Auction
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So you want a supercar, and you want something hand-made, but the typical Italian cars just don't do it for you? Well, then the Pagani Zonda is just the ticket. Still not exclusive enough? You need the Cinque. And €1,600,000 ($2,034,700). Only five of the cars will be made, their hand-sculpted exteriors made almost entirely out of carbon fiber. Lovingly assembled just four cars at a time in Horacio Pagani's tiny workshop just outside Modena, Italy, the Zonda Cinque, like all of Pagani's cars, is as much art as it is instrument. That's not to say it's not a fine instrument for carving a...
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First U.S. Audi R8 V10 FSI sells at Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance for $500,000Hosted by celebrity game show host and Mr. Clean look-alike Howie Mandel, the 3rd Annual Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance was a smash hit. The event saw the first U.S.-spec Audi R8 V10 and Ferrari California go under the hammer, and those two cars alone managed to raise a grand total of $850,000 for...
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Shelby auctioning Mustang 427 GT500 Super Snake for childrens' foundation
Helping children with rip-snorting automotive hardware is nothing new, but Carroll Shelby's latest charity auction will also serve to inaugurate the Shelby 427 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race. The car on the block is a 2009 Shelby 427 GT500 Super Snake, good for 605hp (451kW) and sure to bring a good...
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Rare Bugatti Garage Find Sells For $4.4 Million
Bugatti's cars are today one of the most cherished in existence, whether old, like the Type 57S Atalante left by a British physician in his will this week, or new, like the Veyron Sang Noir, which is dedicated to that very classic. The incredible 1937 Bugatti left to the doctor's nieces and nephews...
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Corvette ZR1 rolling chassis pulled from GM Heritage Collection auction
The rolling Corvette ZR1 chassis that was originally scheduled to be sold at this year's Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction has reportedly been pulled from the auction without any reason given. One possibility is that the chassis may have already been sold or donated by General Motors. The...
Ralph Hanson -
Extended Maybach 62 becomes six-seat Maybach 72
Daimler's Maybach brand of super-luxury executive vehicles doesn't have the sales strength of rivals Bentley or Rolls Royce, but it's no less an opulent and sizable piece of machinery. Despite the Maybach 62's 242.7in (6.17m) length, some intrepid modifiers decided it wasn't quite large enough, and...
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Electronic fuel injection, independent rear suspension and four-wheel disc brakes are just a few of the technologies tested and proven on Carroll Shelby's 'Green Hornet' rolling testbed. To support the Carroll Shelby Children's Foundation, the man himself will offer a car from his personal collection - the 1968 EXP500 CSS, modeled after the Green Hornet - for charity auction. Built by Restoration Hardware on an original 1968 Ford Mustang, the EXP500 is mechanically identical to the Green Hornet prior to its Conelec EFI - eventually used on the first Cobra Jet - and independent rear suspension...
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McLaren F1 Brings $4 Million Price Tag At Auction
The McLaren F1 was to the 1990s what the Bugatti Veyron is to today—a super-expensive limited volume hypercar that at one time was the world's fastest production car. Last night, an 11-year-old example proved that despite an intervening decade, the McLaren is not only still in high demand but...
Ralph Hanson -
Ultra-rare 1963 Corvette Grand Sport coming up for auction
An American auction house will be selling off one of the rarest and most valuable Corvettes in history – the mighty 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport, chassis no. 002. Often referred to as an enigma in motor racing history the Grand Sport was General Motor's contender to Ford's formidable...
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Ferrari cuts ribbon on new factory, first California sold
An all-new production line has opened today in Maranello, crowning 18 months of work and a 40 million investment. The ribbon-cutting ceremony comes just days after the Ferrari California's official unveiling, and coincides with the sale of the first California at auction. The 20,000 square meter...
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$1 Million Ferrari Enzo Donated To Charity
With only 399 Enzo’s originally produced, plus the special one-off for Pope John Paul II, it’s amazing how many we see popping up for sale all over the place. This time around we have an Enzo that was donated by a private owner to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, to be auctioned...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran
