuters that are here to make our life easier in all conditions, vintage and classic cars usually spend the winter away from the damp, wet, icy and salted roads. Whether they were bought as an investment, a passion project or a weekend getaway, classic cars require special...
Mecum Auctions started the year with a bang! During the recently concluded Mecum Kissimmee2022 held in Kissimmee, Florida, Mecum Auction recorded a total sale of $217 million with an impressive 90% sell-through rate which they were able to get during the world’s largest collector car auction at Osceola Heritage Park....
Porsche Design is celebrating their 50th anniversary and to celebrate this special milestone, they announced a very special car. Porsche just announced the 2022 Porsche 911 Edition 50 Years Porsche Design. In 1972, Ferdinand Alexander (F. A.) Porsche founded Porsche Design. F. A. Porsche was the designer of the 911...
To celebrate the legendary 60th anniversary of their 1962 24 Hours of Le Mans victory, the Morgan Motor Company recently announced the launch of the Plus Four LM62. To honor the 2.0-liter class winning Morgan Plus 4 SuperSports, which is more commonly known by its registration TOK 258, the car...
A few days ago, Bugatti celebrated Jean Bugatti’s birthday. The renowned automobile designer and Ettore Bugatti’s son was born on January 15, 1909. His love for engineering brought about the creation of some of the most beautiful and iconic vehicles in history. In 1936, the Bugatti Type 57 SC Atlantic...
In a couple of weeks, the much-awaited Scottsdale Auction will start, and they have a lot of interesting lots on offer. One of them is the 1949 Buick Roadmaster Convertible, one of the two Buicks that was used in the ‘Rain Man’ movie. The 1988 multi-award-winning motion picture ‘Rain Man’...
Collecting Cars is offering a great chance to own a custom truck from the first generation of Ford 4x4s, a 1970 Ford Bronco which is currently owned by 2009 Formula One World Champion Jenson Button. The Bronco has a Dark Blue finish with gloss black wheel arch extensions and side...
In an era of modern museums—the Guggenheim and Getty in America, Tate Modern in London, and the Pompidou Center in Paris—the Museo Mille Miglia is a throwback to a much earlier time. Originally a monastery built more than 1,000 years ago, the modern-day Mille Miglia Museum stands on the grounds...
In 2021, Hagerty was able to track more than double 2020’s auction sales with 12,500 UK and European auction results. The results for 2021 are impressive with a total of £310.8 million in sales of classic and collector vehicles, with 14 of them sold for more than £1m, a big...
In just a few weeks, The Scottsdale Auction will begin and a lineup of great concours-standard restorations – and a rare and very special ‘barnfind’ Mercedes-Benz 300S Roadster – will be on offer at the Westin Kierland Resort on January 27, 2022. Only 141 examples of the roadster version were...
You sense the elements of Italian style long before you see the first machine in the museum. Even the entrance to the Museo Storico Alfa Romeo (“Alfa Romeo Historical Museum”) is elegant. Inside the distinctive display area, the cars are arranged chronologically from oldest to newest since the beginning of...
As many British independent companies do, Lotus had its ups and downs, but what can’t be denied is that the Lotus Elise was one of the company’s highest points and most revered products. Developed under ownership of the genius Romano Artioli and named after his beloved granddaughter, the Elise brought...
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Bonhams Grandes Marques à Paris sale will be the first event of Bonhams Motorcars Europe for 2022. The event will be held at the Grand Palais Ephémère, by the Eiffel Tower, and it will feature some really great examples like the 1964 Porsche 904 GTS which was formerly owned by...
Sports car manufacturers can only go so far when tweaking the performance of their street-legal vehicles. Countless regulatory guidelines and restrictions must be adhered to, and it can create a big headache for carmakers seeking to squeeze the last ounce of performance from their vehicles. That is where track-only cars...
Before we begin, I’d like to take an opportunity to say that this season’s Formula 1 Grand Prix has been the best one in some time. Hamilton has been outright, the best of the best, for quite a few years now, but Verstappen’s victory this time around has created the...
The first time I ever saw Daijiro (Dai) Yoshihara was on a circa 2008 episode of Best Motoring, where he and fellow drifter Tyler McQuarrie took turns putting a Mine’s Nissan GT-R and Spoon Honda NSX Type R GT through the paces at California race track, Willow Springs. This was...
The 25 Hours of Thunderhill resumed on the first weekend in December after skipping the 2020 edition. The Team One Motorsports 2 Radical won overall in a race truncated by fog. Drivers Jeff Shafer, Anthony Bullock, Josh Sarchet and Jordan Missig outdueled another prototype in a close race until the...
A 1991 BMW (E30) M3 is on offer at the Collecting Cars global online auction platform. Only 781 units of the E30 M3 convertibles were built, and the example is one. This example is a well-preserved drop-top performance car. Under the hood is a 215 hp 2.3-liter naturally aspirated S14...
Whereas the roots of the RS dynasty can be traced to one car before the RS4 B5, this twin-turbocharged superwagon was perhaps the most valuable one for Audi. Its fierce power delivery could put many thoroughbred sports cars to the test, and combined with usability of a family car, it...
When you think of a company like Alfa Romeo, which boasts a century of creating legendary sports cars, the 156 GTA is probably not the first to cross your mind. Sure, it isn’t the most recognized sports car coming from the fabled Milanese company, but it is an important chapter...
In 1986, Porsche introduced the Porsche Doppelkupplungsgetriebe (PDK) transmission at Le Mans. While a road-going version wouldn’t hit the streets until 2007, the automotive world got their glimpse of what the PDK could do and would eventually become in the Rothman Porsche’s car No. 3, a 962C driven by Vern...
Recently, Bentley received a very urgent message from a VVIP client from the North Pole. This client really needed to track a missing reindeer that is very special to him, and the client needs him back by the 24th! As a VVIP client, it was only 12 months ago that...
While digital cameras certainly offer a wide gamut of advantages over their largely forgotten “film brethren”, one thing they didn’t do is help the photographer narrow down their stronger shots, especially within a limited amount of time. Instead of having a few hundred images to sift through (after the film...
Whether it’s a Concours event or a weekend at the race track, lemons occupy a special spot in our hearts. These well-loved oddballs bring a lighthearted spirit to those attending and allow us to see their owners through a different lens. Like any good story, the more bizarre, the better....
Wherever life may lead us, it is always better to have a best friend with you for the trip. And to help make this happen, MINI USA and Best Friends Animal Society have teamed up for the weekend. On December 10-12, 2021, you can now adopt your dream pet at...
A recently restored to concours condition 1965 Aston Martin DB5 was the top lot in Bonhams final sale of the year. During the Bonhams Bond Street Sale, the DB5 was sold for £586,200. The event was able to achieve an 86% sell-through rate with a some of the lots even...
The Museo Nazionale dell’Automobile di Torino (The National Automobile Museum of Torino) showcases cars as works of automotive art. Style sits alongside speed in the breathtaking building, the home of man and machine in the heart of the Italian automotive industry. First opened in 1960, the museum underwent a top...
