Buy, Sell, Hold returns this week with a spotlight on Meccanic Shop Founder and Bring-a-Trailer Legend Anthony Serra. Anthony and host Darin Roberge talk the inception of Meccanic Shop, what makes the best (and the worst) Bring-a-Trailer cars, how he became a platform super seller and the importance of creating […]
Last week my blog stressed the need for all of us on tours to drive responsibly. Thoughtless drivers can not only leave a lasting poor impression of sports cars with the communities they pass through, but they can also end up creating accidents with potentially fatal consequences. Here are a […]
Buy, Sell, Hold returns this week with a spotlight on Curated President and Founder of the Miami Councours and Countach Rally John Temerian. John and host Darin Roberge discuss Curated’s unique and exciting inventory, the budding retro supercar market, the importance of carrying on family tradition through collector cars and […]
The next five years will be a telling time for car tours. If entrants and organizers don’t play their hands correctly, tours as we know them may disappear. There is a growing dichotomy between the performance ability of new cars and the consequences of a mishap. We were reminded of […]
Buy, Sell, Hold returns this week with a spotlight on Allard Motor Works President and CEO Roger Allard. Roger and host Darin Roberge discuss Allard Motor Company’s history, Roger’s background with the brand, the incredible advancements Allard Motor Works has made to the existing concept and the impact of the […]
The Gambler 500 Rally is in some ways the polar opposite of Sports Car Market. Where we mainly concern ourselves with highly collectible cars in top condition, the cars of the Gambler lean mightily towards the “disposable” end of the spectrum. While the event no longer has a $500 rule, […]
Just in case you’re one of the few SCMers who haven’t heard about it, RM Sotheby’s set a new world record for the highest automobile sales price ever achieved. On May 5, it auctioned a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe that was part of the Mercedes-Benz Classic Collection, selling it […]
1983 Datsun 280ZX Lot 71890, s/n JN1HZ04S8DX576102. 8k miles. “Fuel-injected 2.8-liter L28E inline-6, 5-speed manual transmission, French Beige Metallic paint, red velour upholstery, removable glass roof panels, 14-inch alloy wheels, power windows and mirrors, A/C, window sticker.” Condition: 1. SOLD AT $58,800. Bring A Trailer, 4/29/22. High prices for earlier […]
This is all Miles Collier’s fault. I attended one of his early symposiums on collecting. I was the guest of noted collector and Lamborghini expert Simon Kidston. During the seminar, I was first introduced to the notion that we were not owners, but just the current caretakers of our cars. […]
In my just-released book The Archaeological Automobile, I write that all restoration is fictional. What I mean is that despite the most careful effort and the most meticulous research, the resultant job will be no more than an approximation of the automobile’s lost reality. “But surely not!” I hear hundreds […]
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