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2012 Ferrari FF
Making its world debut at the 2011 Geneva Motor Show, the Ferrari FF was a shooting-brake-style four-seater offering buyers a Ferrari first: a full-size Grand Tourer with a 650-bhp V12 engine and 4-wheel drive. The car was designed by Pininfarina under the direction of Ferrari’s own chief designer, Flavio Manzoni. Ferrari had previously dabbled with…
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1984 Lamborghini Jalpa 3.5 Targa
3.5-liter V8 engine; 5-speed manual transmission, beneficiary of a professional restoration completed in 2016 Odometer displays 80,021 kilometers (about 49,723 miles). Removable targa top, Carello fog lights, and Ruote O.Z. wheels Equipped with Alpine radio with cassette and Alpine car phone; retains $5,000 optional rear wing Accompanied by owner’s manual and binder of documentation One…
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1971 Trident Clipper Coupe
The Trident Clipper started out as a Trevor Fiore styling exercise commissioned by TVR and exhibited at the Geneva Salon in 1965. When the Blackpool-based sports-car maker went through one of its many financial crises, the Clipper project was acquired by Bill Last, one of its dealers. Early Clippers used the TVR Grantura chassis before…
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Transitions
In 2018, when Danny Thompson screamed over the bleach-white Bonneville salt inside Challenger 2 at over 440 mph, he probably didn’t think he’d end up sending that same car across the block at a Mecum auction just a couple years later. Thompson had hit his mark by setting the speed record that both he and…
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The 300K Blazer
One of the downsides of spending a lot of time scouring auction results is that the excitement born out of outrageous hammer prices begins to wane. The more you understand about how markets are influenced — and the more data you process that validates or disqualifies any assumptions you may have about those markets —…
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Affordable — Ford Pickups
Pity the 1961–66 Ford F-series pickup. Despite vintage pickups being one of the hottest segments of the collectible-vehicle market, this era of pickups seems to be generally forgotten today — and that really is a pity, since they combine vintage-pickup charm with modern utility. A cleaner Ford The new fourth-generation trucks, introduced for 1961, had…
