When you think of a production run of one million cars, you think of a Detroit assembly line and Chevy Impalas or Ford Mustangs. But Porsche just built the millionth Porsche 911 — a Carrera S in Irish Green. Porsche built the first 911 in 1963. “54 years ago, I was able to take my…
Worldwide Auctioneers is joining the Monterey Car Week auction lineup. Worldwide’s Pacific Grove Auction on the Monterey Peninsula will see about 70 cars cross the block on August 17, 2017 at the Pacific Grove Golf Links. Monterey Car Week is the most-important event during the collector-car year, as buyers and sellers travel to the Monterey…
A 1925 Rolls-Royce Springfield Silver Ghost that used to ferry around eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes won Best of Show at the 5th Annual Pinehurst Concours d’Elegance on May 6. Owner Gary Lewis bought the car three years ago. The car had languished in a Florida barn for more than 40 years. Lloyds Auto Restoration completed…
Gooding & Company’s Pebble Beach Auction will no longer be the last event of Monterey Car Week. Gooding announced today that their 2017 Pebble Beach Auction will be on Friday, August 18 and Saturday August 19 at the Pebble Beach Equestrian Center. In past years, Gooding & Company’s Sunday evening auction — which started soon…
Four years ago, the Arizona Concours d’Elegance debuted as a high-quality automotive event that was designed to start Arizona’s annual Car Week in style. Staged at the magnificent setting of the historic Arizona Biltmore Resort’s inner lawns, the Concours has received wide critical acclaim for its exceptional presentation of some of the world’s greatest vintage…
The 2017 Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance is now scheduled for this Saturday — March 11. Weather forecasts call for a sunny, beautiful Saturday — and a 100-percent chance of heavy rain on Sunday, so organizers moved the Amelia Concours d’Elegance ahead one day. According to a press release from the Amelia Island Concours of Elegance:…
Hollywood Wheels is pulling out all the stops during Amelia Island Week. Auctions, at the Omni Amelia Island Plantation Resort, are scheduled for Friday and Saturday afternoon. Here are three of Hollywood Wheels’ star cars: 1947 Kurtis-Omohundro Comet The award-winning 1947 Kurtis-Omohundro Comet was built by Frank Kurtis of Kurtis-Kraft and constructed with an aluminum…
RM Sotheby’s, the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, is thrilled to unveil the final highlight for its forthcoming Amelia Island sale: the exceptionally pure, matching-numbers 1950 Ferrari 166 MM Barchetta, chassis no. 0058 M. Offered from one of America’s leading car collections, the revered 166 MM rounds out a stellar lineup…
Gooding & Company, the auction house acclaimed for selling the world’s most significant and valuable collector cars, is thrilled to announce a sensational 1957 Jaguar XKSS at the company’s Amelia Island Auction on March 10. The illustrious model has always been highly sought after; famed actor and racer Steve McQueen had to have one and…
RM Sotheby’s, the world’s largest auction house for investment quality automobiles, has enjoyed a spectacular night in Paris in which the company achieved a gross sale total of $29,410,230 (€27,576,400)* – the best ever result for its Rétromobile week sale. The star lot of the night was the beautiful 1934 Alfa Romeo Tipo B P3, one…