The car was donated by Toyota's North American division and wears a commemorative serial number ending in 99999, marking its place as the true closing chapter of this Supra generation's production run. Toyota unveiled the Final Edition trim in late 2024 as a swan song for the A90-generation car, and this particular build pairs a one-off matte Phantom Gray finish with red accents over a dark leather-and-Alcantara cabin. It also carries the aero-focused GT4 styling package, including front wheel-arch flaps, aggressive front spats, and a duckbill rear spoiler.

There's a signature to go along with the paint job. Former Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda personally signed the car using his racing alias, "Morizo," a nod that will resonate with JDM diehards given how closely he's been tied to reviving the Supra nameplate.

Mechanically, the Final Edition sticks with the familiar BMW-sourced turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six, but Toyota turned up the output to 434 horsepower and 421 lb-ft of torque, gains of 94 hp and 52 lb-ft over the standard GR Supra, routed through a six-speed manual gearbox. Whoever wins the bidding also gets a complimentary one-year membership to the National Auto Sport Association, presumably so they can put that extra power to use on track.

The charity tie-in makes sense given the Supra's screen history. The A80-generation car is one of the vehicles most closely associated with Walker's Brian O'Conner character from the original Fast & Furious film. Barrett-Jackson hasn't published a pre-sale estimate for the Final Edition, but the auction house believes it has a shot at becoming the most expensive Supra ever sold, a record currently held by the first production A90, which Barrett-Jackson itself sold for $2.1 million back in 2019.

Collector appetite for the nameplate isn't limited to brand-new, one-off builds, either. Clean examples of the Mk4 Supra Turbo have been climbing steadily at auction, with a well-documented 1997 15th Anniversary Edition recently bidding past $52,000 on Cars & Bids.

This won't be the only charity-driven headliner at Barrett-Jackson's docket this season. A pair of Ram trucks crossing the block together at the Las Vegas sale is set to benefit Folds of Honor and the UFC Foundation, and the Scottsdale week itself has a track record of pairing serious horsepower with serious causes.

Enthusiasts heading to Scottsdale will have plenty else to look at beyond the Supra, too, including a no-reserve Shelby Super Snake convertible that's crossing the block at the same auction house's Las Vegas event.

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According to the auction listing, the coupe began as a reproduction Dynacorn body shell mounted on a Roadster Shop SPEC chassis, a combination that swaps in adjustable coilovers, a rear four-link setup, reinforced front control arms, and power rack-and-pinion steering. Power comes from a supercharged 6.2-liter LSA V8 sourced from a Cadillac, fitted with a Katech throttle body, a custom air intake, billet hood hinges, and a PWR aluminum radiator with dual electric fans. The engine routes through a Tremec T56 six-speed manual gearbox and a fabricated 9-inch rear axle, with a stainless dual exhaust system finishing off the drivetrain.

The body wears GM Dark Shadow Gray metallic paint over smoothed, color-matched bumpers, an RS-style grille with hideaway headlamps, Ringbrothers door mirrors, and front and rear spoilers. Stopping power comes from power-assisted four-wheel discs, with Baer six-piston calipers up front and C7 Corvette-sourced calipers out back, clamping down over drilled and slotted rotors. The look is finished off with 18-inch Forgeline wheels wrapped in Continental ExtremeContact tires, sized 245/40 up front and 335/30 in the rear.

Inside, Recaro front bucket seats and a custom rear bench are trimmed in black leather with suede-style inserts, joined by a Billet Specialties steering wheel, a Hurst shifter, Vintage Air climate control, Dakota Digital instrumentation, and a Bluetooth-capable stereo running through Focal speakers. The build was completed in 2023 and shows only 50 miles since, with the seller offering the coupe on consignment through a BaT Local Partner dealership in Woodbridge, Ontario.

Because this Camaro has been reengineered so far past factory specification, it will not track neatly against a numbers-matching price guide, but Hagerty's Valuation Tools still offer useful context for where the model sits today. Hagerty currently prices a numbers-matching 1969 Camaro SS coupe with the 350 cid/300 hp L48 engine in number-3, or "Good," condition at roughly $44,400, up 9.1 percent over the past year even after a slight quarterly pullback. Zooming out to the broader first-generation market, Hagerty's 12-month sales data shows 676 examples of the 1967-1969 Camaro changing hands for a combined $60.2 million, an average of about $89,000 per car. Builds like this one, with a documented Roadster Shop chassis and a supercharged LS-family engine, tend to trade closer to or above that average once bidders account for the cost of replicating the fabrication work from scratch.

Bidding remains open on Bring a Trailer, with the auction scheduled to end on September 13. Curious how the 1969 Camaro stacks up against its siblings? Motorious took a closer look at the model's specs and history, and rounded up the broader Camaro story across every generation. Fans of other high-dollar restomods and BaT specials can also check out this Dodge Challenger Trans Am TA2 race car that recently landed on the site.

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The numbers are what make it interesting. Shelby American built just 1,175 GT350s for 1967, and the Deluxe Marti Report that comes with this car narrows it further: one of only 821 built with this engine and transmission pairing, and one of just 438 finished in its paint code. Brittany Blue with white rocker stripes is a combination that looks far more expensive than the current bid suggests, and against a black Decor interior it is about as handsome as a 1967 Shelby gets.

Under the hood is the K-code 289ci four-barrel V8 fed by a 715 cfm Holley on an aluminum intake, backed by a top-loader four-speed manual. That is the drivetrain buyers want, and the seller has posted photos of the engine date code stamping and intake casting in the gallery for anyone who wants to check the work themselves.

The option sheet reads like somebody at Holiday Ford knew exactly what they were doing. Power steering, power front disc brakes, outboard driving lamps, shoulder harnesses, the extra cooling package, the Sport Deck rear seat, the Interior Decor Group, the Courtesy Light Group, a heavy-duty battery, and a tachometer with trip odometer are all documented on the Marti Report. Deluxe Mag Star wheels wearing Goodyear Speedway raised-white-letter tires and a set of Koni shocks round out the package.

The paper trail is just as good. The car was built May 25, 1967, shipped to Holiday Ford in Sunnyvale, California, and the seller says it was sold new from that dealership on July 15, 1967. It stayed with a single family from 1980 until the seller acquired it, and it has been registered in Florida since 2021. A refurbishment was completed by Revolution Speed Shop in Auburn, Washington, before the current owner bought it, the car appears in the Shelby Registry, and it comes with a binder of records and a clean Florida title in the owner's name. The indicated mileage reads 5,250, though it is listed as TMU.

The seller has not hidden anything, either. The listing notes the car was in an accident at some point, the left-front inner apron was replaced, and the original Ford chassis number was grafted back into place. An emergency flasher knob needs replacing. What stands out is how quickly the seller has answered questions in the comments, confirming the original smog equipment is all installed and pointing bidders to specific photos of the transmission tag and rear-end date codes.

It sits in Stuart, Florida, and a Broad Arrow specialist is handling the transaction on the seller's behalf. With eight bids in and no reserve standing in the way, a genuine, documented, K-code four-speed GT350 in one of the prettiest colors Ford offered is about to change hands. That is worth watching.

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According to the listing, the Land Cruiser is being sold by a Pennsylvania dealer on behalf of the titled owner, who has held the truck since February 2025 and added only about 500 miles since. It shows 153,700 miles on the odometer and carries a clean Ohio title backed by a Carfax report. Under the hood is the FJ60's familiar 4.2-liter inline-six, rated at 135 horsepower and 210 lb-ft of torque, paired with a 4-speed manual transmission and a 2-speed transfer case that sends power to all four wheels.

The truck has been mildly, and sensibly, upgraded for trail duty. Modifications include an Old Man Emu 2-inch suspension lift, 33-inch BFGoodrich All-Terrain KO2 tires, an R134a air-conditioning conversion, a Kenwood head unit, and an aftermarket dash cap. Factory-style equipment carried over includes manual locking front hubs, cloth upholstery, manual windows, and a rear window wiper, the kind of simple, rugged spec that made the 60-Series a favorite long before overlanding became a marketing buzzword.

Like most 40-year-old trucks, this one isn't perfect. The seller discloses some exterior chips and lifting paint on the rear decklid, corrosion around the passenger-side rear door jamb and behind the rear wheel, cracked instrument panel lenses, and an air-conditioning system that reportedly doesn't blow cold despite the R134a conversion. Recent maintenance is well documented, though, including a carburetor rebuild with new fuel and air filters in April 2026, and a full brake and clutch hydraulic overhaul in October 2025.

Toyota introduced the 60-Series Land Cruiser globally in 1980 as a bigger, more comfort-oriented replacement for the boxier 55-Series, aiming it at families who wanted genuine four-wheel-drive capability without giving up creature comforts. That formula, combined with Toyota's reputation for nearly indestructible drivetrains, helps explain why the FJ60 has become such a steady performer in the collector market. Motorious recently covered a related example of that steady appeal: a pristine 1993 Toyota Land Cruiser VX Limited heading to Gooding Christie's Pebble Beach sale.

Hagerty's valuation tools currently peg the FJ60/FJ62 generation's number 3, or Good condition, Price Guide value at roughly $22,900, within a broader range of about $17,100 to $34,500 depending on condition, and that figure is down more than 15 percent over the past year as the broader vintage 4x4 market cools. Hagerty's auction data also shows 93 FJ60/FJ62 sales over the past 12 months totaling $3.4 million, for an average sale price around $36,000, which puts this Cars & Bids example's current bid toward the lower end of the range for a truck with known cosmetic and mechanical flaws still to sort out.

It's a similar story across other classic Toyotas right now. Hagerty data was also central to Motorious's coverage of a 1997 Toyota Supra Turbo 15th Anniversary Edition that recently bid past $52,000 on Cars & Bids, underscoring how differently the market treats clean, sorted examples versus project-grade trucks like this one. For shoppers who'd rather skip the bidding war altogether, Motorious's roundup of off-roaders for sale is worth a look.

The auction for this 1985 Land Cruiser is scheduled to end on September 14, and with nine bids logged already, it's shaping up to be a competitive final stretch.

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The centerpiece is a bespoke Defender T110 finished in Hyperion Blue, a paint code more commonly associated with rare 1960s Ferraris and Maseratis than with a boxy British 4x4. Draping a supercar hue once reserved for delicate Italian coachwork over the Defender's blunt, utilitarian shape is the kind of contrast Twisted has built its reputation on, and the company is using it to introduce itself to American collectors face to face for the first time.

Phil Chapman, Twisted's Head of Brand, tied the color choice back to the company's core ethos, saying its builds are guided by the idea that "our philosophy has always been about rebellion." Sitting alongside the Hyperion Blue truck will be a second T110 finished in Stirling Moss Blue that has already been sold to a US customer, with members of Twisted's UK build team on hand to answer questions from showgoers.

Both display trucks are stripped to bare metal and reengineered from the chassis up, with every panel, bolt and mount checked against tolerances tighter than what the trucks left the factory with, and both run V8 power in place of their original engines. That formula, an old Defender rebuilt around a modern V8, has become a common thread among boutique restomod shops chasing the same American buyers.

Beyond the two finished Defenders, Twisted will show a scale model of the TRRC, its upcoming take on the Range Rover Classic, giving American showgoers a preview ahead of a fuller US reveal later this year. It's a project that puts Twisted in a growing field of shops on both sides of the Atlantic reworking the Range Rover Classic with modern running gear.

Founded in Yorkshire in 2000, Twisted Automotive operates alongside sister companies Twisted Marine and KS Composites across the UK, US and Japan. The Bridge X runs September 18-20 in Bridgehampton, New York.

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No. 10: 1980 Ferrari 512 BBi — $260,000

The final and most usable version of Ferrari's flat-12 Berlinetta Boxer, the 512 BBi paired its low, wedge-shaped Pininfarina body with creature comforts like air conditioning and power windows that its earlier siblings lacked. This particular example carries factory Ferrari Classiche certification confirming its original chassis, body, engine, and gearbox, backed by a thick file of service records stretching back to 1982. With just over 33,000 kilometers on the odometer, it's a rare chance to buy a fully documented, largely original Boxer rather than a tired project car.

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No. 9: 1970 Ferrari 246 GT Dino — $395,000

Ferrari never put its own badge on the Dino, but six decades later it's regarded as one of the prettiest cars to ever wear the Prancing Horse's underlying DNA. This particular car is an early L-Series example, one of only 357 built in that first run, and factory records show it left the line in the rare Blu Dino Metallizzato over a white-and-blue cloth interior almost never seen on surviving cars today. Currently finished in red with a period-style roll bar, it's equal parts restoration project and rolling piece of Ferrari history.

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No. 8: 2014 Ferrari 458 Speciale — $409,995

The 458 Speciale took Maranello's mid-engine masterpiece and turned every dial to the right, wringing 597 horsepower from a naturally aspirated V8 with a 14:1 compression ratio, higher than almost anything else on the road. This Rosso Scuderia example is loaded with carbon fiber trim, forged wheels, and Ferrari's clever adjustable suspension, yet it's still docile enough to drive to dinner. With only 20,000 miles logged, it's one of the last great naturally aspirated Ferraris before turbochargers took over the lineup.

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No. 7: 1967 Ferrari 330 GTC — $525,000

Tucked away in dry storage for more than four decades by a single family, this 330 GTC recently resurfaced as one of the great preservation stories of the year. It's a matching-numbers survivor, right down to its original Pininfarina body number and Sekurit glass, and it has just come out of a sympathetic mechanical revival rather than a cosmetic restoration. Only 598 330 GTCs were ever built, and few come with a backstory this good.

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No. 6: 2010 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano — $547,100

With only 483 miles on the clock, this 599 GTB Fiorano is about as close to a brand-new example of Ferrari's last analog-feeling V12 flagship as you'll find. The factory Rosso Corsa paint and tan leather interior look showroom-fresh, and the car comes with its original books, tools, and even a car cover. It's the kind of low-mileage time capsule that usually ends up locked away in a private collection rather than back on the market.

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No. 5: 2022 Ferrari SF90 Stradale Coupe — $549,950

Ferrari's first series-production plug-in hybrid pairs a twin-turbo V8 with three electric motors for a combined 986 horsepower, and this particular SF90 doubles down with roughly $164,000 in factory options. Finished in a special-order Bianco Fuji with carbon fiber practically everywhere you look, inside and out, it's a heavily bespoke example of Ferrari's current-generation hypercar technology. With just over 500 miles on it, it's essentially a new car with a six-figure options list already sorted out.

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No. 4: 1991 Ferrari Testarossa — Inquire for Price

Few Ferraris are as instantly recognizable as the Testarossa, whose door-mounted side strakes and wedge silhouette defined a decade of poster-wall aspiration. This 1991 example is finished in Bianco over a Crema interior and shows a modest 14,500 miles, powered by the flat-12 that made the Testarossa a genuine 180-mph car in its day. It's a chance to own one of the era's true design icons rather than just a picture of one.

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No. 3: 1964 Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta Lusso — In-Auction

Widely considered one of the most beautiful shapes to ever come out of Pininfarina and Scaglietti, the Lusso was the final and most road-focused expression of Ferrari's legendary 250 series, with only 350 ever built. This particular car, chassis 5947, is Ferrari Classiche certified as a fully matching-numbers example and spent years in the famed Rosso Bianco Collection before a comprehensive restoration in Italy. Cars like this rarely change hands outside of major auctions, which is exactly how this one is being offered.

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No. 2: 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari — In-Auction

The LaFerrari was the car that dragged Ferrari's flagship lineage into the hybrid era without losing any of its drama, pairing a 6.3-liter V12 with an F1-derived electric motor for a combined 963 horsepower. This example, one of just 499 built, is finished in a rare Bianco Fuji over a black-and-white interior with an exposed carbon roof option seen on only around 50 cars. With just 92 kilometers on the clock, it's about as close to a brand-new LaFerrari as anyone will ever get to buy.

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No. 1: 2004 Ferrari Enzo — Inquire for Price

There's a strong case that the Enzo is the last truly analog halo Ferrari, a 660-horsepower naturally aspirated V12 hypercar with a Formula 1-derived paddle-shift gearbox and carbon fiber monocoque, built before turbochargers and hybrid batteries entered the picture. This particular car is one of only six ever finished in Grigio Titanio, is Ferrari Classiche Red Book certified, and comes from a meticulously kept three-owner UK collection. It's the rarest color combination on the rarest kind of Ferrari that Maranello doesn't build anymore, which is exactly why it tops this list.

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Commissioned through Southern California dealer O'Gara Coach and delivered in September 2024, Executor is one of a tiny handful of Pagani "in-house special" builds, cars that fall outside the regular production run and get whatever spec a wealthy client wants. What sets this particular roadster apart is its transmission. Rather than the transverse sequential gearbox nearly every Huayra uses, Executor was built around a seven-speed Xtrac manual transaxle with an exposed titanium shift gate, a setup that required an entirely different chassis tub to package. Fewer than half of Pagani's one-off commissions have gotten this treatment, making a stick-shift Huayra rarer than the car itself.

Under the rear clamshell sits a hand-assembled 6.0-liter twin-turbo V-12, built for Pagani in Germany, tuned here to 846 horsepower and 774 lb-ft, more than the track-only Huayra R. Finished in exposed Vibrant Ink blue carbon fiber with Bianco Malta and Azzurro stripes, wearing a deeper front splitter, canards, and a towering rear wing, the car had covered just 53 miles when RM Sotheby's catalogued it for Monterey.

The Huayra name traces back to 2011, when it replaced the Zonda as Horacio Pagani's flagship, introducing active aerodynamic flaps controlled by the car's ECU and ABS systems. A companion Roadster followed in 2017, cutting weight below the coupe's despite the open top and adding removable roof panels, and Pagani built just 100 of them through 2022. Special editions have kept trickling out ever since, including the track-focused Huayra R and a handful of open one-offs like this Executor. It's a similar formula to the bespoke Zonda commissions the factory has produced for its most loyal collectors, one-off cars built long after a model's official production run ended.

This isn't the first manual Huayra Roadster to draw headlines. Motorious covered a similarly hand-shifted Roadster that traded for $6.9 million, and Pagani's Villa d'Este-bound Huayra R has shown that track-only variants command their own premium too. Against that backdrop, an $8.035 million result for a one-off with a bespoke gearbox and single-owner provenance looks less like an outlier and more like a data point in a fast-moving niche.

Hypercars like the Huayra sit well outside the range that most price guides track closely, but the broader trend lines are still useful context. Hagerty's Valuation Tools track private sales, dealer transactions, and auction results across the collector market, and Hagerty's own reporting has noted Huayra variants such as the five-off Imola edition changing hands for more than $5 million even before the Utopia arrived to replace it. That kind of demand, for a model line Pagani has kept "dead" in name only for over a decade, suggests the newest one-off commissions will keep setting records as long as Horacio Pagani keeps building them.

For buyers priced out of eight-figure one-offs, plenty of standard-production Huayra Roadsters still trade hands well below that mark, and Motorious has tracked several, including this Huayra Roadster listing, for anyone chasing the more attainable end of the lineup.

Either way, this Executor is a reminder of how far the ceiling has moved for modern hypercars at Monterey Car Week. A brand-new-model roadster with 53 miles on the clock hammering above $8 million puts it in the same conversation as some of the six- and seven-figure Zonda and Huayra coupes that Motorious has covered for years, and it likely won't be the last one-off Pagani to test that ceiling.

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According to the Viper Registry, this car is one of just 841 Vipers Dodge built for the 2017 model year, and one of only 582 GTC coupes among them. Its color combination narrows the field even further: Dodge finished only 26 GTC coupes in Gunmetal Pearl for 2017, and just two of those, including this one, were paired with Billet Silver GTS racing stripes. The two-owner car still includes its original window sticker and carries a clean CarFax at 543 miles.

Underneath, the GTC keeps most of the hardware that made the fifth-generation Viper a favorite with purists: an engine oil cooler, carbon-fiber X-brace, 3.55 rear gear, and a driver-adjustable sport-tuned suspension with adaptive dampers. Black Brembo calipers clamp down behind 18-inch Hyper Black SRT wheels, while inside, the cabin carries the GTS and Laguna interior packages, a Harman Kardon audio system, navigation, and an Alcantara headliner over black leather with silver stitching.

Because the fifth-generation Viper only ran from 2013 to 2017 in relatively small numbers, Hagerty's valuation tools don't yet carry a standalone price guide entry for the GTC. Hagerty's data on the earlier Viper generations still gives a useful read on where the broader market sits: a number 3-condition, or "Good," 2001 Viper GTS currently prices out around $55,900, up 6.1 percent over the past quarter but down slightly on a three-year view, after Viper values ran up sharply during the 2020-23 collector car boom and have since cooled. Roughly 95 second-generation Vipers changed hands at auction over the past 12 months for an average of about $69,500, per Hagerty's tracking, showing the model still trades actively even as prices normalize. Limited late-production cars like this GTC, built in the Viper's final year with documented rarity from the Viper Registry, tend to be the segment least exposed to that broader pullback.

This GTC isn't the only notable Viper crossing the block at Mecum's Nashville sale. A GTS-R Commemorative Edition ACR, one of just 100 built to send off the fifth generation, is also part of the docket, and Motorious took a closer look at that car's spec sheet and market position. For a sense of how the second-generation Viper closed out its own run, this 2002 GTS Final Edition offers a useful comparison point. Nashville's lineup runs deep beyond Mopar's snake, too, including a numbers-matching 1969 Plymouth Hemi Road Runner crossing the same stage.

Bidding on Lot S218 opens Saturday, September 26, as part of Mecum's Nashville 2026 auction. For a car built in the final year of one of America's last analog supercars, low mileage, documented rarity, and a two-owner history make this GTC a strong test case for how collectors are pricing the end of the Viper era.

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This particular Viper was ordered with the ACR Competition Group, a factory option package that added 18-inch BBS wheels, five-point harnesses, and a revised intake on top of the standard GTS coupe. The seller has since layered on a handful of performance-minded refinements, including an IPSCO billet power-steering pump pulley assembly, 4.10:1 differential gearing, Koni dampers, and a Random Technology cat-back exhaust. Power comes from Chrysler's 8.0-liter V10 paired with the Viper's six-speed manual transmission and a limited-slip differential, while creature comforts are limited to an Alpine CD stereo, projector-style headlights, and air conditioning.

The ACR badge stands for American Club Racing, a package Dodge introduced in 1999 specifically to help Viper owners compete in SCCA events. Cars so equipped received an alternate intake that bumped output to 460 horsepower, a firmer racing-tuned suspension, and roughly 50 pounds of weight savings achieved mostly by deleting interior trim and the factory fog lights. Most ACR coupes were bought by racers and rarely saw meaningful street use, which makes a well-documented, road-driven example like this one somewhat unusual in today's market.

According to the listing, the car has spent the bulk of its life registered in Georgia, and the current owner has added roughly 11,000 of the 20,000 miles shown since buying the Viper in November 2007. It's now offered with a copy of the original window sticker, shop and owner's manuals, service records, spare parts, a car cover, a clean Carfax report, and a clean Georgia title, the kind of paperwork trail that tends to matter a great deal to buyers shopping in the ACR's rarefied end of the Viper market.

Hagerty's valuation tools currently price a 2001 Viper GTS ACR in #3 (Good) condition at roughly $63,500 as of the July 2026 Price Guide update, with values across condition tiers ranging from about $57,400 to $73,367. That figure is up 6% over the last quarter but still down 2.2% year-over-year and off 15.3% from where the ACR stood three years ago. Recent comps back up that range: an identical-mileage 2001 GTS ACR sold for $77,070 in April, while a 10,000-mile example brought $78,750 the same month. Zoom out to the broader 1996-2002 Viper generation, and Hagerty's data shows 95 cars selling at public auction over the past year for a combined $6.6 million, an average of roughly $69,500 a car, with the number of Vipers changing hands up 32% year-over-year, a sign that interest in these second-generation cars remains healthy even as ACR-specific values cool slightly from their recent highs.

This isn't the first well-kept Viper to cross the block this year. Motorious has recently covered a 2,600-mile 2001 GTS fitted with an Autoform widebody kit and Hennessey 650R engine work, a 469-mile 2013 SRT Viper GTS that returned to Bring a Trailer, and deep dives into both the 1995 Dodge Viper and 1993 Dodge Viper that trace how the model evolved into the ACR seen here. Together, they show a market that still rewards originality and documentation as much as raw horsepower.

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The 1971 model year gave the E-body Barracuda a one-year-only look, with quad headlamps, a divided grille, and larger billboard graphics replacing the hockey-stick stripes of 1970. This car carries the options sheet enthusiasts look for: a Rallye dash, center console, hood pins, color-keyed grille and sport mirrors, and a 3.73:1 rear axle. According to the fender tag, it left Chrysler's Hamtramck plant on June 8, 1971, as an E65-code 383 four-barrel car finished in GB5 True Blue Metallic over an SRX9 black leather and vinyl interior.

Underneath the hood pins, the numbers-matching 383 has been fitted with FiTech electronic fuel injection, an Edelbrock Performer RPM intake, and a TTi header and exhaust system, with Mopar-branded valve covers dressing up the engine bay. Rallye wheels wrapped in BFGoodrich Radial T/A tires and power steering round out the car, while the seller reports floor pan patches, a replaced fuel tank, and fresh work to the tachometer and clock internals since acquiring the car.

Perhaps the most unusual chapter of this 'Cuda's life came in the mid-1990s, when the seller says it was pressed into service as a promotional vehicle for American Standard Plumbing, running exhibition drag races against a semi-truck at strips across Ohio and the Midwest. The car underwent a "nut-and-bolt restoration down to the frame" roughly fifteen years ago and has only recently been finished, according to the listing.

With 19 bids and more than 11,000 views, bidding is scheduled to close Tuesday, September 15, and the sale includes two binders of service records, broadcast sheet photos, and spare take-off parts alongside a clean California title.

For buyers trying to gauge whether that number is fair, Hagerty Valuation Tools peg a number-3-condition, or "Good," 1971 'Cuda coupe with the 383/300-horsepower four-speed combination at a Price Guide value of $51,800, with a broader range of roughly $47,300 to $56,800 depending on condition, a figure that has climbed 5.9 percent over the last three years. Zoom out to the full 1970-1974 Barracuda market and the data shows 99 examples changing hands in the last 12 months for a combined $14.8 million, an average of $149,200 a car, while recent results for other 1971 'Cudas have ranged from roughly $70,000 for a driver-quality hardtop to over $100,000 for well-documented cars. Modified, non-original engines like this fuel-injected 383 typically trade at a discount to numbers-matching, unmodified survivors, which helps explain why this bid still sits well under the model's three-year auction high of $308,000.

Mopar shoppers hunting for more E-body inspiration can dig into Motorious's deep dive on the 1971 Plymouth Barracuda, browse the 10 Coolest Plymouths For Sale Right Now on Motorious, or revisit the 10 Coolest 1970s Muscle Cars For Sale Right Now on Motorious. Fans of Mopar's factory oddities might also enjoy the numbers-matching 1969 Plymouth Hemi Road Runner headed to Mecum's Nashville sale, or Motorious's explainer on the wing-and-nose Plymouth Superbird.

Whether it ultimately sells closer to $67,700 or climbs toward six figures, this 'Cuda's mix of numbers-matching hardware, drag-strip lore, and modern EFI reliability makes it one of the more interesting Mopars to watch this week on Hagerty Marketplace.

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This isn't the car's first trip through the auction world. The sedan previously changed hands on BaT back in September 2022, then reappeared in listings during November 2023 and again in May 2025, before a dealer in New York picked it up this year. That kind of paper trail, three separate BaT appearances in under four years, shows just how often desirable E39 M5s are getting flipped as buyers chase clean, low-mile examples.

Under the hood sits the S62 4.9-liter V8, a naturally aspirated masterpiece with individual throttle bodies and double-VANOS variable valve timing that made 394 horsepower and 369 lb-ft of torque from the factory. Power still runs through a Getrag six-speed manual and a limited-slip differential, exactly how BMW's engineers intended a driver's sedan to behave. Notably, an aftermarket exhaust and a set of coilovers were both removed at some point in the car's life, with the factory suspension and exhaust components reinstalled, a detail that should appeal to purists chasing originality over modification.

The car's paperwork backs up its story. A Carfax report shows no accidents or reported damage, along with 17 logged service history entries and four previous owners. It's most recently been registered in Connecticut, a state that doesn't issue titles for vehicles this old, so the sale is being conducted on that registration. Inside, the cabin pairs black and Imola Red Nappa leather with heated front seats, dual-zone climate control, navigation, and the factory M audio system, while the exterior wears Shadowline trim, xenon headlights, and the quad exhaust tips that separate an M5 from a garden-variety 5 Series.

Hagerty's valuation tools help put the current bidding in context. As of this summer, Hagerty pegs a #3-condition, "Good" example of a 2001 M5 at roughly $42,200, with a range stretching from about $32,767 up to $62,800 depending on condition. What stands out is the trajectory: Hagerty's data shows the E39 M5 has climbed by roughly 27.5 percent over the past year and better than 10 percent over three years, one of the stronger moves among 2000s German performance cars. Hagerty's tracked sales for the 2000-2003 M5 generation also show real depth in the market, with dozens of cars changing hands in the last year alone and results ranging from the high $20,000s for higher-mile or rougher cars up toward six figures for the best documented, lowest-mile examples. A no-reserve, 11,000-mile car with a clean history and this level of documentation is about as close as it gets to the top of that range.

The E39 M5 isn't the only BMW performance icon showing this kind of strength. We recently covered a special-order 1994 BMW 850CSi that highlighted similar momentum in the manual E31 market, and a rare 1979 BMW M1 that reminded everyone where the M badge's mid-engine roots began. For buyers priced out of six-figure M5s, we've also looked at value plays like a no-reserve 2012 BMW Z4 sDrive35is, proof that BMW's turbocharged and naturally aspirated performance cars both have room to run in today's market.

Bidding on this M5 continues on Bring a Trailer, with the auction set to end September 10.

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Lexus, Honda, and Acura round out the top four, giving Japanese automakers a clean sweep of the podium. Lexus checks in at 14.4%, Honda at 13.3%, and Acura at 9.5%, so every one of the four leaders beats the overall average by a wide margin. GMC is the highest-finishing domestic brand at 5.8%, just ahead of Mazda's 5.3%. Every other nameplate in the study falls under 5%.

Non-Luxury Brands: Toyota and Honda Set the Pace

Strip out the luxury nameplates and the gap only grows. Toyota's odds are 3.4 times the 5.8% non-luxury average, while Honda more than doubles it. GMC and Mazda round out the top four among mainstream brands, while Chrysler, FIAT, and MINI sit near the bottom with almost no shot at reaching the quarter-million-mile mark.

Luxury Brands: Lexus and Acura Lead, Most Others Fall Short

Among luxury brands, Lexus and Acura are in a class of their own, posting odds 4.2 and 2.8 times higher than the 3.4% luxury-segment average. Lincoln and Cadillac land in the middle of the pack, while BMW, Audi, Land Rover, Porsche, Jaguar, and Maserati all check in under 1%. iSeeCars Executive Analyst Karl Brauer noted that a low finish for a brand like Porsche is more about how the cars are driven than any "lack of quality or durability."

Why This Matters for Used Car Shoppers

For anyone hunting a dependable daily driver or a high-mile project car, these rankings are a useful gut check before buying. A used car's odometer reading matters less than which badge is on the hood, and the numbers suggest a well-kept Toyota or Honda already deep into six figures may still have plenty of life left. Shoppers browsing The 10 Coolest Cars for Sale on Motorious Right Now or 10 Awesome Collectible Cars You Can Buy Right Now for Under $20,000 can use this data as one more filter when weighing a higher-mileage listing.

Methodology

iSeeCars built the rankings from a proprietary model that tracked average odometer readings by vehicle age across the 395-million-vehicle dataset, then calculated the odds of each model and generation reaching 250,000 miles before weighting the results by how common that model is on the road today. Heavy-duty vans and models without enough data were excluded. It is the same kind of numbers-driven approach behind Motorious market coverage, including our recent look at falling Hagerty values on a 956-mile Dodge Demon 170. The full brand-by-brand rankings are available directly from iSeeCars.

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The client, identified only as Greg, has a deep appreciation for Johannes Vermeer, the Dutch painter best known for his extraordinary use of light. According to Helderburg founder Paul Potratz, that admiration became the organizing idea for the entire build rather than a simple styling choice.

The exterior wears a bespoke Helderburg pearl metallic white that shifts with its surroundings, reading crisp white in direct sun, picking up blues and greens in shade, and warming as the light fades. Inside, Potratz paired a deep red and black leather combination rather than the brighter red that might be expected, carrying the same restrained approach into the cabin.

Mechanically, Vermeer keeps its original, numbers-matching 300Tdi turbo-diesel, which Helderburg re-engineered for more usable torque, calmer highway manners and easier everyday driving without erasing the character of the original engine. The truck also carries a bespoke audio system and Helderburg's own Aegis braking package, part of what the company describes as twelve proprietary systems developed in-house.

The donor truck has its own backstory. Helderburg says the 110 was already unusual when Potratz selected it, factory-equipped with power windows and a distinctive VIN configuration the company believes may tie back to a notable early owner, a detail it says it is still researching.

Greg supplied the inspiration, then stepped back from the details almost entirely. As Potratz recalled it, Greg eventually told him, "Paul, you decide."

Vermeer is staying with the family that commissioned it and was never for sale, but it isn't Helderburg's only Defender 110 built on a similar philosophy. The company's Rocco commission was built for a Nashville father and son, while Lange, another 110, was raised for life on a Texas ranch. Both start from the same numbers-matching foundation before diverging into very different personalities. The Osprey Defender D90 applies the same approach to long-range, off-road-focused builds, and Legacy Overland's own 1987 Defender rebuild offers a useful look at how a different shop tackles a similar classic.

Helderburg lists three paths to a similar truck: a small number of finished, ready-to-drive Helderburgs, reservations on builds already underway, and full commissions that start in the $288,000-to-$480,000-plus range and typically take twelve to sixteen months.

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Delivered new to Switzerland in July 1991 through Ferrari Suisse Nyon and the dealership Walter Hasler AG of Frick, the F40 has spent its entire life in its home country. Chassis 089781 retains its original matching-numbers V-8 engine and gearbox, and it earned Ferrari Classiche certification along with the marque's "Red Book" in October 2018, confirming its mechanical originality. The car has also made a habit of showing up to Ferrari's biggest parties, having taken part in the 50th anniversary festivities held between Rome and Modena in 1997 and returning for the 70th anniversary Concours d'Elegance at Fiorano twenty years later. With just over 38,000 kilometers on the clock and recent service history from Ferrari specialist Niki Hasler AG, this F40 looks primed for an invitation to Maranello's 80th anniversary celebrations in 2027.

Conceived as Ferrari's answer to the Porsche 959 and born from the shelved Group B racing program, the F40 evolved from five 288 GTO Evoluzione prototypes into the last car personally signed off by Enzo Ferrari. Its steel tube-frame chassis, double-wishbone suspension, and Kevlar-and-carbon-fiber body cut weight by roughly 20 percent versus the GTO while roughly tripling torsional rigidity. Motivation came from a twin-turbocharged, 2.9-liter V-8 producing 471 horsepower, enough to hit 100 km/h in 4.1 seconds and top out beyond 320 km/h. For more on the model's origins, Motorious readers can revisit 10 Facts You Might Not Have Known About the Ferrari F40, or trace the bloodline back further with this single-owner Ferrari 288 GTO that helped inspire the F40's design.

The F40 market has been on a tear. According to Hagerty's Valuation Tools, a #3 (Good) condition 1991 F40 now carries a price guide value of roughly $3.4 million, up nearly 39 percent over the past year and more than 25 percent in the last quarter alone. Hagerty's data also shows just 13 F40s changing hands at public auction over the trailing 12 months for a combined $62.7 million, averaging $4.8 million per car, with the top sale reaching $8,365,000 through RM Sotheby's. Measured against that backdrop, the Zurich car's CHF3.2-3.5 million estimate looks conservative for a certified, matching-numbers example with such a well-kept ownership history, particularly given the model's status as one of the most sought-after analog Ferraris in the collector market.

Only 1,315 F40s were built between 1987 and 1992, and survivors with this level of documentation rarely change hands. Collectors weighing this Zurich car against other options can also look at this preservation-grade, 1,701-mile 1991 F40 that headlined a recent Broad Arrow sale, a useful comparison point for a U.S.-spec example versus this Euro-market car. The Zurich sale is scheduled in the coming weeks, and full registration details are available on RM Sotheby's auction page.

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Built from the ground up by the Roadster Shop, this F-100 swaps its factory heart for a Bill Mitchell 509 cubic-inch big-block topped with a polished Weiand 4-71 supercharger, good for roughly 750 horsepower. That power heads through a Tremec TKO600 five-speed manual to a Ford 9-inch rear end fitted with 3.50 gears and a limited-slip differential, all supported by a Roadster Shop Stage III chassis stretched four inches for a lower, longer stance.

The presentation is every bit as serious as the mechanicals. The body wears a two-tone black-and-blue metallic finish accented with silver leaf, gray gradient shading, and yellow pinstriping courtesy of Rick's Pinstriping. It rolls on Billet Specialties Rail wheels, 20 inches up front and 22 inches out back, wrapped in BF Goodrich G-Force T/A rubber.

The current owner has cared for the truck since 2004 and commissioned the Roadster Shop build personally, with only about 13 miles logged since completion. The pedigree backs up the presentation, too, as the truck has picked up Pro's Pick honors at multiple Goodguys events and landed a feature in Classic Trucks magazine.

Offered on consignment, the F-100 is set to cross the block with an opening price of $185,000 when the auction kicks off on September 14, 2026. For anyone chasing a resto-mod that blends vintage Ford charm with pro-touring muscle, this one belongs at the top of the watch list.

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This ZR1 is one of just 2,441 coupes built for 2019, powered by a supercharged 6.2-liter LT5 V-8 producing 755 horsepower through an 8-speed automatic transmission. Carbon Flash-painted wheels and red brake calipers give the black coupe a menacing look to match its performance, so explore the full giveaway and enter here for your shot at this collectible Corvette.

The second grand prize is just as serious: a 2026 Tahoe High Country 4WD with a 420-horsepower 6.2-liter EcoTec3 V-8, a 10-speed automatic and Autotrac 4WD. Magnetic Ride Control, 22-inch wheels, a panoramic sunroof, Adaptive Cruise Control and HD Surround Vision round out the ultimate family hauler, and Motorious readers can claim more entries with this link before tickets run out.

Every donation supports veterans' and children's charities, and if your ticket is drawn, Dream Giveaway will pay $78,000 toward the federal prize taxes on your behalf. With the March 3, 2027 drawing date approaching and two black Chevrolet performance machines on the line, there's no reason to wait, so enter today and use code MOTORIOUS48 for extra value.

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While the vast majority of the roughly 119,000 Porsche 914s built ran flat-four engines, a special run of about 3,300 cars left the factory with six-cylinder power between 1969 and 1972. Porsche's Customer Sport Department took a handful of these 914/6 models further still, transforming them into the race-ready 914/6 GT with a stiffened chassis, uprated suspension, ventilated brakes, a long-range fuel tank, and flared steel fenders covering widened Fuchs alloys. Those cars proved their worth almost immediately. Driven by Brumos Racing's Peter Gregg and Hurley Haywood, a factory 914/6 GT won the inaugural 1971 IMSA GT race at Virginia International Raceway and carried the team to the championship that same season.

That success left such an impression that when Brumos returned to vintage racing in the mid-1990s, the team began building 914/6 GT tributes for its own customers, and this car carries that lineage forward. Originally built as a 1971 914/4, it has since been transformed into a GT-style tribute wearing the classic orange favored by Ferry Porsche and adopted by Brumos, paired with a black and orange cockpit. Widened fenders wrap around 15-inch Fuchs wheels shod in Hoosier racing rubber, while the rebuilt 1,991cc flat-six benefits from forged internals, a custom camshaft, upgraded cylinder heads, and a twin-plug distributor for crisp, reliable ignition.

The car's five-speed manual transaxle and period-correct #59 Porsche/Audi Brumos livery only add to the sense that this little coupe means business. Its current owner has held the car for roughly five years, using it for the occasional track day rather than wheel-to-wheel competition, which means a new caretaker inherits a machine that's been driven with care while still remaining eligible for vintage racing with the right preparation.

Offered from the Autobahn Speed Collection through Hagerty Garage + Social in Savannah, Georgia, this 914/6 GT tribute is a rare chance to own a slice of Brumos Racing heritage without the seven-figure price tag that a factory-built example would command. For fans of giant-killing Porsches and IMSA's golden era, it's hard to imagine a more charismatic way into vintage motorsport.

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The 246 GT arrived in March 1969 to fix the one real complaint leveled at the smaller-engined 206 GT that preceded it: not enough power to match its chassis. Enlarging the V6 to 2.4 liters lifted output to roughly 192 horsepower, giving the Dino a real edge over Porsche's 911 S of the era. Early L Series cars like 00908 carry over several 206 GT details that later M and E Series cars dropped, including center-lock Cromodora wheels with three-eared knock-off hubs, aluminum door and lid panels, chrome-plated brass trim, and headrests built into the rear wall rather than the seatbacks. Collectors now treat those small touches as evidence of the purest expression of the model.

According to a history report compiled by Ferrari historian Marcel Massini, 00908 was completed in June 1970 as a European-market car finished in Rosso Chiaro over a black interior. It was imported to the U.S. through Bill Harrah's Modern Classic Motors before being sold new through Ron Tonkin Chevrolet in Portland, Oregon. California enthusiast Michael Delprincipe owned the car for roughly fifteen years starting in 1981, and it later passed to Garry Roberts, who commissioned a seven-year, bare-metal restoration completed in 2005 by noted Ferrari specialist Rod Drew of Francorchamps of America. That work, finished in Giallo Fly over a navy blue interior, has since earned the car multiple Platinum and First-in-Class awards at Ferrari Club of America and Cavallino Classic events, and reports from both Massini and Dino authority Matthias Bartz confirm the engine and transmission are original to the chassis.

Values for the 246 GT have cooled somewhat over the past year. Hagerty's valuation tools price a #3-condition, or "Good," 1970 246 GT at roughly $395,000, within a broader range of about $363,000 to $413,000, and note a 7.1-percent decline over the trailing twelve months. Hagerty's data also shows real depth in the current market: 34 Dino 246 GTs sold at public auction in the past year for a combined $18.8 million, an average of about $553,000 a car. That average sits well above 00908's pre-sale estimate, though L Series cars, with production capped at 355 units versus 3,883 for the model overall, have historically commanded a premium over the more common M and E Series cars once condition and history are factored in.

The Dino's trajectory mirrors a broader pattern in the collector market, where rarity and documentation increasingly separate winners from laggards. Motorious recently looked at what concours judges actually reward when scoring cars like this one, and at a handful of undervalued collector segments that patient buyers are starting to notice. Broad Arrow has also brought fresh attention to well-documented Ferraris this year, including one of Britain's first Ferrari F40s, a car whose paper trail, like 00908's stack of restoration invoices and trophies, has become nearly as important to buyers as its color or mileage.

With its tool roll, jack, restoration invoices, and a case full of concours trophies included in the sale, chassis 00908 is being presented as a turnkey opportunity for a collector who wants to skip the restoration queue entirely and head straight to the show lawn. The Audrain Auction 2026 will determine whether this L Series example's rarity and results-proven restoration are enough to close the gap between its estimate and where similar Dinos have been trading.

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Shelby American builds the Super Snake package around Ford's supercharged 5.0-liter V8, and this example gets the full treatment: output rated above 830 horsepower, a six-speed manual gearbox, and a Torsen-equipped rear end geared at 3.73:1. Stopping power comes from red Brembo calipers clamping two-piece slotted rotors, while a Shelby-tuned suspension and a Borla exhaust round out the mechanical upgrades. The widebody conversion is hard to miss in person, with carbon-fiber fenders, front and rear splitters, a ducktail spoiler, and a hood scoop feeding the supercharger below. Inside, the cabin adds Shelby-embroidered floor mats, a serialized dash plaque, and a 12-speaker Bang & Olufsen stereo.

Shelby has leaned hard into ultra-limited builds lately. The brand's new Shelby GT350/TA program capped production at just 40 cars, with the first public example also crossing the block this fall. The Super Snake Convertible follows a similar script: Shelby built fewer than 40 droptops out of the 300-car run, making this Race Red example, build No. 39, a genuinely scarce find even by Shelby's own standards.

Modern limited-run Shelbys have generally held their value well once they reach the secondary market, and Hagerty's valuation tools offer a useful gauge of where things stand. Hagerty's price guide currently lists a 2014 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 Super Snake Convertible, the closest prior-generation comparison, at roughly $77,800 in #3 (Good) condition, up 6.7 percent over the past year. Hagerty's broader market data shows 140 Shelby GT500s changing hands over the past 12 months at an average sale price above $50,000, with clean, low-mile Super Snake convertibles typically landing at the top of that range. If that pattern holds, a numbered, 113-mile example of the newest Super Snake could be well positioned whenever it eventually reaches the resale market.

The Super Snake Convertible is just one of the headline lots at Barrett-Jackson's Las Vegas auction, which opens Thursday, September 10. The sale also features a pair of Ram performance icons crossing the block together for charity and a resto-modded first-generation Camaro built around an LS3 swap. For a look at Shelby's Cobra lineage, this 580-horsepower Superformance Cobra continuation build that sold recently is worth a look too, a reminder that Shelby's performance DNA runs in more than one direction.

Barrett-Jackson's listing notes a manufacturer recall tied to the windshield wiper and washer system, since resolved, and financing is available through the auction house for qualified buyers. Bidding is open now for anyone hoping to add build No. 39 to their own collection.

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The chassis underneath that yellow paint has little in common with a stock Model T. The frame has been built up around a Bell front axle and a Chevrolet Vega steering box, with an elliptical front leaf spring and friction shocks doing the work up front. Out back, a narrowed Ford nine-inch axle rides on a triangulated four-bar setup with coilovers, and the whole car stops on four-wheel disc brakes. Staggered aluminum wheels, 15x4.5 inches up front and 15x10 inches in back, fill the fenderless openings and hint at the car's drag-strip-adjacent attitude.

Power comes from a flathead V8 the seller says began life in a 1953 Mercury before being stroked out to 275 cubic inches. Offenhauser aluminum heads, dual Stromberg 97 carburetors on progressive linkage, a 404 Iskenderian cam, and Mallory ignition round out the recipe, with an eight-quart pan and a header-style side exhaust doing the housekeeping. That output routes through a TREMEC five-speed manual and into a nine-inch rear axle geared at 3.50:1, giving the little roadster real gearing options beyond a straight-line blast.

Inside, black vinyl bucket seats and matching carpet sit ahead of a three-spoke padded steering wheel on a quick-release hub, with Stewart-Warner gauges keeping tabs on the flathead. The body itself wears its yellow paint with red and gray pinstriping, and the seller notes some of the wear that comes with driving a finished hot rod rather than trailering it: paint chips, a few smudges near the door hinges, wavy fiberglass doors, and a well-used carpet. According to the listing, the car has moved from California to Idaho and now to its current home in Norwalk, Iowa, and it carries a clean Iowa title in the seller's name.

Running the numbers through Hagerty's Valuation Tools shows just how far a build like this strays from the norm. A stock 1927 Model T roadster pickup in #3, or "Good," condition carries a Price Guide value in the neighborhood of $12,500, and the broader Model T market has averaged closer to $17,800 per sale over the past year across roughly a hundred transactions. A no-reserve auction already sitting at $35,000 for a heavily modified fiberglass-bodied car makes clear that buyers are paying for the quality of the build, not the badge on the title. It's a pattern that shows up across the Hagerty Marketplace, whether it's a family-owned Hemi 'Cuda chasing bids well above its stock counterparts or a Meyers Manx dune buggy proving that a fiberglass kit car can hold real value of its own.

Bidding is scheduled to close Friday, September 11, and with the reserve already waived, this stroker-powered T-bucket will sell to whoever places the final bid. For anyone tracking how Hagerty's data stacks up against six-figure classics, the same valuation approach used here recently helped frame what a restored Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing is worth heading into its own auction date.

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When it launched, the R35 rewrote expectations for what an all-wheel-drive coupe could do, blending brutal acceleration with genuine daily livability, and this example still wears its Titanium Metallic paint over black leather and suede like it never left the dealership. Power comes from the twin-turbocharged 3.8-liter VR38DETT V6, routed through a six-speed dual-clutch gearbox and Nissan's ATTESA E-TS all-wheel-drive system, a formula that made the GT-R a giant-killer against cars costing two or three times as much.

The details back up the low-mileage claim throughout. The 20-inch seven-spoke forged wheels look untouched by curbs, the gold-finished brake calipers still shine against their cross-drilled and ventilated rotors, and the cabin's heated power-adjustable seats and Bose sound system appear barely broken in. Bilstein's DampTronic adaptive suspension, along with electronic brake-force distribution and vehicle dynamic control, round out a chassis package that still feels sophisticated well over a decade later.

Backing up the odometer is a paper trail enthusiasts dream about, including the original window sticker, owner's manuals, and a clean Carfax report. The car is being offered by a dealer in Carrollton, Texas, and bidding had already climbed past $80,000 with the auction still days from closing, a strong sign that the market recognizes just how rare a truly untouched R35 has become. For anyone who has been waiting for a GT-R that still feels brand new, this one is worth a much closer look before the gavel falls.

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Porsche's turbocharged 924 program grew out of the twilight of the 935 racing era, as new FIA rules pushed the factory toward a smaller, four-cylinder platform for its next-generation competition car. Barth, a Le Mans-winning driver who also ran Porsche's customer racing operation, worked closely with engineers to build a largely hand-assembled version of the 2.0-liter inline-four, complete with a turbocharger and intercooler. That effort led to the Carrera GT concept shown at the 1979 Frankfurt Motor Show, and to homologate the car for GT competition, Porsche needed a production road version to follow.

Before that road car ever reached showrooms, though, this very chassis was built as a rally-prepped development car and handed to Barth just weeks before the 1980 Monte Carlo Rally. Riding on a raised suspension with a gutted, roll-caged interior, auxiliary lighting, bolt-on fender flares, and a five-speed manual gearbox, it wore a striking white livery with Hugo Boss branding, one of the earliest examples of that fashion house's foray into motorsport sponsorship. Barth finished sixth in class on the car's debut and returned to campaign it again at Monte Carlo in 1981, cementing its place as the proving ground for what would become the 924 Carrera GT and the ultra-rare Carrera GTR race car.

Barth kept the car in his personal collection for more than four decades following its rally career, and it still wears its original 1981 Boss livery along with genuine wear from its competition days. The current owner acquired the car directly from Barth in 2022, and it comes with a trove of period photographs, German registration paperwork, and two rally helmets worn by Barth and co-driver Roland Kussmaul. So respected is this particular chassis that a tribute car built in its honor was driven by Barth himself at the 2019 Monte Carlo Historic Rally, nearly forty years after the original ran the event.

Now offered without reserve as part of The Autobahn Speed Collection auction, the 924 Turbo GT is a rare chance to own a genuine piece of Porsche competition history rather than a replica or tribute build. The car does not currently run and will need real recommissioning work, but for the right buyer, that's a small price to pay for a machine that helped pave the way for one of Porsche's most important homologation specials. Bidding was already well into five figures as of this writing, with the auction set to close on September 30.

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No. 10: 2004 Lamborghini Gallardo — $105,000

The Gallardo was the car that pulled Lamborghini out of low-volume obscurity, and this early 2004 example still wears its factory Giallo paint over a black-and-yellow cabin. With 24,000 miles, a clean title, and a garage-kept history, it's a comparatively affordable entry point into V10 Lamborghini ownership. The 5.0-liter V10 and E-Gear automated manual give a taste of the driving experience that eventually spawned the Huracan, at a fraction of what a modern Lamborghini costs today.

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No. 9: 1992 Lamborghini Diablo — In-Auction

Delivered new to Belgium in 1991, this first-series Diablo still wears its pop-up headlights and pure rear-drive layout before four-wheel drive and a facelift changed the formula. It was originally ordered by Belgian football legend Jef Jurion, spent years on static display, and shows just 6,000 kilometers, offering a genuinely original, unrestored example of Lamborghini's Countach successor. Its 5.7-liter V12 was the first Lamborghini engine to use fuel injection, producing 492 horsepower and a top speed north of 200 mph when new.

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No. 8: 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera — In-Auction

The Superleggera name has meant one thing at Lamborghini since the 1960s: less weight, more speed, and the LP570-4 version of the Gallardo delivered both in spades. Stripped of nearly 150 pounds versus a standard Gallardo through extensive carbon fiber use, it paired a howling 5.2-liter V10 with sharper suspension tuning for a genuinely track-capable exotic. Offered here through auction, it represents one of the last and most focused expressions of Lamborghini's first mass-produced V10 supercar.

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No. 7: 2017 Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2 Spyder — $249,950

This Huracan Spyder skips the standard car's all-wheel drive in favor of the purer LP 580-2 rear-drive setup, a configuration enthusiasts often prefer for its more playful handling balance. Finished in black over black with just 6,847 miles from a single owner, it pairs a naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10 with the drama of a power-folding soft top. It's a low-mile, well-kept example of one of the last analog-feeling Huracans before hybrid power entered the lineup.

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No. 6: 2023 Lamborghini Huracan LP 610-2 EVO Spyder RWD — Inquire for Price

Finished in the rare Verde Gea over Nero Ade color combination, this EVO-spec Huracan Spyder pairs rear-wheel drive with a naturally aspirated 602-horsepower V10, a combination Lamborghini offered only briefly before the model's run ended. With just 465 miles logged and a heavily optioned build sheet that includes carbon ceramic brakes and a full Alcantara interior package, it's essentially a delivery-mileage example of one of the last naturally aspirated Huracans built. The RWD EVO Spyder is considered among the purest and most engaging versions of the entire Huracan family.

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No. 5: 2024 Lamborghini Urus Performante — $284,500

The Performante trim sharpens Lamborghini's Urus into the most track-focused super-SUV on sale, adding a functional rear spoiler, an aggressive stance, and chassis tweaks over the standard model. This example is finished in Verde Turbine Lucido Metallic with a 23-inch black wheel package, and its twin-turbo 4.0-liter V8 delivers the kind of straight-line pace few SUVs can match. It's proof that a Lamborghini badge doesn't require two doors or a mid-engine layout to feel special.

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No. 4: 1998 Lamborghini Diablo SV — Inquire for Price

The SV, or Sport Veloce, package turned the already potent Diablo into a purist's rear-drive supercar, and this particular example is one of only two ever finished in Nero black. Its 5.7-liter V12 makes 530 horsepower through a five-speed manual, backed by carbon fiber trim, SV-branded OZ Racing wheels, and a Snowcorn leather interior with embroidered SV headrests. Rarity aside, it's simply one of the last Diablos built before Audi's ownership began reshaping Lamborghini's next generation.

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No. 3: 2013 Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 Final Edition — $172,998

Built to close out the Gallardo's decade-long production run, this Final Edition LP560-4 wears the rare Grigio Telesto paint and carries 50th Anniversary badging inside and out. With just 10,600 miles, a clean Carfax, and a naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10 making 560 horsepower, it represents the most refined and powerful version of the model that first put Lamborghini into series production. It's a fitting send-off for the car that reinvented the brand in the early 2000s.

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No. 2: 1984 Lamborghini Countach 5000 S — In-Auction

Few silhouettes are as instantly recognizable as the Countach's, and this 5000 S variant represents the third and most powerful iteration of Lamborghini's original poster car, of which only 321 were built. Finished in Nero over Rosso leather and backed by Lamborghini Historical Certification, this example underwent a six-year mechanical restoration including a full engine rebuild before being displayed at the Musee National de l'Automobile in France. Its history file, spanning multiple continents and collectors, makes it as thoroughly documented as any Countach on the market today.

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No. 1: 2000 Lamborghini Diablo GT — Inquire for Price

The Diablo GT sits at the top of Lamborghini's V12 hierarchy from the late 1990s, a homologation-adjacent halo model built in just 80 examples worldwide with sharper aerodynamics and a hand-assembled V12 tuned for track use. It represents the most extreme and rarest expression of the Diablo lineage, the car that carried Lamborghini's flagship torch through the final years before the Murcielago took over. For collectors chasing the rarest possible version of Lamborghini's most iconic 1990s supercar, this is about as good as it gets.

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Rather than debuting on a show stand, the concept was first shown behind closed doors at The Cube, Polestar's Gothenburg headquarters, during a strategy event for investors, retailers, and a select group of VIP customers. A full global reveal is planned later this year, timed to the media campaign surrounding the Polestar 4 SUV.

Design chief Philipp Romers framed the project as a refinement rather than a departure. He said the brand needed a bold evolution "not revolution of what came before," while keeping signature cues like the Dual Blade headlights intact.

Polestar says Formula 2030 previews styling elements that will carry over to the next-generation Polestar 2, due in 2027, and the upcoming Polestar 7 compact SUV, both expected to lean further into the brand's performance identity alongside its usual sustainability and technology focus.

The reveal comes as Polestar keeps expanding its lineup, which already includes the Polestar 2, Polestar 3, Polestar 4 coupe, Polestar 4 SUV, and the recently launched Polestar 5 grand tourer. A Polestar 6 roadster is also in the pipeline, and the brand plans to add European production for the Polestar 7 alongside its existing North American and Asian manufacturing.

Polestar has been raising its profile at European events in recent months as well, including an appearance at Salon Prive, where it showed cars alongside marques like Lamborghini and Brabus at Blenheim Palace.

The automaker has also set sustainability targets tied to the same 2030 horizon, aiming to halve greenhouse gas emissions per vehicle sold and reach climate neutrality across its value chain by 2040.

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Under the hood is a factory K-code 289ci V8 topped with a Holley 715 CFM carburetor and backed by the desirable top-loader four-speed manual transmission. Ford and Shelby built just 1,175 GT350s for 1967, and according to the car's Deluxe Marti Report, this example is one of only 821 built with this specific engine and transmission pairing, and one of just 438 finished in this paint code. The car also wears the deluxe "Mag Star" wheels, Goodyear Speedway tires, and was optioned from the factory with power steering, power disc brakes, outboard driving lamps, the extra cooling package, the Sport Deck rear seat, and the Interior Décor Group.

The history behind this fastback is just as compelling as its spec sheet. Records show the car was built on May 25, 1967, and shipped to Holiday Ford in Sunnyvale, California, where the seller states it was sold new on July 15, 1967. It's documented in the Shelby Registry and reportedly stayed with a single family from 1980 until the current owner acquired it in 2021. Prior to that sale, the GT350 underwent a refurbishment at Revolution Speed Shop in Auburn, Washington, and it has been registered in Florida ever since.

This GT350 is now represented by a Broad Arrow Specialist and comes with a binder of supporting records along with a clean Florida title in the current owner's name. Known imperfections are disclosed transparently in the listing, including a prior repair to the left-front inner structure. With bidding still active and no reserve in place, this is a rare chance to land a well-documented, numbers-matching 1967 GT350 at a genuinely open market price. Head over to Hagerty Marketplace to view the full photo gallery, documentation, and to place a bid before the auction closes on Thursday, September 17.

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Taylor bought the black-on-Caramel Maybach 57 new and drove it until her death on March 23, 2011, when she willed it to her longtime friend and celebrity hairstylist Jose Eber. He has kept the car largely garaged for the past 15 years, and it shows: just 7,200 miles on the odometer. Under the hood is Mercedes-Benz's 5.5-liter V-12, rated at 543 horsepower and 664 lb-ft of torque, routed through a five-speed 5G-Tronic automatic with manual shift capability. Inside, the rear compartment still carries the small refrigerator mounted between the seats, the privacy curtains, and even the original canopy cover, all details that speak to how the car was actually used rather than simply stored.

Barrett-Jackson chairman and CEO Craig Jackson framed the sale around Taylor's outsized cultural footprint, noting that her name still resonates across generations, from classic cinema to recent pop music references. Eber, who held onto the car for a decade and a half, described it as a rolling reminder of the time the two spent together and said parting with it now felt like the right tribute to her memory.

Maybach's ultra-low production numbers mean Hagerty's valuation tools do not track the 57 as its own line in the price guide, which itself says something about how rarely these cars trade hands in public. For a proxy, look at the mechanically related Mercedes-Benz S600, a V-12 flagship from the same era: Hagerty's guide currently pegs a good-condition example at roughly 17,400 dollars, down close to 19 percent over the past year alone. That is the reality for big, complex, three-pointed-star limousines once the options and depreciation curve catch up with them.

That baseline is exactly why provenance matters so much here. Hagerty Insider has tracked how a celebrity connection can send a first-time-at-auction result well past guide value, only to see the premium shrink once the same car reappears on the market and the novelty wears off. A no-reserve sale of a car this documented, this original, and this closely tied to one of the most photographed women of the twentieth century is likely to draw bidders who care far more about the story than the depreciation curve.

The Maybach is one of several notable stories coming out of Barrett-Jackson's Las Vegas week. The Two Ram Icons Barrett-Jackson is running for charity show a similar appetite for lots with a story attached, while our look at This Rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing digs into how Hagerty data applies to another six-figure Mercedes with racing pedigree. For more on how star power shapes a sale price, our coverage of the Jim Farley-Owned 1972 DeTomaso Pantera is worth a read as well.

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Chrysler's E-body Barracuda arrived for 1970 as a wider, lower, and far more purposeful platform than the compact-based car it replaced. Slotting the 426 Hemi under that low hood turned the 'Cuda into an instant legend, and Chrysler built only 666 Hemi 'Cudas that year. Just 284 of those left the factory with the A833 four-speed manual, pistol-grip shifter, and Dana 60 rear axle that this car carries.

Period road testers at Motorcade magazine were suitably impressed, writing that the Hemi 'Cuda was "a hairy machine that commands respect, admiration, and awe." More than five decades later, that reputation still holds, and cars like this one are a big reason why.

This particular 'Cuda's 426 Hemi has reportedly been bored and stroked to 472 cubic inches by Larry Shepard of Hemis Only, backed by an explosion-proof aftermarket bell housing and Hooker headers. Power still reaches the pavement through a four-speed manual and a Super Track Pak axle geared at 4.10:1, with a Strange Engineering driveshaft and electronic ignition rounding out the drivetrain upgrades. A Shaker-style hood, Rallye instrument cluster, tachometer, and a six-way driver's seat keep the muscle-era character intact, while power-assisted brakes make it far more livable than it was in period.

According to the listing, the seller recently treated the 'Cuda to a fresh respray in its factory Rally Red along with an engine and transmission rebuild, and the car now carries a clean Arizona title in the seller's name. That kind of long-term ownership and documented care tends to give bidders real confidence in a car's condition.

With 37 bids already placed and the auction set to close September 14, this Rally Red Hemi 'Cuda looks like exactly the kind of driver-quality, well-documented Mopar that keeps the muscle car market healthy. For a car with this pedigree, this build, and this ownership story, the bidding is likely far from over.

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The car's story began in April 1969, when the original owner drove it home from Hubb Motor Company in Chicago, Illinois. Finished from the factory in moss green, the Mach 1 stayed with that same owner through decades of use, a 2014 restoration, and eventually more than 200,000 miles behind the wheel, a detail the seller discloses plainly since the odometer has cycled through its range multiple times and now shows only a fraction of the car's true mileage.

Ford introduced the Mach 1 in August 1968 as a new performance-focused trim that replaced the Mustang GT atop the lineup. Offered only in the SportsRoof fastback body style, the package paired aggressive styling cues with genuine performance hardware, including a matte-black hood, hood pins, bold stripe treatments, and a competition suspension. Buyers responded in a big way, and the Mach 1 quickly became one of the best-selling variants in Mustang history.

Under this particular car's hood is its original 351ci Windsor V8, a two-barrel, 250-horsepower engine coded H in the VIN, rebuilt and paired with a freshly rebuilt three-speed Cruise-O-Matic automatic. The chassis number, 9F02H186162, confirms the details: a 1969 model built at Ford's Dearborn, Michigan plant as a Mustang SportsRoof fastback fitted with the 351 V8.

During its 2014 restoration, the Mach 1 was refinished in dark red metallic over a black vinyl interior with new carpet and headliner. Additional touches include a blacked-out grille, a functional hood scoop reworked with a wire-mesh intake, American Racing Torq Thrust-style wheels, chrome exhaust tips, dual sport mirrors, high-back bucket seats, woodgrain-trimmed dash and console accents, plus an aftermarket three-spoke steering wheel and period-look radio. The car is offered with its original dealer invoice, owner's manual, a thick binder of receipts, and a clean California title, the kind of paper trail that rarely survives with a single-owner car this old. One disclosed flaw is a missing driver's door data plate, worth a close look for any serious bidder.

Where does a car like this sit in today's market? According to Hagerty Valuation Tools, a 1969 Mustang Mach 1 with the 351/250-hp two-barrel setup carries a #3 "Good" condition value of roughly $45,100 as of mid-2026, with a broader range between about $39,300 and $47,700 depending on options and condition. Those numbers have held essentially flat over the past year, though they're down close to 10 percent over three years, reflecting a broader cooling trend among mainstream muscle-era Mustangs. Recent comparable sales show how much condition and documentation matter within the model: a similarly optioned automatic Mach 1 with just 20,000 miles brought $84,000 this past July, while more driver-grade examples have traded in the $60,000s. Given this car's repaint, replaced interior, and true mileage well north of 200,000, bidders will likely value it toward the middle of that range, with its unbroken ownership history serving as the strongest card in its favor.

Bidding remains open on Hagerty Marketplace through September 15, giving buyers a short window to dig into the documentation before the gavel falls. For more Mustang content, check out our rundown of The 10 Coolest Mustangs for Sale Right Now, our deep dive in Motorious Explores The Ford Mustang, and the record-setting Boss 429 that recently crossed the block at Barrett-Jackson's first Columbus sale.

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This isn't just any E-Ray, either. According to the Bowling Green build sheet, this Arctic White convertible is a 1-of-1 configuration and one of only 15 Stars and Steel E-Rays finished in that color. It shows just 701 miles on the odometer, giving it the kind of low-mile, as-new condition that collectors tend to pay a premium for on numbered specials.

Under the skin, the E-Ray pairs the familiar 6.2-liter LT2 V-8 with a 160-hp electric motor mounted up front, sending a combined 655 hp to all four wheels through an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission. Chevrolet quotes a 0-to-60 time of 2.5 seconds, and this particular car adds carbon-ceramic brakes with Edge Red-painted calipers, magnetic selective ride control, and a front axle lift with height memory for clearing steep driveways.

The Stars and Steel treatment layers on plenty of visual flourishes tied to the anniversary theme: American flag-inspired graphics, an Edge Red-painted engine cover and fluid caps, gloss black forged wheels with GarageLine spacers, and a full ceramic coating with XPEL paint protection film. Inside, the Santorini Blue cabin gets door sills stamped with "1776-2026," Torch Red seatbelts, and a numbered engine bay plaque confirming its place in the production run.

Because the E-Ray is still a fairly new addition to the Corvette lineup, Hagerty's valuation tools show its price guide is still finding its footing. A 2024 E-Ray convertible in #3 (Good) condition currently carries a guide value around $112,000, up 6.7 percent over the last quarter even after a steeper pullback over the past year. Auction results tell a wider story, though: Hagerty's market data lists a $343,200 sale as the high-water mark for the model, a reminder that rare, low-mile, and specially optioned E-Rays can blow well past guide numbers when the right buyers show up.

Limited-run Corvettes have been a recurring theme at Mecum's Nashville sales. Earlier this year, a freshly restored 1959 Corvette convertible out of the Clark Collection crossed the same auction block, illustrating how far the model's values have shifted across generations. The appetite for tightly numbered production runs isn't limited to Corvettes, either. Motorious recently covered a McLaren Senna built to a run of just 500 cars, and the ongoing surge of interest in first-gen Firebirds shows collectors chasing rarity and originality across eras and price points alike.

With the gavel set to drop on lot T320 on September 24th, this Stars and Steel E-Ray gives bidders a rare shot at owning the final build of a 250-unit run, one that pairs Corvette's newest hybrid technology with a tribute to America's 250th birthday.

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Chassis K063 is powered by Ford's 3.5-liter EcoBoost V-6, paired with a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission, but the drivetrain is only part of the story. Ford's engineers chased grams everywhere on this build, right down to titanium lug nuts and a vented lightweight engine window that alone carried an $18,000 price tag when new.

The titanium theme continues through a titanium exhaust system, while 20-inch Gloss Exposed Carbon Fiber wheels frame Brembo brakes finished in orange with black graphics. Wrapped in Liquid Blue Tricoat paint and dressed with the Lightweight Exterior Orange Accent Color Package, the GT pairs its diet with a look built to show off the effort rather than hide it. The gloss Exterior Exposed Carbon Fiber Package leaves the weave visible rather than tucking it under paint, turning a structural choice into a styling statement.

Inside, the theme holds: a lightweight Alcantara-wrapped steering wheel with silver stitching and six-point harness anchors keep the cabin focused on function over frills. Despite all the go-fast hardware, this one-owner example has spent its life at car shows and in climate-controlled storage rather than on track or street, showing 1,102.7 miles and roughly $22,250 in additional factory options. It comes from the Coe Private Collection with its buyer order form, Ford GT security agreement, window sticker and build documentation, along with its factory car cover, battery charger, two keys and service records.

For buyers trying to figure out where a car like this sits in the market, Hagerty Valuation Tools offer a useful gut check. Hagerty's price guide currently places a #3 (Good) condition 2019 Ford GT at roughly $788,000, a figure that is down nearly 7% over the past three years as the broader GT market cools slightly from its peak. Zoom out to the 2017-2022 Ford GT generation as a whole, and Hagerty's 12-month sales data shows 28 examples selling at auction for a combined $23.8 million, averaging roughly $849,800 apiece, even as the number of cars coming to market has jumped more than 115%. More supply with prices holding largely flat suggests the model is maturing into a more liquid collector segment rather than cooling off outright. Heavily optioned, low-mile examples with unique packages, like this Lightweight Carbon Series build, tend to command the upper end of that range, since options and originality carry real weight once a modern supercar starts trading like a collectible.

This GT's obsession with detail puts it in interesting company. Motorious has also covered an 8-mile 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition that shows how the model's first generation is holding up as a time capsule, and Barrett-Jackson's 2026 Las Vegas sale is shaping up to be one of the season's most closely watched auctions. Together, they're a reminder that in the GT world, the smallest details, whether it's a titanium lug nut or a single-digit-mile-per-year odometer, are often what buyers end up paying for.

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No. 10: 1936 Mercedes-Benz 500K Replica — $64,995

Streetside Classics has this "500K" roadster listed as a replica rather than a genuine Mercedes, but it's still a head-turner: a 221ci V8 and automatic transmission live under that long, swoopy hood, dressed in classic red-over-cream with wire wheels and dual driving lamps. It's the most attainable car on this list and a great way to get 1930s Grand Touring looks without a six-figure check.

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No. 9: 1930 Cadillac 353 Convertible Coupe — $178,000

Vintage Planet's Series 353 is proof that Cadillac's V8-powered "junior" Classic can be just as showy as its V12 and V16 siblings. This Fisher-bodied Convertible Coupe wears striking two-tone red over metallic burgundy, rides on red wire wheels, and still uses its original 353ci L-head V8 backed by Cadillac's easy-shifting "Clashless" synchronized transmission.

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No. 8: 1931 Cadillac 370A V-12 4-Door Phaeton — $169,995

Ellingson's Fleetwood-bodied 370A packs a 368ci V-12 under that long louvered hood, a scaled-down version of Cadillac's flagship V-16. Finished in seafoam and Camden green with a tan top and buckskin leather, this dual-windshield touring Phaeton carries period options like Pilot Ray driving lights and a rear-mounted trunk — 1930s road-trip glamour in the truest sense.

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No. 7: 1937 Cord 812 Supercharged "Sportsman" Cabriolet — $209,995

Gordon Buehrig's "coffin nose" Cord remains one of the most radical designs of the pre-war era, with front-wheel drive, disappearing headlights, and no running boards. This particular 812 adds the rare factory supercharger, boosting its Lycoming V8 from 125 to 170 horsepower, and wears concours-winning finish in a deep Dark Thrush Brown over tan leather.

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No. 6: 1936 Pierce-Arrow Deluxe 8 Convertible Sedan — $209,995

Pierce-Arrow only built 787 examples in 1936, and this Deluxe Eight Convertible Sedan is a CCCA-recognized Full Classic finished in a gorgeous Parrot Blue over matching leather. Its 385ci inline-eight, dual side-mount spares, and the marque's signature fender-integrated headlights make it one of the most distinguished American cruisers of its era — right before the company folded for good in 1938.

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No. 5: 1933 Lincoln KB Convertible Coupe by LeBaron — $219,500

One of only six Convertible Coupes LeBaron built on the 1932-33 Lincoln KB chassis, this example carries a documented history and a restoration by the respected Fran Roxas shop in Chicago. Power comes from Lincoln's big 448ci K-series V12, and the LeBaron coachwork is widely considered the most desirable body style on what collectors call one of America's finest pre-war Full Classics.

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No. 4: 1939 Packard Darrin Convertible Victoria — $249,995

Hollywood designer Howard "Dutch" Darrin hand-built somewhere between 15 and 20 of these 120-series Packards in his Los Angeles shop, instantly recognizable by the "Darrin dip" where the doors sweep down toward the rear fender. This award-winning restoration wears Packard Ivory over burgundy leather and picked up a Second in Class finish at the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance.

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No. 3: 1934 Packard Twelve Dietrich Convertible Sedan — $325,995

Every Packard Twelve engine was tested at the company's proving grounds and certified with a signed "Diploma of Mechanical Excellence," and this Dietrich-bodied Convertible Sedan sat at the top of the 1934 lineup. A frame-off restoration brought back its Meadow Green and Mint Green two-tone paint, burgundy leather, and 445ci V12, backed by a documented ownership history stretching back 60 years.

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No. 2: 1930 Rolls-Royce Phantom I Marlborough — $420,000

Coachbuilder Brewster made only ten of these formal "Marlborough" town cars on the Rolls-Royce Phantom I chassis, and just three are known to survive — this being the sole example that still wears its original 1930 paint and interior. All the numbers match, and the seller reports a recent engine rebuild that ran to six figures, making this a rare chance to own real, unrestored coachbuilt history.

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No. 1: 1932 Duesenberg II Royalton — $495,998

Topping our list at nearly half a million dollars, this Royalton dual-cowl phaeton is a Duesenberg II, a continuation model built by Volo on a modern Ford chassis rather than an original 1930s Duesenberg. But the drama is real: hand-formed steel-reinforced fiberglass bodywork, six chrome wire wheels, supercharger-style side pipes, and a genuine Duesenberg grille sit over a Ford 460 V8, automatic transmission, and modern brakes — built to be driven, not babied, and it's serial number 1 of the line.

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No. 10: 1951 Ford F-3 — $260,000

This 1951 F-3 has been transformed into a full-blown custom, built around a channeled body, a Roadster Shop independent front suspension, and a chopped roof that gives it a low, salt-flats-racer stance. Every detail was fabricated by hand, right down to a custom bed designed specifically to haul a vintage 1969 Triumph TT motorcycle. It's the rare kind of build that turns a humble postwar pickup into a genuine automotive art piece.

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No. 9: 1976 Ford Capri ROKSTOCK RSRGT — $225,000

Built by ROKSTOCK as a vintage-style road-race tribute, this Capri wears period-correct drag and rally graphics over a 351 V8 and a fresh, low-mileage build with barely 500 miles since completion. The Capri was Ford of Europe's answer to the Mustang, and this ROKSTOCK RSRGT interpretation takes that formula and turns it into a genuinely rare, race-inspired oddity that most American collectors have never seen in person. It's proof that "coolest Ford" doesn't always mean the obvious choice.

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No. 8: 1957 Ford Thunderbird — $239,900

In 1957, Ford briefly offered a factory-supercharged version of the Thunderbird, and this F-code car is one of roughly 200 built with that setup. Finished in correct Colonial White over a red interior, it underwent a full frame-off restoration by Thunderbird specialists at Hill's Automotive, completed in 2020 to a concours-grade standard. It's a documented piece of Ford performance history hiding inside one of the prettiest personal luxury cars of the 1950s.

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No. 7: 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt — $195,000

Only around 100 Fairlane Thunderbolts were built for 1964, factory lightweight drag cars stripped of sound deadening and fitted with fiberglass body panels to homologate Ford's 427 for NHRA competition. This example comes straight from a museum collection with a well-documented racing history and was even immortalized as a Hot Wheels die-cast. Few Fords carry more genuine factory drag-racing pedigree than a real Thunderbolt.

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No. 6: 1974 Ford Bronco — $269,000

Maxlider Brothers Customs built this early Bronco around a frame-off restoration commissioned from its own private collection of original VIN frames, then dropped in a modern Coyote 5.0-liter V8 for genuinely usable power. The finished product blends classic short-wheelbase Bronco looks with the kind of drivability, suspension, and fit-and-finish that a stock '74 could never offer. It's the formula that's made resto-mod Broncos one of the hottest segments in the collector market right now.

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No. 5: 1966 Ford Mustang GT350-H — $225,000

In 1966, Shelby built roughly 1,000 GT350s specifically for Hertz's "Rent-a-Racer" program, letting everyday customers rent a race-bred fastback for a weekend at the track. Finished in the signature black-with-gold-stripes look most associated with the program, this fastback carries genuine Shelby GT350 mechanicals under its Hertz-commissioned skin. It's one of the more unusual footnotes in American performance history, a legitimate race car you could once pick up at a rental counter.

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No. 4: 1967 Ford Mustang Eleanor Tribute Edition — $269,950

Made famous by Nicolas Cage's getaway car in Gone in 60 Seconds, "Eleanor" has become one of the most recognizable Mustangs ever built, recognized at the Petersen Automotive Museum's "Greatest Cars of the Movies" event. This certified tribute took more than 4,000 man-hours to build and swaps the movie's usual grey for a striking Medium Blue Metallic with white Le Mans stripes, backed by a 427 FE big-block V8. It's Hollywood history you can actually drive.

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No. 3: 1967 Ford Mustang GT500 — $253,000

This Hi-Tech Legends GT500 is a Shelby-licensed reproduction that pairs the unmistakable styling of the original 1967 GT500, fog lights, dual scoops, and all, with the reliability and drivability of a modern build. It's finished in classic blue with white Le Mans stripes, one of the most enduring color combinations in Mustang history. For buyers who want the Shelby look and experience without hunting for an increasingly scarce and expensive original, builds like this have become one of the smartest ways into GT500 ownership.

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No. 2: 1968 Superformance GT40 MKI — $295,500

Superformance builds its GT40 continuations under official Ford licensing, using the original blueprints and a body constructed from the same aluminum used on the 1960s Le Mans cars. This example, chassis P2451, is finished in Guardsman Blue and powered by a fuel-injected 427ci V8 through a Quaife 5-speed transaxle, with just 3,519 miles on the clock. It's the closest most people will ever get to owning the car that beat Ferrari at Le Mans four years running, without the seven-figure price tag of an original.

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No. 1: 2005 Ford GT — $1,099,980

This 2005 Ford GT wears Quicksilver, a color offered for a single model year on just 154 of the roughly 4,000 GTs Ford built, making it one of the rarest factory colors in the car's short production run. It's loaded with all four factory options, including painted stripes, gray brake calipers, a McIntosh stereo, and forged BBS wheels, and shows barely 1,700 miles. As a modern homage to the Le Mans-winning GT40 with a supercharged 5.4-liter V8 good for 550 horsepower, it's the single coolest Ford money can buy on Motorious right now.

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The exterior wears a matte, bedliner-style coating over an olive drab body, but the real surprise is underneath: the factory frame has given way to a custom tube chassis with a straight front axle riding on red coilover shocks, a look that owes more to hot rods than rock crawlers. A tube-style roll bar with an integrated LED light bar spans the width of the windshield frame, the doors have been left off entirely, and staggered performance tires on blacked-out wheels finish off a stance built for attention as much as capability.

Step inside and the theme shifts again. The cargo area rides on a plank-wood floor straight out of a farmhouse, paired with a cowhide-print cushion, brown and tan cloth bucket seats, and a floor-mounted shifter. It is an unexpected combination for something riding on a straight-axle hot rod chassis, and it is exactly the kind of detail that separates a one-off custom build from a bolt-on kit.

The centerpiece, though, is under the hood. A 5.7-liter LT1 V8 swaps in for the Wrangler's original engine, bringing modern fuel injection and a substantial bump in torque and horsepower over anything Jeep offered in a YJ. LT1-swapped Wranglers are not unheard of in the restomod world, but pairing that engine with this level of interior finish work makes this particular build stand out.

Stock 1990 Wranglers are far from blue-chip collectibles, but they have been gaining ground. Hagerty's valuation tools list a number-3 condition example of this configuration at roughly $9,900 to $11,500, and Hagerty's own data puts an average good-condition YJ closer to $12,178, with the last three years of public auction results ranging from about $4,400 to $41,800. Hagerty also tracks a 12-month average sale price near $13,300 across dozens of YJ Wranglers sold at auction, useful context for why a heavily customized, V8-swapped example asking $28,995 sits well above the norm for the model. Because Hagerty's price guide is built around original or lightly modified configurations, a bespoke build like this one is priced more on the strength of its execution than any book value, and shoppers weighing an offer are wise to run the numbers themselves before deciding.

This Wrangler joins a growing lineup of Jeep-based customs moving through the collector market lately, including a 176-mile Bandit Outlaw Gladiator and a three-axle 6x6 Gladiator built by Maxximum Industries. For a look at how other shops are blending modern V8 power with classic sheetmetal, Motorious also covered a no-reserve 1970 Chevelle hiding an LS1 heart. Full photos, specs, and contact information for this 1990 Jeep Wrangler Custom Restomod are available now in the Motorious inventory.

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From Road & Track to the Rally Stage

Zwart's path began with a photography degree from ArtCenter College of Design, followed by a stint shooting for Road & Track before he pivoted into advertising and filmmaking for brands including Porsche, BMW, and Cadillac. That same curiosity pulled him from behind the lens to behind the wheel: he has raced Formula Ford, stage rallies, endurance events, and hill climbs, picking up a class win at the 2004 Baja 1000 and a runner-up finish at the Panama-Alaska Rally, along with multiple class wins and records over 17 starts at the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb.

Eight Porsches Spanning Seven Decades

The exhibit's centerpiece lineup moves chronologically through Porsche history, pairing early classics with the modern machines Zwart has raced or filmed:

• 1953 Porsche 356 Pre-A
• 1954 Porsche System P 312
• 1965 Porsche 911
• 1966 Porsche 906
• 1969 Porsche 911 "East African Safari"
• 1970 Porsche 914/6
• 2002 Porsche 911 GT2
• 2013 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup

Collectors who follow the earliest air-cooled cars may recognize the appeal of that opening 356 – Motorious recently covered a numbers-matching 1955 Porsche 356 "Pre-A" Speedster that crossed the block at Gooding & Christie's, a reminder of how sought-after these pre-A cars remain.

Zwart said the exhibit let him bring his professional and personal worlds together under one roof, calling it a chance for visitors to get "a glimpse into 'Life at ZwartSpeed.'"

Part of a Growing Exhibit Calendar

The Zwart exhibit joins a run of recent Vault programming at the Petersen, following shows built around figures and themes ranging from rally icon Ken Block to the museum's Long Beach Grand Prix retrospective, both of which highlight how the museum uses the space to spotlight motorsport personalities and history alongside its permanent collection.

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The 911 R was Porsche's love letter to purists. Built on the 991-generation GT3 RS platform, it borrowed that car's 4.0-liter flat-six, adjustable suspension, rear-axle steering, and carbon-ceramic brakes, then stripped away the fixed wing, aggressive aero, and roll cage in favor of a lighter, more understated package. Most notably, Porsche paired it exclusively with a six-speed manual and a mechanical limited-slip differential, at a time when the GT3 RS could only be had with a PDK dual-clutch transmission. Wide, low-slung stripes over the hood and roof, a styling cue borrowed from the 1967 911 R and 1973 Carrera RS, make the model instantly recognizable.

This example wears the classic white-over-red stripe combination with black leather and Houndstooth-style cloth inside, and it carries nearly every box Porsche offered on the model, including the Sport Chrono Package, 20-inch center-lock wheels, yellow-caliper ceramic-composite brakes, a front-axle lift for clearing speed bumps and steep driveways, LED headlights with Porsche Dynamic Light System, carbon-fiber full bucket seats, carbon-fiber interior trim, and a Bose sound system. The car is being sold on dealer consignment out of Waltham, Massachusetts, and comes with its Porsche Certificate of Authenticity, original window sticker, and a clean Carfax report.

Because Porsche never sold the 911 R through normal ordering channels, and because production was capped at 991 cars worldwide, it has become one of the most tightly held special editions of the 991-generation 911. Hagerty's Valuation Tools don't yet break the 911 R out as its own line in the price guide, but the closest mechanical relative, the 991.1 GT3 RS, offers a useful benchmark: Hagerty currently prices a #3 (Good) condition 2016 GT3 RS between $137,333 and $161,333, with an average sale price near $199,400 across the past year of public auction results. The 911 R's premium over that more track-focused sibling comes down to scarcity rather than outright performance, since only 991 R's were built worldwide against several thousand GT3 and GT3 RS examples across the same 991 generation. Anyone curious how other 991-era Porsches are trending can run their own comparisons through Hagerty's valuation tools, which track everything from the everyday Carrera up to halo cars like this one.

The current bid of $555,555 already places this 911 R well above where a well-optioned 991-generation Carrera 4S or even a Cayman GT4 typically trades, underscoring how much collectors are willing to pay for Porsche's most analog, manual-focused take on the 991 platform. For more on how the rest of the 991 lineup is trending, Motorious recently covered a 91,700-mile 2013 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S bidding on Hagerty Marketplace, a similarly limited Porsche 718 Spyder RS Weissach bidding below Hagerty's own guide, and a no-reserve 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4 with an unusual diplomatic history. With days still left on the clock, it will be worth watching whether this 911 R climbs toward the upper end of what the model has commanded in recent public sales.

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Introduced for 1960, the 356B brought Porsche's popular open-air roadster a raised front bumper, a stronger body structure, and a broader range of engine choices. This particular Cabriolet is a late-production T6 example, built by the Stuttgart coachbuilder Reutter and finished with the desirable 75-horsepower 1600 Super engine, twin larger-glass grilles, and a revised deck lid.

Factory records trace the car back to its original sale through the famed Hoffman Motors dealership, which delivered it new to a customer in Plainfield, New Jersey, on September 1, 1963. Decades later, in 1995, the Cabriolet earned a national-level win at the Porsche Club of America's Lake Placid Porsche Parade, cementing its reputation among 356 enthusiasts long before its current sale.

The car underwent a comprehensive bare-metal refurbishment in 2024, emerging in its factory Slate Gray finish with a contrasting Lipstick Red leather interior and era-correct square-weave carpet. Its 1.6-liter 1600 Super flat-four and four-speed manual transaxle are both original and numbers-matching, backed up by a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity and factory Kardex. The rebuild also touched the period-correct twin Zenith 32 NDIX carburetors, ignition components, and other mechanical details, while fresh Vredestein Sprint Classic tires wrap the original 15-inch steel wheels.

Now represented by a Broad Arrow specialist and offered with a clean Montana title, this 356B Cabriolet combines documented history, concours pedigree, and a fresh restoration in a color combination bidders have called a standout. With the auction clock winding down, it's shaping up to be one of the more compelling 356 sales of the season. See it here.

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The car's history reads like a road trip across decades. Originally delivered new in Stuttgart, Germany, it was purchased by a United States Air Force captain who brought it home to Arizona, kicking off its life on American soil. In 1977, ownership passed to a well-known 300SL specialist and member of the Gull Wing Group, whose friends affectionately called him "Pinky." He kept the car for nearly forty years, and in that time it became a familiar and respected fixture within the international 300SL community, eventually taking on his nickname as its own.

After passing through a handful of subsequent caretakers, the Roadster underwent a comprehensive restoration at the hands of Coachwerks in Victoria, British Columbia, a shop with a strong reputation for its work on historic European automobiles. The result is a car finished in a handsome Anthracite Grey Metallic over a natural leather interior, a combination that suits the 300SL's elegant lines while staying true to its original character.

Mechanically, this 300SL carries all the hallmarks that made the model a technical marvel in its day. Its 3.0-liter M198 inline-six uses Bosch mechanical direct fuel injection, dry-sump lubrication, and an aluminum cylinder head, engineering pulled straight from Mercedes-Benz's competition programs. Power reaches the road through a four-speed manual transmission and an independent rear suspension with a single-pivot axle and compensator spring, a setup that gave the Roadster noticeably better manners than the Gullwing coupe that preceded it.

The sale includes an equally impressive set of accessories: the factory hardtop, a period-correct luggage set, a rare prototype ski-luggage rack built specifically for the 300SL, original tools, and factory literature. Listed at $1,950,000, "Pinky" is more than a beautifully restored sports car. It's a well-documented piece of Mercedes-Benz history, and a genuine treat for any collector who wants a 300SL with a story as good as its looks. See it .

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Chrysler built only 666 Hemi 'Cudas for the 1970 model year, and just 284 of those left the factory with the A833 four-speed manual, pistol-grip shifter, and Dana 60 rear axle that this Rally Red example wears. That combination of the 426ci Hemi and a stick shift is the single most sought-after recipe in the E-body lineup, which is why even a well-worn or modified example still draws a crowd of bidders.

This particular car isn't a numbers-matching survivor, though. Its listing describes a non-original 426-based Hemi V8 that was bored and stroked to roughly 472ci by Larry Shepard of Hemis Only, backed by an explosion-proof bellhousing, Hooker headers, and a Strange Engineering driveshaft feeding a Super Track Pak axle geared at 4.10:1. The car also wears a Shaker-style hood, Rallye instrument cluster, a six-way driver's seat, and power brakes, and the seller says it was recently refinished in its original color with a freshly rebuilt engine and transmission. Buyers in the comments have already pressed the seller on whether the block is original and whether a broadcast sheet survives, and the seller has confirmed there is no broadcast sheet but does have the original title from the first owner.

Those details matter to the bottom line. Genuine, numbers-matching Hemi 'Cudas are among the most valuable muscle cars Chrysler ever built, but a stroked, non-original engine and an unverifiable broadcast sheet typically place a car in a different bracket than a documented survivor. Shoppers who want to see how big that gap can be should look at Hagerty's Valuation Tools, which track price guide data across dozens of Barracuda and 'Cuda configurations, from six-cylinder ragtops up through big-block and Hemi hardtops. Running a side-by-side comparison there is a good way to gauge whether the current $40,250 high bid looks like a bargain or a fair price for a modified, non-numbers-matching Hemi car.

This isn't the only Mopar E-body making noise on the auction circuit lately. Motorious recently covered a numbers-matching 1971 Plymouth 'Cuda 440 Six-Barrel with a military export history stretching to Spain, and the broader Hagerty Marketplace roundup of auctions worth watching shows just how wide the price spread can be across different collector cars in a single week. First-generation pony and muscle cars generally have been climbing too, as this no-reserve 1968 Firebird recently demonstrated.

Bidding on this 'Cuda remains open through Monday, September 14, and as with any auction vehicle, interested buyers should treat the seller's description as a starting point rather than the final word. Hagerty Marketplace notes that all listing details come from the seller, and it encourages bidders to do their own due diligence, verify the car's history, and ask questions directly before committing real money to a modified Hemi car with an incomplete paper trail.

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That exhibit, titled Hidden Treasures: Classics Preserved in the Shadows of War, was assembled with the Classic Car Club of America and tells the story of three automobiles deliberately concealed in Europe during World War II so occupying forces couldn't seize them. Museum executive director John Hansen walked Cotter through the display, which recreates the actual hiding spots, from cellars to outbuildings, that kept each car out of sight for years.

The standout of the trio is a Duesenberg that spent the war buried beneath a pile of hay, a low-tech hiding method that turned out to be remarkably effective. It's the kind of survival story that reads like fiction: a luxury American classic, built for wealthy owners in peacetime, reduced to a shape under farm feed so it could outlast an army. The car made it through the war intact and eventually found its way to the Gilmore's collection, where it now anchors the exhibit's account of preservation under pressure.

Cotter has built a career on the idea that great cars end up hidden for all kinds of reasons, whether that's a family barn, a packed warehouse, or, in this case, a wartime hiding spot chosen out of necessity. We've covered the everyday version of that phenomenon in our look at how rare cars stay hidden for decades, and Cotter's own recent trip through a Mississippi warehouse turned up a similar mix of neglect and hidden value. The Gilmore exhibit just raises the stakes considerably.

Duesenberg's reputation as one of the great American marques makes the story land even harder. The brand's cars were already status symbols among collectors long before this particular example spent years under a haystack, and museums continue to build entire exhibits around the model's engineering and history. Cotter's episode is a reminder of just how much history can survive when owners go to extraordinary lengths to protect it.

Cotter's visit to the Gilmore wasn't limited to the war-era exhibit, either. While he was on the grounds, he also served as a judge for a barn-find car show, picking two winners from a field of previously forgotten machines. It's a fitting pairing for a museum that has already hosted plenty of automotive nostalgia, including a Model T driving event we covered back in 2024.

The full episode digs deeper into all three hidden wartime cars and the judging at the barn-find show. Anyone with a soft spot for survival stories, or for Duesenbergs in general, will want to see how this one played out.

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Organizers expect more than 250 international collectors from Europe, the United States and the Middle East, alongside a curated field of over 100 vehicles spanning hypercars, restomods, vintage supercars, pre-war and post-war classics, and dedicated motorsport machinery. Entrants will compete for category wins and the event's top honor, Best of Concours.

Bugatti returns as Main Partner for a second straight year, a vote of confidence from one of the industry's most storied marques. The French brand is expected to bring one-off creations that have never appeared at a concours before, joining a slate of other design houses on the lawn. For a sense of what a modern Bugatti hypercar commands in today's collector market, see our recent look at the final roadgoing W16 Mistral heading to auction.

Judging duties fall to a 24-person international panel that includes Italdesign's Fabrizio Giugiaro, former Pininfarina designer Carlo Bonzanigo, Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance president Vince Finaldi, former Petersen Automotive Museum director Ken Gross, Hagerty global brand ambassador Nigel Matthews, Ferrari Classiche manager Gabriele Lalli, and veteran international judge Chris Kramer. Vehicles will be scored on design, history, engineering, rarity and overall significance.

Beyond the show field, the four-day program includes a private track day at the Ascari Club Circuit and a first-time closed-runway demonstration at Gibraltar Airport, where some of the event's fastest entrants will get room to stretch their legs. The weekend wraps with a gala dinner and awards ceremony at a new seaside venue along the Costa del Sol.

The bet from CAVËN and the Piëch family is that Marbella can carve out its own place alongside the concours world's established heavyweights. Record results at this year's Monterey Car Week, including a Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe's 42.9 million dollar sale, show just how much appetite remains at the top of the collector market. Given the event's restomod category, it's also worth revisiting how builders elsewhere are reworking classics for modern use, like this LS1-powered 1970 Chevelle, and where the wider hypercar market stands right now with Motorious' current list of the coolest supercars for sale.

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Located in Northridge, California, the buggy carries a clean California title, which should make registration straightforward for the next owner. Bidding currently sits at $10,000 across four bids, with several days left on the clock and a lively comment section debating everything from the wrap over the paint to the merits of an air-cooled engine that still leaks a little oil, as most old Volkswagens do.

The Manx name traces back to Bruce Meyers, a boatbuilder who applied fiberglass hull-molding tricks to a shortened Volkswagen Beetle floorpan in the early 1960s. The result was cheap, nearly indestructible, and shockingly capable in sand, spawning hundreds of copycat "buggies" and effectively inventing the dune buggy as a category. Meyers'' company still sells the real thing as a factory-built kit today, which is part of why the design has never really faded from popularity.

This particular buggy runs a 1.9-liter air-cooled flat-four fed by dual Weber 44 IDF carburetors through a sidewinder exhaust, backed by a four-speed manual sending power to the rear wheels. The seller says the engine has roughly 4,000 miles on a recent rebuild and just came out of the shop after carb and valve work, while the odometer shows 800 miles. Underneath sits a king-pin front end and independent rear suspension on KYB Excel-G shocks, with disc brakes at all four corners and new FlatOut Customs floor pans imported from the UK. Other recent additions include a fresh wiring harness, a quick-release steering wheel, new Mobelwagen wheels wrapped in General Grabber tires, a new alternator, and a new Odyssey battery.

Meyers Manx buggies are custom enough that Hagerty Valuation Tools does not track them as a standalone model, but the donor chassis underneath tells its own story about where this market sits. Hagerty's price guide for a 1963 Volkswagen Beetle convertible, the closest cousin to this Manx's 1962 pan, pegs a #3 (Good) condition example at roughly $22,100, a figure that has actually cooled off lately, down about 13 percent quarterly and nearly 20 percent over the past year as air-cooled Volkswagen values settle after a hot run. Auction results for the model swing wildly, from under $5,000 for tired sedans to well over $100,000 for exceptional cabriolets, which suggests buggies built on these pans can vary just as dramatically depending on quality of build, provenance, and how well they were preserved.

Cars & Bids has become a magnet for exactly this kind of fun, driver-focused build. It's the same platform where a Bronco restomod recently pulled strong money, a reminder that the market rewards character and thoughtful mechanical work over outright originality. More broadly, Hagerty's data on modified vehicles shows they are behaving differently than the rest of the collector market right now, a trend also visible in a supercharged Chevelle restomod that crossed the block on Bring a Trailer.

Bidding on this Manx closes September 8 at 3:03 p.m. EDT. For anyone looking for a simple, air-cooled toy that's just as happy on the sand as it is cruising the coast, this Ocean Spray buggy is worth a look before the gavel falls.

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Ferrari introduced the 365 GTB/4 Berlinetta, later nicknamed "Daytona" by enthusiasts, at the 1968 Paris Motor Show. Power came from a 4.4-liter, four-cam V-12 rated at 352 horsepower, paired with a rear-mounted five-speed transaxle. Pininfarina drew the low, muscular body, and Scaglietti built every example, coupe or Spider alike. The result was a 0-60 run in the low five-second range and a genuine top speed north of 170 mph, numbers that made the Daytona an instant legend the moment it landed in showrooms.

Ferrari built just over 1,400 Daytona Berlinettas between 1968 and 1973, but only 122 factory Spiders like chassis 14913 were ever completed at Scaglietti. Genuine factory convertibles are a different animal from the many Berlinettas that outside shops cut into open cars later, and because U.S.-spec VIN numbers don't distinguish the two, provenance research is essential before any Daytona Spider purchase.

That rarity shows up clearly in the numbers tracked by Hagerty's valuation tools. Hagerty's Price Guide currently places a number-3 condition, "Good" 1971 365 GTS/4 Daytona around $1.9 million, with values roughly flat over the past year and down about 5 percent over three years. Recent results back up that range: Mecum sold a 1971 Daytona Spider for $2,530,000 in May 2026, and RM Sotheby's brought $2,315,000 for a 1972 example with under 21,000 miles that August. Berlinetta coupes trade in a completely different bracket. Gooding Christie's itself sold a manual 1971 365 GTB/4 Berlinetta with roughly 54,000 miles for $610,000 that same month, illustrating just how large the Spider premium really is.

Motorious has tracked that coupe-versus-Spider gap before, including a numbers-matching Daytona Berlinetta that turned up for sale, a useful reference point for anyone shopping the closed-roof end of the market.

Gooding Christie's arrives at this sale with plenty of momentum. The house set a $25.3 million Ferrari record and tallied $128 million in total sales at its most recent Pebble Beach auction, a track record that suggests its Rétromobile New York event will draw serious attention from Ferrari collectors.

The timing also lines up with the broader Rétromobile calendar. Rival house Broad Arrow has already begun previewing major consignments in Paris ahead of Rétromobile week, and the appearance of chassis 14913 suggests the leadup to the show will be busy on both sides of the Atlantic.

Complete photos, a full description, and pricing estimates for this Daytona Spider are expected from Gooding Christie's closer to the sale date. Whatever chassis 14913 ultimately brings, it's another sign that Ferrari's V-12 grand tourer from half a century ago hasn't lost an ounce of its pull on the market.

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The pairing grew out of a collaboration between Ram, RealTruck, the UFC and Barrett-Jackson, and organizers say the full hammer price will go to charity rather than into a private collection. Folds of Honor, which funds scholarships for the spouses and children of fallen or disabled service members and first responders, is the primary beneficiary, with a share of the proceeds also earmarked for the UFC Foundation's charitable programs tied to Mexican Independence Day weekend. UFC President and CEO Dana White is expected to appear when the lot crosses the block, a detail Motorious first reported in its earlier coverage of the Ram and RealTruck partnership.

The newer of the two trucks previews where Ram's performance lineup is headed. Built as the first retail-production example of the 2027 Ram 1500 Rumble Bee SRT, this particular quad-cab, short-bed truck was pulled aside for one-off treatment, including a shortened wheelbase, a widebody stance and a Direct Connection 3.0-liter supercharger upgrade over the standard Hemi V8 that pushes output past 900 horsepower. Ram targets a 170-mph top speed, a 3.4-second 0-60 run and an 11.6-second quarter-mile, backed by four-corner air suspension, semi-active Bilstein shocks, six-piston Brembo brakes and a launch-control button mounted beside the steering wheel.

Its stablemate represents an entirely different performance era. The 2005 Dodge Ram 1500 SRT-10 borrowed its 8.3-liter V10 straight from the Viper, good for 500 horsepower and 525 lb-ft of torque, and once held the Guinness World Record for fastest production pickup truck. This particular example, finished in a black and Molten Red two-tone scheme with Rumble Bee-inspired graphics, was reworked with input from longtime Mopar design figure Mark Trostle and outfitted with RealTruck accessories, a 19-speaker Harman Kardon sound system and a one-of-one console badge to authenticate the build.

Together the two trucks frame Ram performance as a continuum rather than a single moment, and the winning bidder doesn't just take home two rare pickups: they also receive a VIP UFC Experience package to a future event of their choosing. It's a fitting extension of Barrett-Jackson's history of turning star power into serious charity dollars, a theme Motorious explored in its earlier report on the Dana White, Ram and RealTruck charity truck partnership.

The Generational Showdown lot crosses the block at approximately 3:30 p.m. PDT on September 11 as part of Barrett-Jackson's Las Vegas Auction, which runs September 10-12. Collectors hunting for more truck inventory can browse Motorious's running list of 10 Coolest Trucks for Sale on Motorious Right Now, and enthusiasts who want a deeper look at truck culture can dig through Motorious's full trucks coverage.

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The story behind the original car is pure Ferrari-world eccentricity. In the early 1970s, Pennsylvania collector Bob Gittleman asked Chinetti-Garthwaite Motors for something no other Daytona owner had, and Luigi "Coco" Chinetti Jr. paired with designer Gene Garfinkle to answer the brief. Using Daytona chassis 15275 as the basis, Panther Westwinds of Surrey stripped the coupe to its windscreen, A-pillars, and doors, then fitted aluminum coachwork with a pair of glass tailgate wings and a centrally mounted instrument cluster in place of the standard dashboard. The finished shooting brake reportedly cost its owner as much as four new Daytonas combined.

Rather than clone that car, Niels van Roij Design set out to answer the same question its client posed decades later: what would a modern ode to that Chinetti wagon look like? The commission took a 2009 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano, left its naturally aspirated V12 untouched, and rebuilt almost everything around it. Roughly 15,000 hours went into digital surfacing, CAD engineering, and hand fabrication, with every exterior panel besides the doors newly formed in aluminum. The roofline rises gently over the driver before sweeping into a sharply raked Kamm tail, finished without a rear bumper or visible shutlines to interrupt the surface.

The Chinetti car's signature party trick returns in electrified form. Butterfly side windows, hinged on precision-milled aluminum with drilled detailing, swing upward to open the luggage bay while the fixed rear glass stays put, echoing the 1972 original's glass wings. Up front, bespoke lamp units realized in 3D-printed carbon composite reinterpret the amber lighting graphic that once separated the Daytona wagon from its coupe siblings, running above hand-formed vertical grille vanes. At the back, lighting sits behind tempered glass in a trapezoidal tail section, with four exhaust outlets set into a carbon fiber diffuser below.

Inside, cognac leather covers the seats, dashboard, door panels, headliner, and luggage bay over hand-formed aluminum structures, with carbon fiber standing in for the walnut trim of the 1972 car. The instrument binnacle is mounted centrally once again, and six CNC-machined aluminum runners sit recessed into the carbon parcel shelf behind the seats, the outer pair engraved with the car's name. Van Roij himself described the project as "a unique sense of occasion in creating something that will never be repeated," a fitting summary for a design brief built entirely around a single client's memory of a single car.

Broad Arrow carries an estimate of €450,000 to €650,000 for the Hommage at Zoute, a figure that makes more sense once the underlying market is considered. Hagerty Valuation Tools currently prices a #3-condition 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona coupe at roughly $525,000, with the broader Daytona coupe and Spyder market showing 24 vehicles sold over the past year for a combined $20.3 million and an average price near $847,000. The 599 GTB Fiorano donor car tells a very different story: Hagerty pegs a #3-condition 2009 example at around $187,000, with values up over 11 percent in the past year as the model's Enzo-derived V12 and analog-friendly character draw renewed interest. A coachbuilt one-off riding on that donor, with a direct link to a documented piece of Ferrari coachbuilding history, sits in a category Hagerty's data can't price directly, since no comparable sale exists.

Coachbuilt specials and record-setting Ferraris have kept the wider auction world busy this year. Broad Arrow's own recent private sale of a paper-trail F40 shows the appetite for well-documented exotics, while RM Sotheby's saw a Ferrari Luce chassis blow past estimate at Monterey. For anyone tracking where the original Daytona wagon fits into automotive history, the Petersen Automotive Museum's current exhibit on record-setting production cars is also worth a look. Accompanied by German registration paperwork dating to 2009 and freshly unveiled at Woodcote Park in July, the Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage crosses the block as a genuine one-of-one, a rare case of an auction lot that cannot be duplicated at any price.

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This particular 850CSi pairs its 5.6-liter S70B56 V12 with a six-speed manual and limited-slip differential, a combination BMW reserved exclusively for the CSi variant atop the E31 lineup. Factory-rated at 372 horsepower and 402 lb-ft of torque, the V12 has covered roughly 110,000 km (about 68,000 miles), with some 2,000 of those kilometers added since the current owner took over. Recent maintenance includes fresh fuel pump hoses, spark plugs, a distributor cap and rotor, and fuel injectors, along with new transmission and differential fluid, all completed in 2024.

The CSi's lowered ride height and revised front and rear valances set it apart from lesser 850i and 850Ci models, and this example wears its Lagunengrun Metallic paint over 17-inch Style 21 "Throwing Star" wheels, pop-up headlights, and black bodyside trim. Inside, the black and tan leather cabin includes heated power-adjustable front seats, dual-zone automatic climate control, cruise control, and a period-correct cassette stereo, wrapped around an analog gauge cluster that still reads in kilometers.

BMW built roughly 1,500 850CSi coupes for the world, and every one of them left the factory with a manual gearbox, which makes six-speed cars like this one the rarest and most driver-focused expression of the E31 flagship. That scarcity, combined with a factory color most 8-Series buyers never ordered, is part of what makes this particular car worth watching rather than scrolling past.

Hagerty's Valuation Tools currently peg a #3-condition ("Good") 1994 850CSi at $90,500, within a range of $75,433 to $105,667 depending on options and condition. That guide figure has cooled lately, down 9 percent over the past year and 22 percent over three years, in line with a broader softening across 1990s luxury coupes. The ceiling remains high, though: Hagerty's sales data shows 850CSi examples trading as high as $257,500 in the past three years, including a $142,500 result on Bring a Trailer this past July, while rougher cars have sold for as little as $36,000. A well-sorted, manual, comparatively low-mile example in a color as rare as this one has a real shot at landing well up that range once bidding wraps.

The 850CSi's story mirrors BMW's own, a company that grew from building aircraft engines and motorcycles into one of the world's defining performance and luxury marques, as we cover in our deep dive on BMW's history. It also shares showroom-era ambition with other no-compromise flagship coupes of its era, like the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing we recently featured. And for readers curious how Hagerty's numbers can reframe a Bring a Trailer bid, our look at a six-figure BAC Mono R auction offers another case study in guide book meeting open market. With days left on the clock, this Lagoon Green 850CSi is one worth watching.

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Electrogenic, the Oxford-based EV conversion specialist, used the show to unveil its most symbolically loaded project yet: a fully electrified 1973 Rolls-Royce Phantom VI built to carry out ceremonial duties for the City of London. The car serves as an official limousine for the Lord Mayor's office, and this particular Phantom VI was commissioned by Alderwoman Dame Susan Langley DBE, the 697th person to hold that role. Rather than retire the car, Electrogenic swapped its drivetrain for a zero-emissions setup while keeping the coachwork and cabin intact, tying the build directly into the City of London Corporation's goal of net-zero operations by 2027. Company CEO Steve Drummond described the result as "the ideal ceremonial limousine, full of character," a fitting description for a car built to keep working rather than sit in a museum.

It's not the first time a Phantom has gone electric. Motorious previously covered Lunaz's own electric Rolls-Royce Phantom build, which pointed toward exactly this kind of second life for heritage luxury cars.

Giamaro Automobili, a newer name in the hypercar space, chose Blenheim Palace for the UK debut of the Krafla. Finished in the brand's GC livery with exposed carbon-fiber bodywork, the Krafla leans on functional aerodynamic surfacing rather than styling flourish, and Giamaro has positioned it as a driver-focused counterpoint to the increasingly digital feel of modern hypercars. Giamaro executive Roberta Bicocchi framed the Krafla as the brand's take on a modern hypercar built for collectors who want authenticity and involvement over spectacle alone.

Elsewhere on the lawn, the show's bigger names delivered the debuts everyone had circled on the calendar. Lamborghini brought the Revuelto SV over fresh from its global unveiling at The Quail, and the SV is now the fastest, most powerful production car Sant'Agata has ever built. BRABUS used the event for two UK firsts: the 77-unit BODO grand tourer, built around a hand-assembled 5.2-liter twin-turbo V12, and an 800 Cabrio based on the current Mercedes-AMG G63. Polestar rounded out the marquee debuts with the Polestar 4 SUV, a roomier, more practical companion to its coupe-styled electric performance car.

Restomod builders Petroyle, Talos, and Theon Design also used the opening morning to show off new builds, continuing what's become one of Salon Privé's more reliable draws: pairing brand-new metal with reworked classics. That mix of old and new is really the throughline of the show's 21st edition, and it's worth understanding what actually separates a restomod build from a straight-up restoration.

The Concours field held 70 cars competing for Best of Show across twelve classes, including the Golden Age of Motoring and Passione Ferrari, with judging underway as Salon Privé 2026 continues at Blenheim Palace through Sunday, September 6.

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The Oxford-based company replaced the Phantom's original drivetrain with a 120kW electric motor producing 310Nm of torque, fed by a 62kWh battery pack mounted under the bonnet and routed through a single-speed direct-drive transmission. Electrogenic says the setup delivers a real-world range of roughly 100 to 120 miles, more than enough for a day of ceremonial duties around the capital.

The project was commissioned by Alderwoman Dame Susan Langley DBE, the 697th Lord Mayor of the City of London, and supports the City of London Corporation's target of reaching net zero carbon emissions for its own operations by 2027. Rather than retiring a historic vehicle to hit that target, the Corporation opted to keep the Phantom in service with a modern, emissions-free powertrain hidden beneath its original coachwork.

Electrogenic CEO Steve Drummond said the team "sympathetically preserved everything that made the original car so special" while giving it a modern powertrain suited to ceremonial duty. Dame Susan Langley echoed that sentiment, framing the conversion as proof that preserving London's traditions doesn't mean standing still.

Electrogenic has built a reputation converting classics to electric power without permanently altering their original look, a niche that has grown steadily as more owners look to keep historic vehicles usable day to day, as we covered in our look at electric classic car conversions. Companies like Electric GT have taken a similar approach in the United States, offering EV crate motors aimed at classic car owners. Rolls-Royce ownership itself remains a mix of old and new, as seen in this custom Rolls-Royce Wraith that recently crossed the block with a rebuilt-title backstory.

For the City of London, the electrified Phantom VI means one of its most recognizable ceremonial vehicles can keep making appearances for decades to come, minus the tailpipe emissions.

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Chassis 2452 isn't just any Birdcage. It was the very first Tipo 61 built, one of only 17 ever produced and one of just 22 Birdcages (Tipo 60 and 61 combined) that Maserati assembled before turning its attention elsewhere. Finished in white with blue racing stripes and long associated with car number 238, this example was campaigned across California and the West from 1959 through 1963, picking up wins at Palm Springs, Willow Springs, Vaca Valley, Santa Barbara, Oakland, Pomona, Reno, and Laguna Seca. Behind the wheel over the years were Bob Drake, Jim Connor, Jim Hall, Bill Krause, and Ken Miles, a lineup of period talent that reads like a who's-who of American road racing's golden age.

The Tipo 61 earned its nickname from its structure rather than its shape. Maserati engineer Giulio Alfieri built the chassis from roughly 200 small-diameter chromoly tubes welded into an intricate lattice, a design so distinctive that even Jay Leno has spent time behind the wheel of one. Paired with a 2.9-liter straight-six making around 250 horsepower and weighing barely over half a ton, the Birdcage was good enough to beat far larger-engined competition, and it stands as the last Maserati sports racer to win at a top international level until the MC12 arrived decades later.

This particular Birdcage has been with the same owner since 1998, when it last changed hands at a Monterey auction for $937,500. Restored in the 1970s and kept largely original underneath its older paint, it was one of dozens of noteworthy lots Gooding Christie's brought to this year's Pebble Beach sale, a week that also saw everything from a humble Toyota Land Cruiser to million-dollar Bentleys cross the block. Factory racing Maseratis like the Birdcage occupy a different world than the marque's road cars, and that gap shows up clearly whenever a works competition car like a 1954 Maserati A6GCS comes up for sale.

Hagerty's valuation tools track nearly 200 different Maserati variants, from the Quattroporte sedan to the 5000 GT grand tourer, but a car like the Tipo 61 sits outside that price guide entirely. Bespoke, ultra-low-production factory racers rarely trade through the wider collector market Hagerty's data typically captures; instead, their value gets set almost exclusively at auctions like this one. Considering the jump from $937,500 in 1998 to $4.24 million in 2026, and how that figure compares to similarly significant Ferrari racers from the same era, this result looks less like speculation and more like the market catching up to how significant this particular Birdcage really is.

Gooding Christie's next major sale heads to New York for the Retromobile New York Auctions on November 20 and 21, 2026. Whether another Birdcage or a comparable piece of racing history turns up there remains to be seen, but this Pebble Beach result has set a new benchmark for what the Tipo 61 model can bring at auction.

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Registration for the show, which excludes motorcycles, opened to museum members on July 1 and to the general public on July 15. General admission attendees can register a vehicle for $30, which includes one ticket to the museum, while several membership tiers include complimentary or discounted registration. Sponsorship opportunities remain open through the museum's development office.

The weekend kicks off a day early with the museum's Annual Car Cruise on Friday, September 11. Up to 50 vehicles will depart Savoy Automobile Museum at 8:00 a.m. for a 98.5-mile drive through northwest Georgia, ending at the International Towing Museum in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Cruise registration runs from $50 to $100 per person depending on membership level and includes breakfast, a guided tour, and a commemorative T-shirt.

On show day, the grounds open at 9:00 a.m. and all registered vehicles must be in place by 10:00 a.m. Judging and raffle sales continue until 2:00 p.m., with the show wrapping up at 3:00 p.m. alongside the awards ceremony, where the Savoy's Choice winner takes home a crystal trophy and 20 People's Choice winners receive insulated coolers. Spectator admission doubles as museum entry, covering five current exhibitions plus a 50/50 raffle, food trucks, and kids' activities including a model-car build hosted by the Atlanta Car Model Enthusiasts club.

Savoy joins a growing list of automobile museums leaning on car shows and cruises to fund their collections, a model also used by the Petersen Automotive Museum, the Audrain Automobile Museum, the National Automobile Museum, and the Saratoga Automobile Museum. It also adds to the momentum of Georgia's car culture, home to collectors and finds Motorious has covered from the Blue Ridge mountains to the legacy of noted Georgia collector George Bugg. Full ticketing and registration details are available on the Savoy Automobile Museum website.

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No. 1 — 1970 Plymouth HEMI 'Cuda — $595,000

One of just 284 four-speed HEMI 'Cudas built in 1970, this car is unrestored outside of minor paintwork and shows only 36,000 original miles. It's fully documented with a Galen Govier report and retains its original matching-number 426/425-hp Hemi, dual four-barrel carburetors, and factory Shaker hood. Backed by the A34 Super Track Pak and a Hurst Pistol Grip 4-speed, this is about as pure as a real Hemi 'Cuda gets.

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No. 2 — 1970 Plymouth 'Cuda AAR Fast Fish — $469,999

This is a real AAR 'Cuda reborn as a no-expense-spared pro-touring build, packing a fully forged 6.2L Hellcat Redeye V8 backed by a Tremec T56 Magnum 6-speed. SpeedTech's award-winning ExtReme independent rear suspension, Baer 14-inch six-piston brakes, and Forgeline monoblock wheels back up the drivetrain, while a custom 8-point cage and Recaro seats keep things track-ready. It's a wild, one-of-a-kind take on a genuine AAR.

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No. 3 — 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Pro-Touring Restomod — $349,999

This no-expense-spared Chevelle hides a supercharged 427ci LS-based V8 under a custom hood, fed by a Whipple 2.9L supercharger and backed by a Tremec T56 6-speed. Widened rear quarters, C6-style flush door handles, and a custom NHR one-off chassis with Watts-link rear suspension give it Pro Touring proportions, while Wilwood 14-inch six-piston brakes and an Air Ride Technologies air suspension handle the modern side of things.

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No. 4 — 1970 Plymouth Superbird — $329,750

Built purely to homologate Plymouth's aero package for NASCAR superspeedway racing, this Superbird is a factory V-code 6-BBL car listed as No. 831 in the NASCAR Superbird Registry. It retains its matching-numbers 440 6-barrel V8, A727 TorqueFlite automatic, and Hemi suspension components, and it's finished in EB5 Blue Fire Metallic with the correct Road Runner wing graphics and a 150-mph speedometer inside.

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No. 5 — 1970 Ford Mustang 428 Cobra Jet Convertible — $224,995

This drop-top Mach 1-spec Mustang is one of just five built with this exact engine, transmission, and color combination. It's powered by a numbers-matching 428 Cobra Jet V8 backed by an original Toploader 4-speed manual and a 3.91 rear axle, all wrapped in factory bright yellow with a power convertible top and the Marti Report to back it up.

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No. 6 — 1970 Dodge Charger R/T (Hemi) — $208,998

This isn't just any Charger R/T, it's a real Hemi car that underwent a $150,000 nut-and-bolt restoration in 2011 and still looks freshly finished. Its virgin, heat-treated Hemi block was professionally built by Henley Performance and dyno-tested at 539 horsepower, featuring a rare cross-ram intake and dual-distributor ignition system. A pistol-grip 5-speed, Dana 60 rear, Hotchkis suspension, and four-wheel Wilwood disc brakes bring the drivability fully into the modern era.

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No. 7 — 1972 Chevrolet Nova LS3 Restomod — $194,995

This Nova went through a four-year, six-figure build by GM Muscle, and it shows in every detail, from the deep Nightfall Mica Blue paint to the TMI bucket seats with blue stitching inside. A 6.2L LS3 V8 breathes through long-tube headers and a hidden electronic exhaust cutout, while Wilwood four-wheel disc brakes and Hotchkis coil-overs bring genuinely modern manners to a classic street machine.

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No. 8 — 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T SE — $149,995

Finished in its highly desirable factory Triple Black color combination, this Challenger R/T SE pairs a date-code-correct 440 Magnum V8 (dyno-tested at 404 hp and 528 lb-ft) with a bare-metal restoration on all-original sheet metal. It comes backed by dual fender tags and a full David Wise validation package confirming every factory VIN stamping, plus factory options like power windows, cold air conditioning, and the sought-after NOS RimBlow steering wheel.

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No. 9 — 1970 Plymouth GTX 440 6-Pack 4-Speed Hardtop — $59,900

The GTX was Plymouth's gentleman's muscle car, and this one skips the flashier Road Runner graphics for a cleaner, more understated look while packing the same serious hardware. It's equipped with the 440 6-Pack V8 and a 4-speed manual, one of the rarer and more desirable drivetrain combinations offered on the '70 GTX, all wrapped in a handsome blue-on-blue hardtop package.

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No. 10 — 1970 AMC Javelin SST Mark Donohue Tribute — $45,995

Rounding out our list is a car that proves you don't need a Mopar or a big-name Detroit badge to bring genuine 1970s muscle attitude. This Javelin SST wears a Mark Donohue-style hood scoop and badging as a tribute to AMC's Trans-Am racing effort, powered by a 390 V8 with a single four-barrel and backed by a T10 4-speed manual. It's a one-family-owned car finished in deep Matador Red, and at under $46,000 it's the most attainable entry on this list.

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Underneath the carbon-fiber-flared bodywork sits the same 8.4-liter V-10 that made the Viper a legend, tuned here to 645 horsepower and 600 lb-ft of torque and paired exclusively with a 6-speed manual. Finished in Pearl White with Pearl Blue racing stripes, this example carries the full ACR toolkit: a limited-slip differential, Brembo carbon-ceramic brakes with red calipers, 19-inch wheels with blue accents, Michelin Pilot Super Sport tires, and a 10-way adjustable suspension. The Extreme Aero and Exterior Carbon Fiber packages add the towering adjustable rear wing, dual side-exit exhaust, and aggressive splitters that make GTS-R cars instantly recognizable trackside.

Only 100 GTS-R Commemorative Edition ACRs were built to send off the fifth-generation Viper, and no two seem to find buyers the same way. Motorious has tracked several other survivors, including a modified example built for a Bring a Trailer sale and a numbers-matching ACR that stuck closer to its factory roots. Snakeskin Green-liveried final-year ACRs have also popped up at a no-reserve auction and an ultra-low-mileage Scottsdale sale in recent seasons. Every sale adds another data point to a market that still hasn't fully settled on how to value the last Vipers.

Hagerty's valuation tools track Viper values back to the model's 1992 debut, and the most recent update to the Hagerty Price Guide showed the entire 1992-2010 lineup pulling back this past quarter, ACR variants included, after the outsized gains those cars posted during the 2020-23 boom. Early RT/10 roadsters have given back roughly a fifth of their value since peaking in 2021, and the beloved 1996-2002 GTS coupe has slipped from its own high-water mark too, even though both generations remain well ahead of where they sat before the pandemic-era run-up. Hagerty analysts framed the pullback as a market correction rather than a crash, pointing to insurance quote activity that continues to hold up across Viper generations. The fifth-generation cars built for 2013-2017, including this GTS-R Commemorative ACR, haven't been folded into Hagerty's standard valuation tool yet, but with only 100 examples made and genuine sub-13,000-mile survivors this clean, rarity alone should help insulate late-model ACRs from the broader softening Hagerty is tracking in older Vipers.

For a car that closed out one of the last analog, naturally aspirated American supercars, No. 60 of 100 is a compelling case study in how the market prices rarity against originality. It's scheduled to cross the block as Lot F138 on Friday, September 25, at Mecum's Nashville 2026 auction, with its 25th Anniversary car cover, window sticker, and owner's manual included in the sale. Anyone brushing up on how we got here should also revisit Motorious's own look back at the Viper's two-decade run as America's supercar, and its take on whether limited-production Vipers are shaping up to be the next great Mopar collectible.

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Chassis DB5/1320/R is, according to the Aston Martin Heritage Trust, only the twentieth DB5 ever built. Cataloged by H&H as wearing one of just three factory Ice Blue finishes applied to the model, it may be the sole survivor still carrying that color today. A quick glance might mistake it for a Silver Birch car, but the paint tells a different story.

As completed on the assembly line, the car would have used a David Brown four-speed gearbox with overdrive, but the example on offer was retrofitted at some point with the more desirable ZF five-speed manual, a swap that many DB5 enthusiasts consider a genuine upgrade. Engine and chassis numbers still match, and H&H notes that the original red Connolly leather interior remains largely untouched rather than retrimmed.

The car, chassis DB5/1320/R, was delivered new on October 26, 1963, through the agent Brooklands of Eton, and its early history traces back to J. Glassberg of Lancashire, according to Aston Martin Owners' Club records. Ownership passed through several hands over the following decade, including a stint with noted marque specialist R.S. Williams around 1970.

The DB5's fortunes took a turn after it was exported to the United States, where it was partially dismantled and left to deteriorate. It was repatriated to the UK in 1989 in a stripped state, still wearing traces of an earlier repaint in bright yellow. A relative of the current vendor took on the restoration, and by 1991 the bodywork and interior had been returned to their original Ice Blue specification, a project overseen directly by Aston Martin Lagonda at a cost exceeding £54,000.

Aston Martin Lagonda continued to service the car through 1994, with invoices on file covering a full engine strip-down, a replacement cylinder block, new pistons, and a rebuilt gearbox synchro. In the decades since, the current owner has treated the DB5 as a usable classic rather than a garage ornament, running it on local errands and showing it periodically as a longstanding Aston Martin Owners' Club member.

H&H describes the DB5 as "an ideal car to use and improve," noting it could be enjoyed as-is or taken to a full concours restoration. Ahead of the sale, the vendor has arranged a fresh service, and the car comes with a thick history file that includes the factory build sheet, AMOC correspondence, invoices from Aston Martin Lagonda spanning 1990 to 1994, and photographs documenting the bodywork restoration. A spare set of correct Borrani wire wheels, still awaiting refurbishment, is also included in the sale.

The DB5 crosses the block as lot 92 at H&H Classics' auction at Kelham Hall in Newark, Nottinghamshire, on September 23, carrying an estimate of £350,000 to £400,000. It joins a growing string of DB5s that have attracted collector interest this year, from a restored 1964 example finished in a rare Caribbean Pearl to a 1965 DB5 Vantage that headlined a major Las Vegas sale, underscoring how strong demand remains for Aston Martin's most famous grand tourer.

The DB5's cultural cachet, cemented by its James Bond film debut, continues to drive values across the model line, and even movie-connected examples like a surviving DB5 stunt car have become blue-chip collectibles in their own right.

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The build was created by Ray Ramsey, a builder with more than 150 custom projects behind him, and it stayed a secret right up until its reveal at Volksworld in 2025. Every part of the Beetle was judged against three criteria that define the Legends Tour: authenticity, creativity, and garage spirit. This year that judging panel included former Top Gear host Richard Hammond, Hot Wheels design manager Dwayne Vance, and TV presenter Nicola Hume, and all three landed on the Beetle as the standout of the UK field.

What makes the Volksrod so striking is how far Ramsey pushed away from anything resembling a stock Beetle. The body has been chopped by 14 inches, the engine sits 6 inches higher than stock, and the front axle was pushed forward by 10 inches, giving the whole car a squashed, hot-rod stance that borrows heavily from the 1960s work of builders like Ed Roth. Oddly, under all that reshaping sits a completely stock Twin Port 1300 engine, a deliberate contrast to the madness surrounding it.

The detailing is where the car really earns its garage-spirit points. A champagne cooler now houses the single headlamp and speedometer, a vintage cine camera picked up for a single pound sits in the cabin, and a dome salvaged from a primary school toilet block adds an odd bit of glazing. Corvette bumpers were flipped and mounted inverted, a strainer from a chip fryer was reworked into part of the seat, and a chain-link steering wheel pairs with an egg whisk standing in as the radio aerial. Ramsey even engineered his own hydraulic suspension setup using a fluid dispersal system, and mismatched wheels front and rear, pulled from a 1951 truck and a Porsche, complete the scavenged look. Getting inside means either lifting the clamshell roof or folding down a passenger door flat against the body.

There's a personal weight behind the build, too. Ramsey is currently battling prostate cancer, and once the Beetle is done touring, it will be sold with proceeds going toward cancer research. Ramsey has said the goal was simple: "I just built this car to make people smile."

This marks the ninth year of the Hot Wheels Legends Tour and its biggest run yet, with builders from 19 countries competing for a spot in the Global Grand Finale this November in the United States. The UK stop at CarFest also carried the largest Hot Wheels display the tour has ever built, a 450-square-meter setup that included full-size versions of Garage of Legends cars, an off-road R33 Nissan Skyline, a Pontiac Firebird, and a life-size Hot Wheels Formula 1 show car. The Beetle now heads into a European regional round against other national winners before the Global Grand Finale decides which build actually gets turned into a die-cast toy.

Ramsey's Beetle joins a growing list of oddball, garage-built machines that have made it deep into the Legends Tour in past years, from regional winners built out of junkyard parts to full-blown custom buggies chasing the same die-cast dream. Whether the Volksrod goes all the way, it's already done its job: turning heads at Silverstone and giving one more reason for fans to keep watching where the Beetle, one of the most reworked platforms in custom car culture, ends up next.

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The Carrera GT was never meant to be a volume model. Porsche built just 406 examples to satisfy FIA homologation rules for Group 4 competition, clearing the way for the wilder works 924 Carrera GTS and GTR racers that went on to contest Le Mans. Compared with a standard 924, the Carrera GT wore flared fiberglass fenders, a deeper front spoiler, and a small rear spoiler, while a 210-PS turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder and five-speed manual replaced the standard car's naturally aspirated setup. Our earlier coverage of a Le Mans-winning Porsche 924 Carrera GTR traces how that homologation program evolved into a genuine factory racer.

This particular car, chassis WP0ZZZ93ZBN700061, presents with 83,408 kilometers on the odometer and retains its original numbers-matching engine and transmission. It comes with its factory-stamped service book and Porsche-issued build certificate, and options fitted from new include a limited-slip differential, sport shock absorbers, and heated exterior mirrors, the kind of spec chosen by an owner who intended to drive the car rather than simply store it. The black-and-red cabin is a distinctive, period-correct look that has built its own following among 924 fans, not unlike the appreciation growing around oddball variants such as the shooting-brake 924 conversion we featured previously.

Values for the 924 Carrera GT have been climbing as buyers rediscover Porsche's four-cylinder era. Hagerty's valuation tools currently price a 1981 Carrera GT in #3 (Good) condition at roughly $59,000, with a range of about $51,000 to $69,000 depending on options and condition. Recent results suggest clean, documented cars are outrunning that guide: Broad Arrow sold a comparable 1981 Carrera GT for $121,503 this past November, more than double the condition-3 figure, and Hagerty's data shows 75 examples changing hands at public auction over the last three years. That kind of spread is showing up across the broader Porsche market tracked by Hagerty, where flagship models like the 918 Spyder continue to headline major sales even as once-overlooked four-cylinder cars like the 924 quietly close the value gap.

With no reserve attached, this Carrera GT will sell regardless of where bidding lands against its CHF 80,000-120,000 estimate. For a homologation special built in a run of only 406 cars, and one that still wears its original engine and transmission, it's a rare chance to buy a genuine piece of Porsche's Group 4 competition history rather than a tribute dressed to look the part.

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The Fighter isn't a new design dusted off for nostalgia's sake. It's the same low-slung, gull-winged two-seater Bristol conceived in the early 2000s, powered by an 8.0-liter V10 that sends 525 horsepower to the rear wheels in standard form, or 600 horsepower in the uprated version Bristol once offered to buyers willing to pay for it. The company claims a top speed of 210 mph, a remarkable figure for a hand-built British GT car designed before smartphones existed.

Rather than starting a new model program from scratch, owner and director Paul King chose to treat the Fighter as unfinished business. Four more original chassis, along with the drawings and parts needed to complete them, still exist, and Bristol says they will be built to order for collectors over the coming months. Buyers will be able to specify right- or left-hand drive, and cars are eligible for export to the United States under the Show or Display exemption, a detail that matters given how few Fighters exist. By Bristol's own estimate, roughly 15 cars survive worldwide, most tucked away in long-term collections.

Bristol's history helps explain why finishing the Fighter carries more weight than simply reviving a badge. Founded in 1945 as an offshoot of the Bristol Aeroplane Company, the marque built the Bristol 400 the following year and spent decades producing hand-finished cars for a small, loyal clientele rather than chasing volume. Bristol-derived engines even found their way into other coachbuilt machines of the era, including the AC Ace, and rarities from that crossover still surface at auction today. That approach eventually caught up with the company: Bristol entered administration in 2011, and although Kamkorp Autokraft acquired the intellectual property and briefly showed the Bristol Bullet in 2016, no series production ever followed.

The new ownership is leaning on that history rather than distancing itself from it. Richard Hackett, who worked closely with longtime Bristol boss Tony Crook during the era when the Fighter was originally developed, has returned as chairman. Manufacturing will happen in the UK through a partnership with an outside manufacturing group, giving Bristol the low-volume production expertise it will need if it wants to build anything beyond these final five Fighters. It's a very different approach from the last time Bristol tried to reintroduce itself to enthusiasts, when the brand's return leaned on a borrowed American V8 rather than finishing what it had already started.

The timing isn't an accident, either. 2026 marks 80 years since the Bristol 400 debuted, and Salon Privé gave the brand a stage to show the Fighter alongside cars spanning its history in a dedicated Bristol class. It's a fitting way to mark the anniversary: not with a concept car promising some distant future, but with a supercar that Bristol always intended to build and never quite got the chance to finish.

Whether Bristol becomes anything more than a boutique builder finishing old business remains to be seen. But for a marque that spent a decade and a half as a ghost story in British car culture, with surviving examples occasionally turning up in surprising places, simply having a completed, driveable Fighter in the metal, with four more on the way, is itself the headline.

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The headline act belonged to Lamborghini, which brought the Revuelto SV to Britain for the first time. Sant'Agata Bolognese's latest flagship is now the fastest and most powerful production Lamborghini the company has ever built, a title that carries real weight given the marque's back catalog of hard-edged specials. Chairman and CEO Stephan Winkelmann framed the SV as the purest distillation of what the brand is chasing, telling attendees the car represents technical perfection and driving pleasure at their highest expression yet. For a look at how the new flagship ties into the brand's past, Motorious recently covered Lamborghini's Miura homage built on the Revuelto platform, which shows just how much the current range owes to the cars that came before it.

Brabus, the German tuning house best known for reworking Mercedes-Benz and Mercedes-AMG products into something considerably more extreme, used Salon Privé for two UK firsts. The bigger story was the BODO, a carbon-fiber-bodied supercar powered by a 5.2-liter biturbo V12 and limited to just 77 examples worldwide, a run small enough that most enthusiasts will only ever see one in person at a show like this. Brabus also brought along the 800 Cabrio, its drop-top take on the Mercedes-AMG G63, proving that even the brand's off-road-bred SUV can be persuaded into open-air, high-output territory.

Polestar took the show in a different direction with the UK debut of the Polestar 4, an electric SUV built around everyday usability rather than outright performance numbers. Polestar CEO Michael Lohscheller said the model was designed to broaden the brand's appeal by adding more interior space and utility without abandoning the driving character that has defined the lineup so far. It's a reminder that Salon Privé, despite its concours pedigree, has increasingly become a venue where electric and combustion machinery share the same lawn.

Salon Privé co-founder David Bagley called the opening day truly exceptional, pointing to both the quality of the cars gathered and the trust manufacturers placed in the event to host their debuts. That trust is really the story here: Lamborghini, Brabus, and Polestar all chose Blenheim Palace over any number of larger, flashier venues to introduce new metal to the UK market, a vote of confidence that speaks to how far Salon Privé has come since it was founded.

The event continues through Sunday, September 6, with Concours d'Elegance judging and further displays rounding out the week. For readers curious about what else is turning heads on the market right now, Motorious recently rounded up some of the wildest supercars currently for sale, a fitting companion to a week built entirely around the newest and rarest cars in the world.

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The conversion borrows its name and inspiration from the original Mustero, a limited run of Mustang-based pickups built in the 1960s by a Ford dealership in Beverly Hills, California. The current owner picked up this coupe in 2024 and spent more than 2,000 hours reworking it into a modern homage, borrowing the shortened B-pillar treatment from the original build to stretch the bed roughly 10.5 inches longer than a typical conversion.

Turning a unibody coupe into a working pickup required extensive fabrication. Sections of the factory tail panel were repurposed to form a hinged tailgate, while the inner bed panels were fabricated from sheet steel and mounted to a structure built from flat bar stock. The lower quarter panels were replaced, the taillight housings were retained for a factory-correct look, and the fuel filler was relocated to the bed floor. Up top, the roof was shortened and the rear pillars narrowed before a new rear window frame was welded into place.

Motivation comes from a rebuilt 302ci V8 topped with Edelbrock E-Street aluminum heads, a Performer RPM intake manifold, and a Holley carburetor, sending power through a C4 three-speed automatic. The seller also added an aluminum radiator and dual exhaust, along with fresh shocks and rebuilt drum brakes. Rolling stock consists of 14-inch styled-steel wheels wrapped in BFGoodrich Radial T/A white-letter tires, a period-appropriate touch that suits the truck's vintage racing livery.

Inside, the cabin was reupholstered in Parchment vinyl with black carpet and woodgrain trim on the dash, plus a retro-look digital media receiver set behind a woodgrain-rimmed wheel and 140-mph speedometer. Outside, the faux "Duke Savage Racing" livery, Gulf and Shelby-style badging, and a big #66 give the truck the look of a weekend club racer that's covered a few miles since its last repaint, patina the seller has largely left untouched.

Because this is a heavily reworked custom build riding on a New Hampshire registration rather than a formal title, it won't track neatly against a standard price guide. For context, though, Hagerty Valuation Tools currently place a numbers-matching #3 (Good) condition 1966 Mustang coupe with the standard 289 V8 at roughly $21,000, a figure that's slipped about 4 percent over the past quarter and around 7 percent over the last three years as the broader classic Mustang market cools slightly. Builds like the Mustero don't chase that guide number; like the recent restomod 1967 Impala that turned heads on Cars & Bids, its value is tied more to the quality of the craftsmanship and the story behind the build than to any book figure.

Bidding on the no-reserve Mustero sits at $10,000 with the clock ticking down to a September 4 close. Whether or not this specific truck conversion is your style, it's a reminder that pony car fans still find plenty of ways to stand out, from custom pickups like Bruiser Conversions' Jeep-based Honcho Step Side to the ten coolest Mustangs currently listed for sale.

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The Senna occupies a curious spot in McLaren's Ultimate Series lineage. Where the F1 set the template in the 1990s and the P1 layered hybrid power onto the formula, the Senna went the other direction entirely, stripping out weight and complexity in pursuit of raw circuit ability. It borrows its name from Ayrton Senna, the three-time World Champion who drove for the team through its most dominant stretch, and the car was engineered with a similarly single-minded focus on extracting performance from every component.

At 1,198 kilograms dry, it remains the lightest road car McLaren has built since the original F1, aided by a carbon-fiber Monocage chassis, carbon body panels, and even seats that tip the scales at barely three kilograms apiece. There is no hybrid assistance here; instead, a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 rated at 800 horsepower and 800 Nm sends power through a seven-speed dual-clutch transmission. The result is a 2.8-second sprint to 100 km/h, 6.8 seconds to 200 km/h, and a 340 km/h top speed, with active aerodynamics capable of generating up to 800 kg of downforce at 250 km/h.

This particular example was ordered in August 2017, before the Senna had even been shown publicly, and delivered new through McLaren Lugano to its first Swiss owner. It wears Volcano Orange over a carbon-fiber cabin with Azura Blue accents on the fender inners, aero blades, and brake calipers, and its options list runs to nearly CHF 40,000, covering McLaren Track Telemetry, a Bowers & Wilkins audio system, air conditioning, a tracking system, and parking sensors, among other additions. Ownership changed hands in 2024 with the car showing just 130 km, and its most recent service was carried out by McLaren Milano in November 2023. The consignment includes copies of the original purchase order, invoice, and books.

Values for the Senna have held up unusually well for a modern hypercar, according to Hagerty Valuation Tools. Hagerty's price guide currently pegs a #3 (Good) condition 2019 Senna at roughly $1.2 million, and the underlying data shows real strength beneath that headline number: over the past twelve months, twelve examples have sold at public auction for a combined $16.5 million, averaging roughly $1.4 million each, with the number of cars changing hands up 71 percent year over year. The most recent sale on record, $2,050,000 in mid-August, was itself a Broad Arrow Auctions result, underscoring the auction house's growing footprint in the market for McLaren's rarest modern cars.

That kind of consistency separates the Senna from other limited-run modern exotics, many of which have cooled considerably since their pandemic-era peaks. It also puts the car in the same conversation as other Broad Arrow consignments generating attention this year, including a spoiler-free 1976 Lancia Stratos HF Stradale headed to Broad Arrow's Zoute Concours sale and a rare first-delivery Ferrari F40 with an unusually complete paper trail. For buyers chasing McLaren's Ultimate Series halo cars specifically, Motorious also recently covered a one-off Napier Green McLaren Elva crossing the block at Mecum's Monterey sale, another data point in just how thin this market really is at the top.

With mileage barely changed since delivery and a documented history that ties directly back to McLaren Lugano, chassis 181 represents one of the more straightforward ways left to buy into the Senna story without chasing an original allocation. The Zürich sale should be a solid test of just how much collectors are willing to pay for that certainty.

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Factory records show the car was delivered new by Hoffman Motors, the East Coast importer most credited with introducing Porsche to American enthusiasts, to a first owner in Plainfield, New Jersey, on September 1, 1963. The Porsche Certificate of Authenticity and factory Kardex both confirm the original 1600 Super (616/2) flat-four and four-speed transaxle are still paired with this chassis, a detail that matters enormously to serious collectors. Reutter's late T6 coachwork brought twin engine-deck grilles, larger glass, and a revised decklid to the 356B lineup, and this car wears those details alongside a black weatherproof folding top and 15-inch steel wheels finished with correct chrome hubcaps and crests.

The car's résumé includes a national win at the Porsche Club of America's Lake Placid Porsche Parade in 1995, and in 2024 it underwent a bare-metal cosmetic refurbishment paired with a mechanical rebuild that included a refreshed 1.6-liter engine, new ignition components, and a respray back to factory Slate Gray. It now rides on a fresh set of Vredestein Sprint Classic tires and carries a clean Montana title. A Broad Arrow specialist, working as Hagerty's own auction subsidiary, is representing the car out of Pennsylvania, and the listing includes refurbishment invoices alongside the original factory paperwork.

Hagerty's own valuation tools help put the current bidding into context. Hagerty's Price Guide lists a 1963 Porsche 356B (T6) 1600 Super Cabriolet in #3 (Good) condition at roughly $125,000, with a range between about $108,000 and $140,000, and three-year values for the model are up 8.7%. Hagerty's 12-month sales data for 1960-1963 356Bs shows 76 cars sold for a combined $9.6 million, at an average price of $126,900, while recent Cabriolet comps have landed anywhere from the mid-$90,000s to nearly $170,000 depending on condition and documentation. Against that backdrop, a numbers-matching, PCA-award-winning car with a factory Kardex and a 2024 refurbishment sitting at $113,000 with several days of bidding left looks to be tracking right where the broader market says it should.

Interest in early Porsches shows no signs of slowing. Motorious recently covered a numbers-matching 1955 Porsche 356 "Pre-A" Speedster that surfaced at Gooding & Christie's, and Hagerty Marketplace has also hosted everything from a low-mile 2011 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cabriolet to a roundup of Hagerty Marketplace auctions worth watching that included a six-figure Porsche alongside a 763-hp Mustang SVO. Whether it's an air-cooled classic or a modern water-cooled 911, the common thread is the same: clean, well-documented cars keep commanding a premium.

With days left on the clock and bidding already well past the six-figure mark, this 356B Cabriolet is shaping up to be one of the more closely watched air-cooled sales of the week. Readers curious about how restoration quality and documentation move the needle on classic values can dig deeper in our look at why restomods are taking over online classic car sales.

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Touring, previously known as Touring Design, builds every G-Class to order. Buyers choose the drivetrain, cabin materials, and finish, and no two trucks leave the shop looking alike. The company's pitch goes beyond the build itself: Touring also arranges shipping, routing, and on-the-ground support so an owner can land a finished G-Class almost anywhere in the world without handling any of the logistics personally.

For CURATED, the purchase reflects a shift the company says it has watched play out across its own client base and rally programs. Collectors who once cared only about unmolested, low-mile originals are now asking for something they can drive hard and travel with. "Touring is a natural fit for CURATED," said co-founder John Temerian, adding that the brand's obsession with detail mirrors the same standard CURATED holds for its restorations. Founder Ryan Webb will continue running Touring day to day, and the brand keeps building on the G-Class platform, now with access to CURATED's collector network, rally calendar, and event circuit.

The move fits a broader pattern in the collector world: buyers increasingly reward thoughtful, well-executed modification over strict originality, a trend also visible in builds like this modified 1993 AM General M998 Humvee. At the same time, judges and buyers alike still weigh craftsmanship and finish heavily, something we broke down in our look at what concours judges actually look for.

Where does that leave values on the underlying G-Class platform? According to Hagerty's valuation tools, a 2017 Mercedes-Benz G550 in number-3 "Good" condition carries a Price Guide value of roughly $60,800 as of July 2026, with a range between about $51,700 and $70,000 depending on spec and condition. Hagerty's twelve-month auction data shows 202 G-Class trucks changing hands for a combined $16.1 million, averaging just under $80,000 per sale, though quarterly figures have softened slightly, down 8% from the prior quarter. Those numbers track production G-Wagens, though; a coachbuilt Touring truck, hand-finished to a single client's spec, will typically sell far outside any price guide, more in line with the bespoke, low-volume builds seen at auctions of one-off luxury machinery like this Napier Green McLaren Elva.

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No. 1 — 1973 Pontiac Trans Am SD-455 — $349,900

The Super Duty 455 was the last, loudest gasp of the muscle car era, and this Buccaneer Red example is about as good as it gets. Restored down to the nut and bolt, it's one of just 72 SD-455 Trans Ams built with a 4-speed manual in 1973, and PHS documentation confirms its numbers-matching pedigree. This is the car that made Pontiac's early '70s lineup legendary.

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No. 2 — 1962 Pontiac Catalina Super Duty — $145,000

Before the GTO existed, Pontiac was already terrorizing the drag strip with cars like this one. Built with the 421 Super Duty V8, an aluminum hood and body components, and dual quads, this Catalina was engineered purely to win NHRA classes. Very few of these lightweight factory drag cars survive, and this one comes with its original PHS paperwork.

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No. 3 — 1970 Pontiac GTO Judge Ram Air III — $135,495

Few colors say 1970 quite like Palomino Copper, and this numbers-matching Judge wears it beautifully. It retains its original Ram Air III 400 V8, a Muncie 4-speed, and a Safe-T-Track rear axle, and PHS documentation confirms it's one of just 3,629 Judge hardtops built that year. The Judge wasn't just an option package, it was Pontiac's way of telling the muscle car world it wasn't backing down.

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No. 4 — 1957 Pontiac Bonneville (Fuel-Injected) — $159,000

Before the GTO, before the Trans Am, there was this: Pontiac's answer to the fuel-injected Corvette. Only 630 Bonnevilles were built for 1957, one allocated to every Pontiac dealer in the country, and each one ran a 347ci V8 topped with genuine Rochester fuel injection. That made the Bonneville some of the most advanced factory hardware in America that year, and finding one that still runs its original fuel injection system today is exceptionally rare.

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No. 5 — 1966 Pontiac LeMans Restomod — $194,995

Not every cool Pontiac has to be original. This 1966 LeMans went through a frame-off transformation at Danny's Hot Rods, emerging with a 525-horsepower LS3 crate engine, a 4L80E automatic, Wilwood disc brakes, and a modern coilover suspension, all wrapped in a blue-over-white paint scheme that still reads unmistakably '60s Pontiac. With barely 200 miles since completion, it drives as good as it looks.

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No. 6 — 1970 Pontiac GTO Convertible Judge Tribute — $163,000

The Judge package made the GTO louder in every sense, and dropping the top only turns up the volume. This convertible tribute pairs a 400 CID V8 with a 4-speed manual and a power-operated soft top, so you get the drama of the Judge graphics package with open-air cruising built in. Black on black never looked more menacing.

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No. 7 — 1977 Pontiac Firebird Roadster Trans Am — $144,000

The Bandit-era Trans Am wasn't supposed to be a convertible, which is exactly what makes this roadster conversion so interesting. Finished in black with black leather and Alcantara, it pairs its 400ci V8 and TH400 automatic with wider aluminum wheels and a cabin that splits the difference between disco-era muscle and open-top cruiser. It's the kind of custom that turns heads for reasons nobody expects.

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No. 8 — 1983 Pontiac "KITT" Knight Rider Tribute — $4,500

Not every entry on this list needs a big-block V8 to be cool. This KITT tribute was built in 1991 by Mark Scricani of Mark's Custom Kits, using original production designs to recreate the AI supercar from Knight Rider, and it later passed through George Barris's famous Star Car Collection with his autograph to prove it. It won't outrun anything, but no other Pontiac on this list has ever talked back to Michael Knight.

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No. 9 — 1967 Pontiac GTO Twin Turbo LS7 Restomod — $76,995

If the LeMans above is a tasteful restomod, this GTO is the unhinged version. Under that Tiger Gold paint sits an LS7 fed by twin turbos, backed by a 6-speed manual, four-wheel power discs, and a 9-inch rear axle, with Wilwood binders and Brodix heads rounding out the spec sheet. It's built for the driver who thinks a modern V8 alone isn't quite enough.

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No. 10 — 2008 Pontiac Solstice GXP LS3 — $22,995

Closing out this list is proof that Pontiac's roadster experiment still has legs. This Solstice GXP received an LS3 6.2-liter V8 swap paired with a 6L80E automatic, turning what was already a fun two-seater into a genuine sleeper. With Techno Gray paint and an ebony leather interior, it looks factory-stock right up until you put your foot down.

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Bailon is one of the defining names in American custom car building, credited with inventing Candy Apple Red paint and standing alongside George Barris as one of the two dominant forces shaping the California custom scene from the 1950s through the 1970s. A documented Bailon build carries a level of provenance that few customs from any era can match, which is part of why this particular T-based creation is generating attention well beyond typical Model T money. Readers curious about how Barris-built cars trade today can see a comparable case in this one-owner Lincoln once customized for Elvis Presley.

The build itself backs up the pedigree. Bailon constructed the Tall Candy T on a custom chassis using Jaguar independent front and rear suspension, an inboard power disc brake setup, a custom driveshaft, and a quickchange rear differential, a combination of parts that had nothing to do with the original Model T and everything to do with a coachbuilder working without a parts-catalog budget. Power reportedly comes from a 2.8-liter V6 pulled from a 1970s Mercury Capri, feeding through a two-barrel Holley carburetor and out through chrome headers and Cherry Bomb mufflers, with a Ford C4 automatic sending power to 15-inch wire wheels. That Capri connection is worth a second look, since clean survivors of Ford's captive European import have quietly become one of the more interesting corners of the affordable classic market.

The cabin carries the same level of custom detail. The front seat is trimmed in brown leather while the rear passenger compartment and side panels are done in tan cloth, all wrapped around a four-spoke mahogany steering wheel mounted on a polished brass column tied into a Ford steering box. Stewart Warner gauges, brass lantern-style exterior lights, full running boards, and period-style fenders round out a car that reads as part limousine, part hot rod, and part rolling art piece.

Ownership history adds another layer of appeal. The current owner acquired the car in 1996 and has put fewer than 2,000 miles on it since, showing it nationally and completing two refurbishments, the most recent in 2018. Paperwork tells its own quirky story: the car carries a clean Oklahoma title issued in the name of the owner's trust, listing it as a 1909 Ford, a reminder that customs like this one often get titled by whatever data point a state's DMV will accept rather than the year they were actually built. The auction includes a matching 2014 Cargo Craft enclosed trailer, along with a collection of memorabilia, a signed Joe Bailon T-shirt, and a custom car cover, effectively a turnkey package for a new owner.

What the Market Says About the Underlying Cars

A one-off custom like the Tall Candy T doesn't have its own line in a price guide, but the cars it's built from offer useful context. Hagerty Valuation Tools currently price a #3-condition 1915 Ford Model T Touring at roughly $15,000, with values down 21.1 percent over the past year and nearly 40 percent over three years, a reflection of a shrinking, aging buyer pool for brass-era cars in stock form. The donor engine tells a different story. A #3-condition 1977 Mercury Capri II, powered by the same 2.8-liter Cologne V6 fitted to this build, prices out between roughly $8,967 and $12,400 according to Hagerty, and the model's three-year value trend is up more than 23 percent as buyers rediscover Ford's forgotten European coupe. Recent Bring a Trailer results echo that strength, with clean Capri V6 examples selling in the $12,000 to $24,000 range over the past few years.

That divergence is the whole point of a car like this. A soft market for stock Model Ts says little about what a documented Bailon build will bring, because buyers aren't shopping it against brass-era touring cars, they're shopping it against other pieces of custom car history. Vintage hot rods with real period pedigree, like this restored 1954 Mercury Monterey gasser, tend to hold interest for reasons that have nothing to do with a price guide's brass-era category. As of this writing, bidding on the Tall Candy T sits at $12,250 across five bids, with the auction scheduled to close on September 14.

For collectors who care about who built a car and not just what it started life as, that context matters more than any price guide line item. The full listing, photo gallery, and bidding history for the Tall Candy T are available now on Hagerty Marketplace.

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A Cold War Chauffeur Car With a Wartime Escape Story

What sets this particular example apart isn't just its rarity, but where it spent most of its working life. Per the listing, this ZIS-110B reportedly spent time in Kyiv starting in 1955, one of only three such phaetons handed over for ceremonial transport of senior military officers and government officials in the city. The car apparently stayed in that role through 1980, then passed in 1986 to the chairman of the Kyiv Avtoveteran Club, a fitting caretaker for a piece of Soviet motoring heritage. It remained in Ukraine until the current owner acquired it from that chairman's estate in 2021, had it refurbished, and then shipped it to the United States following the 2022 Russian invasion, adding an unusually poignant chapter to an already remarkable ownership history.

Packard DNA Hiding Under a Soviet Skin

Pop the hood, or rather peer under that long, low snout, and you'll find a 6.0-liter L-head inline-eight paired with a column-shifted three-speed manual. The shape is no accident: ZIS engineers built the 110 lineup by closely studying prewar Packard Custom Super Eight limousines, borrowing heavily from Packard's proportions and mechanical layout to create a suitably imposing car for the Soviet elite. This example wears blue paint over blue leather, carries a gray convertible top with rear quarter side curtains, and includes era-correct touches like fold-down middle-row jump seats, woodgrain trim, four-wheel hydraulic drum brakes, and a push-button radio. The seller shows roughly 17,000 miles on the odometer, and the car carries a clean Montana title that identifies it as a 1950 ZISTM.

