Profiles
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1936 Cord Experimental Berline
Photo courtesy Bonhams A rare surviving prototype faces market realities This Cord limousine prototype was previously owned and used by E.L. Cord. The “Baby Duesenberg” prototype limousine isn’t conventional, but neither is it an evolution of Gordon Buehrig’s epic Cord 810/812. The long hood is emblematic of the long V12 and V16 engines that Packard,…
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1966 Aston Martin DB5 Shooting Brake
Photo: Tom Gidden ©2026, courtesy of RM Sotheby’s If you ever found a standard DB5 too impractical, this was your car Aston Martin Chairman Sir David Brown held a clear vision for every model bearing the “DB” designation: effortless performance, composed handling and the ability to carry four passengers in comfort over long distances, with…
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1992 Opel Lotus Omega
Photo courtesy Artcurial Strongly sold, this super-sedan is still about the cheapest way to hit 175 mph By teaming up with Lotus, Opel created a genuine sports saloon that could compete with the best coupes of its generation. Its turbocharged 3.6-liter, 6-cylinder engine put out 376 hp and, thanks to its 6-speed gearbox, the car…
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1954 Lincoln Capri Coupe
Photo courtesy Bonhams Whether the car is the actual Carrera Panamericana winner or not, the buyer got a bargain Having completely restyled the Lincoln lineup in 1952 and equipped it with a good-performing 317-cubic-inch overhead-valve V8, Ford’s senior marque sought to prove that performance went with handsome design. To do it they turned to competing…
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Alfanomics
Photos courtesy Bring a Trailer The Alfa Romeo 164 is an affordable and stylish Italian sport-sedan experience Ask car enthusiasts who built the first mass-produced sport sedan and most will give credit to BMW. Ask an Alfisti and they’ll correctly name Alfa Romeo. When Alfa launched its rear-drive, 4-door 1900 sedan for 1950, not…
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1985 Ferrari 288 GTO
Photo courtesy 1600Veloce The first Ferrari supercar is the rarest when collecting a full set of six This 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO is one of the initial 200 examples constructed en route to achieving the model’s homologation status in FIA Group B competition and is among a total of 272 examples built between 1984 and…
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End of the Line
The Lotus Esprit Turbo S4 was the last 4-cylinder turbo model — and the best The S4 is the final, best-developed (and longest-lived) phase of the Esprit, which was launched in 1976 as a replacement for the Europa. Like that car, its appeal lies in its superb handling and performance, at less than Porsche or…
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2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3
At a reduced Euro-market price, this SP3 sale was still a multimillion-dollar windfall The Ferrari Daytona SP3, the second model in Ferrari’s “Icona Series,” is many things at once — a rolling tribute to one of the marque’s most triumphant afternoons, a showcase of naturally aspirated engineering at its peak, and quite possibly the final…
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1966 Maserati Mistral 4000 Spyder
Few 4-liter Spyders were built; this one was well bought This top-of-the-line 4.0-liter engine was fitted from new to Maserati Mistral chassis number 1633, as confirmed by Maserati Classiche. One of only 37 Mistral 4.0-liter Spyders produced, this example was delivered new to Rome in the summer of 1966, originally finished in silver Argento Auteuil…
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1976 Cadillac Eldorado Convertible
A fair price for an “instant collectible” approaching its 50th birthday When Cadillac announced that 1976 would be the last year of the convertible Cadillacs, there was an instant increase in demand, and production went up by 156% compared to the year before. The convertible was reintroduced in 1984, but it never became the same…