What Hagerty's Data Says About This Market

Because so few ZIS phaetons exist and virtually none have crossed the block in the US, there's no dedicated Hagerty Price Guide entry to benchmark this car directly. But the Packard lineage it borrowed from offers a useful stand-in. Hagerty's valuation tools currently peg a 1949 Packard Super Eight Victoria convertible, its closest stylistic and mechanical cousin, at roughly $42,400 in #3 (Good) condition, with values spanning about $34,000 to $52,000 and climbing nearly 27 percent over the past year. That kind of momentum in the broader market for large, coachbuilt-feel prewar-style convertibles suggests real collector appetite right now, and it hints that a documented, ceremonially-used Soviet counterpart with this much provenance could pull outsized interest from buyers hunting for something nobody else in their garage club will ever have. It's a similar dynamic to what we've seen with other oddball, high-provenance survivors, like the one-off gold-plated 1953 Cadillac concept that resurfaced after 73 years out of public view, or the increasingly strong prices paid for pre-war-era classics crossing the block at events like Kruse's Auburn sale.

Bidding Is Just Getting Started

As of this writing, bidding on the ZIS-110B sits at $19,500 with the auction scheduled to close on September 9, and with more than 300 watchers already tracking the listing, expect that number to move considerably before the gavel falls. For collectors drawn to former military and government vehicles with real, verifiable history, this phaeton keeps good company with other unusual service vehicles finding new life stateside, including a modified 1993 AM General M998 Humvee that recently drew its own wave of bids. Whoever wins this ZIS won't just be buying a car, they'll be buying a physical artifact of Soviet ceremonial life that somehow found its way out of Ukraine and onto American soil.

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We already walked through this truck's full spec sheet in an earlier feature, the Gen III 5.0-liter Coyote V8, the 10R80 10-speed automatic, the Atlas two-speed transfer case, and the diamond-stitched interior are all covered there, so we won't repeat it here. What's worth examining now is where Velocity's approach sits relative to the rest of the restomod Bronco field, and what that means for anyone thinking about resale down the line.

Four Shops, Four Philosophies

Velocity Restorations builds complete trucks and sells them through dealers like RK Motors, which is exactly the path this Bronco took: no build slot to wait for, just a finished, inspected truck ready to drive home. Gateway Bronco runs the opposite model, publishing a tiered lineup that starts at $180,000 for the Fuelie Edition and climbs to $400,000 for the Luxe-GT, built through what the company calls its Consumer Centric Design process and backed by warranties running up to ten years. ICON, out of Los Angeles, is the outlier on both price and philosophy: its BR line treats the Bronco as a bespoke commission rather than a catalog order, and the shop's new EV Bronco Founders Edition, limited to just ten examples, shows how far it's willing to push exclusivity over volume. Maxlider sits in the middle of that spectrum, and its current inventory includes a 1974 Bronco asking $269,000 on Hagerty Marketplace, a useful benchmark for this RK Motors truck.

What the Builder's Name Actually Buys

None of these are collector cars in the traditional sense, and Hagerty's Valuation Tools make that clear: a stock 1974 Bronco wagon with the 302 V8 is worth roughly $51,000 in number-3, good condition, a figure that has actually softened over the past year. The six-figure asks from Velocity, Gateway, ICON, and Maxlider have almost nothing to do with that number. They're pricing craftsmanship, warranty support, and brand reputation rather than originality or mileage, which is exactly why the builder's name carries so much weight at resale. A future buyer shopping a used restomod Bronco can't verify axle tolerances or paint prep from a set of photos, so they lean on the shop's reputation as a stand-in for quality, the same dynamic driving strong bids on builder-backed trucks like this restored 1976 Chevy K5 Blazer.

That distinction also explains why Velocity's dealer-distribution model plays differently at resale than Gateway's direct-commission approach or ICON's bespoke waiting list. A commissioned build comes with a documented relationship to the shop from day one, while a dealer-sold truck like this one leans more on RK Motors' own inspection and reputation to vouch for it after the sale. Neither path is wrong, but they lead to different conversations when it's time to sell again, not unlike how a Hagerty guide number and an actual auction result can tell two different stories, as this recent Ford F-150 Lightning showed when bidding landed below the price guide entirely.

Right now, the market is willing to pay a premium for all four names, and that says as much about the restomod segment's growth as it does about any single Bronco. Whether that holds as more shops crowd into the space is a more interesting question than what this particular truck is asking this week. For anyone drawn to Velocity's formula specifically, the full listing is at RK Motors, Coyote V8, 10-speed automatic, and 896 miles included.

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Compact trucks weren't always a novelty. The segment really took off in the U.S. during the early 1980s, when Chevrolet launched the S-10 for 1982 and Ford followed a year later with the Ranger. Dodge joined in 1987 with the Dakota, splitting the difference between compact and full-size. Toyota and Datsun/Nissan had already been selling small four-cylinder pickups here for years, and by the mid-1990s the segment was crowded with genuinely tiny, genuinely useful trucks. Toyota's own entry got a major upgrade for 1995, when the long-running Toyota Truck was replaced by the all-new Tacoma, bringing along a torquey 3.4-liter V6 that quickly built a reputation for outlasting the rest of the vehicle.

What's remarkable, looking back, is just how small "small" used to mean. A two-door, short-bed first-generation Tacoma stretches around 175 inches bumper to bumper, shorter than a Toyota Corolla sedan. Compare that to today's trucks, where even the smallest models sold in the U.S. dwarf their 1990s ancestors, and it's easy to see why enthusiasts have started circling back to this era. These trucks are light, easy to park, easy to work on, and still perfectly capable of hauling mulch or towing a small trailer, which is everything a truck is actually asked to do most of the time.

That renewed interest shows up in the numbers, too. Hagerty's valuation tools don't yet carry a dedicated Price Guide entry for the first-generation Tacoma, but Hagerty's own market research has tracked its insurance quote values climbing roughly 30 percent since 2021, and low-mile examples have posted eye-catching results at auction, including one XtraCab that sold for more than $47,000. The related, and much rarer, Toyota T100 full-size pickup, which shared the Tacoma's V6, averages a comparatively modest insured value, underscoring how much of the current small-truck premium is tied to that first Tacoma's compact, do-it-all reputation. Toyota's earlier, pre-Tacoma Pickup is already tracked in Hagerty's Price Guide, like this 1988 Toyota Pickup SR5, and gives a useful read on where values for the segment's earlier trucks stand.

Toyota wasn't alone in building small trucks that are aging well. The Chevy S-10 and Ford Ranger both proved a compact truck could be a mainstream hit, moving well over a million units apiece over their runs, while Nissan's Hardbody held its own with rugged four-cylinder and V6 options through the decade. None of these currently carry individual valuations in Hagerty's Price Guide the way older classics do, but that's less a sign of disinterest than of a market still catching up to demand, the same position first-generation Tacomas were in a few years ago, before insurance quotes and marketplace sales started telling a different story. Anyone curious can track the broader trend using Hagerty's valuation tools, which pull from real sales, insured values, and quote data rather than guesswork.

This Tacoma is only one of more than 130 vehicles being offered in this round of The Generous Collection. It joins a similarly overlooked-turned-desirable machine also climbing in value, the modified 1993 AM General M998 Humvee we covered recently, another once-affordable oddball now finding real demand. Small, honest, and increasingly hard to find in good shape is the recipe drawing bidders to trucks like this Tacoma, and it's a recipe the market seems only more interested in as time goes on.

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Power comes from a 347-cubic-inch BluePrint Engines stroker V8 fitted with Holley Sniper EFI and rated at 415 horsepower, installed in April 2024 and backed by a rebuilt 4R70W four-speed automatic with an MSD controller. Four-wheel-drive duties run through a twin-stick dual-range transfer case with Wild Horses shifters and Mile Marker locking hubs, while a 2.5-inch Wild Horses suspension lift, Bilstein 5100 shocks, and a 2-inch TOMS Offroad body lift clear the Toyo Open Country M/T tires mounted on Raceline Defender wheels. Stopping power was upgraded with a four-wheel disc conversion and a Wilwood hydroboost master cylinder.

A Deluxe Marti Report included with the sale confirms this is a U-100 4x4 Wagon built at Ford's Michigan Truck plant on December 18, 1974, originally finished in Copper Metallic with a 302-cubic-inch V8 and automatic transmission. The seller reports the Bronco has since been repainted in its current Brittany Blue, rewired with a new American Autowire harness, and shows 29,500 miles on a five-digit odometer. Parts receipts, shop invoices, and the Marti report are all posted in the listing's photo gallery.

The first-generation Bronco launched for 1966 as Ford's answer to the Jeep CJ-5 and International Scout, riding on a platform built just for the model rather than borrowed from an existing truck. That two-door formula carried through 1977 before Ford grew the Bronco in later generations, and interest in early trucks has only intensified since the nameplate returned in 2021. Builders have leaned hard into the restomod route for first-gen Broncos, as Motorious covered with a Velocity Restorations build that pushed the modified market's ceiling to nearly $220,000.

Hagerty's Valuation Tools price a #3-condition, numbers-matching 1975 Bronco Wagon with the factory 302 V8 at $46,500 to $56,700 in the latest price guide, a segment that's down 12 percent over the past year and 16 percent over three years. That stock benchmark only tells part of the story, though: Hagerty's 12-month auction data for 1966-1977 Broncos shows 361 trucks sold for a combined $33.8 million, averaging $93,600 apiece, with results ranging from about $7,700 for rough survivors to $206,000 for a standout build. Heavily modified trucks with crate V8s and full suspension and brake work, like this one, tend to trade well above the stock guide numbers when the fabrication and paperwork back it up, a pattern Motorious has also tracked using Hagerty's data on the Humvee-based M998 market.

Bidding on this Bronco is set to end at 3:57 PM EDT on September 3, with a high bid of $34,000 and 12 bids logged so far against an unmet reserve. The full photo gallery, service history, and Marti Report are available directly on the auction listing for anyone considering a bid before time runs out.

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Completed in 2018 and owned by the seller since 2010, the coupe's 6.2-liter LS3 was built with forged internals, an LSA-style supercharger, a ported 90mm throttle body, and a custom-grind camshaft, then paired with a Tremec Magnum six-speed manual and a Currie 9-inch rear axle with a TrueTrac differential. The chassis rides on adjustable UMI, SPC, and Varishock suspension components, rolls on Rushforth wheels, and stops with red Baer six-piston calipers, while the cabin was redone in saddle vinyl and microsuede with a custom console and modern touchscreen stereo. Bidding stood at $45,000 with the auction set to end September 4.

Cars like this sit at the center of one of the more interesting corners of the collector market right now. The Chevelle's clean early styling and roomy engine bay, detailed in our earlier look at the model's history, made it an easy canvas for hot rodders even when it was new, and that same adaptability is fueling a steady stream of LS-swapped and Pro-Touring builds today, including a similarly LS3-powered 1966 Malibu we featured not long ago.

Hagerty's valuation tools give some helpful context here. A numbers-matching 1965 Chevelle Malibu SS 327/350 coupe in #3 (Good) condition currently carries a Price Guide range of roughly $46,600 to $59,100, and Hagerty's three-year trend shows values for stock Malibu SS coupes down nearly 16 percent as the broader muscle car market has cooled. Over the trailing 12 months, Hagerty tracked more than 200 first-generation Chevelles selling at auction for a combined $14.2 million, an average of about $67,400 a car, a figure pulled well above the Price Guide range by heavily built examples like this one.

That gap is worth paying attention to. Hagerty's own analysts point out that the value of modified cars varies enormously, and that high-quality performance and cosmetic work can add real money even while prices for unmodified, numbers-matching cars are softening. A well-executed LS3 restomod with genuine fabrication behind it can move against the broader trend for its donor car, which helps explain why sharp Chevelles, Camaros, and Novas keep drawing strong bids even as vintage muscle car values overall have leveled off.

That's the restomod market in a nutshell right now. Buyers, many of them younger than the traditional muscle car crowd, want the visual drama of a 1960s coupe without the compromises of a fifty-year-old chassis, drum brakes, or points ignition, and shops around the country have built entire businesses around bridging that gap, as we saw recently with a no-reserve 1970 Chevelle restomod carrying an LS1 and a six-figure build sheet. The details change from car to car, but the appeal, and increasingly the money behind it, keeps pointing in the same direction.

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Under the hood is the LT1, Pontiac's 5.7-liter V8 borrowed from the C4 Corvette and good for 275 horsepower when the Trans Am debuted this body style in 1993. This example pairs the V8 with a 4L60-E automatic transmission and rides on the factory FE2 Rally Suspension package, along with a limited-slip rear axle and the Y83 Trans Am equipment group. Like many cars pulled from long-term storage, it shows worn paint on the upper surfaces and some interior wear, the kind of honest condition issues that come from sitting still for years rather than being driven.

This car marked a turning point for the Firebird nameplate. After a decade of increasingly boxy third-generation cars, Pontiac reinvented the Firebird for 1993, trading the old car's sharp edges for a rounded, aero-focused shape with hidden headlights that felt like nothing else in the lineup before it. Underneath the new skin, the Firebird shared its GM F-body platform with the redesigned Chevrolet Camaro, which arrived the same year with its own Z28 trim and the identical LT1 V8. For nearly a decade, these two cars defined GM's take on affordable V8 performance, right up until both were discontinued after the 2002 model year.

The fourth-gen F-body kept evolving throughout its run. Pontiac introduced the WS6 performance package partway through, adding a Ram Air hood, firmer suspension and more power, and by 1997 that package was available on convertible Trans Ams as well as coupes. A 1998 facelift brought a new front fascia to both cars, but the bigger news was under the hood: the LT1 gave way to the LS1, the aluminum V8 borrowed from the C5 Corvette that also found its way into cars like this modified 1998 Camaro Z28. The LS1 cars are generally quicker and lighter than the LT1-powered originals, a distinction that still matters to buyers shopping this market today.

So what does that market look like right now? According to Hagerty Valuation Tools, a 1993 Trans Am like this one carries a number 3-condition, or Good, value of $8,100, with a range between roughly $7,000 and $10,900 depending on options and condition. That figure is up 2.5 percent over the past year, though it remains down nearly 7 percent over three years, suggesting the segment cooled from its earlier highs before finding some renewed footing. Hagerty's data shows 179 fourth-gen Firebirds changing hands in the last 12 months for an average of $25,300, a number pulled upward by rarer WS6 and Firehawk variants.

The Camaro side of the family tells a similar story. Hagerty's price guide for the 1993 Z28 puts a number 3-condition example at $10,100, edging out its Pontiac cousin, with values up 1 percent over the last year but down more than 14 percent over three years. Both trends point to the same conclusion: fourth-gen F-bodies had their moment of rapid appreciation, and the market has since settled into a steadier, more buyer-friendly phase, especially for automatic-equipped coupes like the Firebird crossing the block now.

For now, that means opportunity. This particular Trans Am is being sold at no reserve as part of a broader Hagerty Marketplace collection, a reminder that even a historically significant performance car like the fourth-gen Firebird can still be found for the price of a good used sedan, provided a buyer is willing to do some recommissioning work after years in storage.

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Long before "customer concept car" became a marketing buzzword, two friends decided to build one themselves. New York commercial artist Harry Birdsall dreamed up a Harley Earl-style luxury coupe that ordinary buyers could actually purchase, and enlisted Long Island contractor and speedboat importer Joe Mascari to help make it real. Birdsall sketched the shape, then handed the design over to fellow New Yorker Albrecht Goertz for refinement, a name that would later become synonymous with the BMW 507 and Datsun 240Z. Mascari's Italian business contacts led the pair to Carrozzeria Rocco Motto, a Turin coachbuilder, who hand-formed the aluminum body around a running chassis salvaged from a burned-out 1953 Cadillac Series 62 convertible.

The finished car, nicknamed "Elegante," is loaded with theatrical details: a hydraulically retractable hardtop, a curved wraparound windshield, a thin Lucite steering wheel with an illuminated hub, and 24-karat gold plating across the headlamp rings, wheel covers, dash, and door panels. Underneath the aluminum skin sits a 331-cubic-inch V-8 pulled from that donor Series 62. All told, the build reportedly took 30 months and roughly $30,000 to complete, at a time when a new Corvette carried a sticker price under $3,000.

That kind of spending paid off in attention. The Elegante was the unquestioned star of the 1955 New York Auto Show, held outdoors at the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, with Birdsall telling reporters he hoped to build a run of ten examples at $20,000 apiece. That plan never materialized, and Birdsall instead drove the car as his personal transportation until his death in 1960. Ownership passed to Mascari, then to fellow speedboat racer Louis Nuta, and eventually to Miami contractor Stan Marks, who kept it for decades under a carport in Coconut Grove, a carport that collapsed on top of the car during Hurricane Andrew in 1992.

Birdsall's son, custom-car fabricator Richard "Dicky" Birdsall, had tried for years to buy the car back from Marks without success. After Marks passed away in 1990, his widow finally agreed to sell two years later, handing Dicky Birdsall a rusted, storm-damaged project rather than the gleaming showpiece his father had built. The ground-up restoration that followed took 16 years, and the finished car made just its second public appearance ever at the 2014 Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, where it took home a People's Choice award.

Dicky Birdsall passed away last year, and his family has now decided to let the Elegante go to a new caretaker. John Kruse, founder and chief appraiser of Kruse Auctions, believes it deserves to be seen, describing it as "a global sensation waiting to happen" once a new owner starts showing it.

Because nothing quite like the Elegante has ever come up for public sale, there is no straightforward comp to lean on heading into the Auburn auction. Hagerty's Valuation Tools currently price a numbers-matching 1953 Cadillac Eldorado convertible, the closest production relative to the Elegante's donor chassis, at roughly $146,000 in number-3, or Good, condition, a useful baseline for what a well-kept factory Series 62-based Cadillac commands today. A one-off, coachbuilt show car with Amelia Island pedigree and a design pipeline running through Albrecht Goertz is a different animal entirely, and it is likely to sell well beyond typical Cadillac money once bidders get a look at it in person.

The Elegante will share the Auburn stage with another headline-grabbing one-off, the first publicly available 2026 Shelby GT350/TA, giving this year's sale an unusually strong lineup of unrepeatable machines. For collectors weighing how far bespoke, low-production cars can run past their donor platforms, this recent look at Hagerty Marketplace activity is a good reminder of how wide the gap between asking price and real-world value can get, even for far more common classics. Anyone curious about the everyday market for the Cadillac Series 62 platform the Elegante started life on can get a sense of current values from this no-reserve 1960 Series 62 convertible that resurfaced from Alabama storage, and fans of one-off metal in general may want to keep an eye on this Cannibal Chevrolet IMSA prototype currently chasing a new home.

However the bidding shakes out on September 5, the Elegante's return to public view closes a strange and eventful loop that started with two friends chasing a very expensive dream back in 1953.

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The sale is open to the public as well as registered bidders, with hundreds of vehicles set to cross the block over the three-day run. Nearly seventy percent of the consignments are being offered at no reserve, meaning the top bidder walks away with the car regardless of price. The lineup spans everything from pre-war classics and muscle cars to modern customs, with several notable private collections and a strong selection of automobilia rounding out the catalogue.

Among the pre-war highlights is a 1932 Packard Twin Six Dual Cowl Sport Phaeton with a history in several major collections, an award-winning 1932 Duesenberg Model J "Sweep Panel" Dual Cowl Phaeton, and a 1936 Jensen-Ford Tourer once photographed with Clark Gable. The catalogue cover car is a one-off 1953 Cadillac "Elegante" concept built by Carrozzeria Motto, a design that turned heads at the 1955 International Automobile Show in New York.

Five no-reserve collections are also part of the sale. The Coffee Walk Collection includes a numbers-matching 1971 Dodge Challenger Hemi R/T and one of just 40 new Shelby GT350/Trans Am builds, which served as a press test car for Shelby and Road & Track. European sports car fans can look toward a 1959 AC Ace Bristol with its original engine and a low-mileage 1999 Ferrari F355 Spider. Rounding out the field are a pair of 1990s favorites often called "youngtimers," a 1994 Toyota Supra Twin-Turbo and a no-reserve 1994 Dodge Viper RT10 with under 800 miles on the odometer.

For collectors of automobilia, the Ron Sutton Lifetime Memorabilia Collection brings a range of gas pumps and porcelain signage to the block, alongside a broader selection of petroliana. A hand-embroidered charity quilt honoring "250 Years of Freedom" will also be auctioned for a good cause, marking the final installment of a tradition that has run for four decades.

Auburn has been tied to the Kruse family name for generations, since John Kruse's grandfather, Russell Kruse, launched the family's auctioneering business there back in 1952. John Kruse, the company's current owner and auctioneer, says he's proud to keep that tradition going and invites everyone to experience the atmosphere in the town where the collector car auction industry got its start.

Tickets are available as single-day or four-day passes, either online in advance or on-site at the gate. The Kruse Plaza Auction Park is located at 5634 Opportunity Blvd., Suite A, in Auburn, and full inventory listings along with bidder registration are available at kruseauctions.com.

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Under the hood is the M998's original 6.2-liter turbodiesel V8, though this one has clearly been fussed over. The seller lists a BMI Commander 6200 turbo kit, a Forge Motorsport high-flow intake and exhaust, a rear-cylinder cooling balance kit, a heavy-duty thermostatic fan clutch, a high-flow radiator, and auxiliary coolers for both the engine oil and transmission fluid. Power still routes through a four-speed automatic, in this case a rebuilt 700R4, to all four wheels via the portal axles and inboard brakes that let a Humvee shrug off terrain that would strand most trucks. A 24-volt-to-12-volt buck converter and a high-output alternator round out the electrical upgrades needed to run modern accessories off the M998's military-spec electrical architecture.

Inside, the truck has been made noticeably more livable than the average surplus Humvee, with a center jump seat, an auxiliary gauge pod, air conditioning, sound-deadening insulation, a six-channel dash cam system, and a 10.33-inch touchscreen running Apple CarPlay and Android Auto. Exterior changes include a custom steel hardtop and doors, 17-inch wheels, and spike lug nuts, and the odometer shows just 1,800 miles on a five-digit readout, meaning the truck's true lifetime mileage is unknown. The seller notes typical surplus-vehicle wear, including sealant around the door frames and some patches on the driver's seat, along with a recently rebuilt transmission and freshly replaced water pump, fuel pump, fuel tank, cooling hoses, and belts.

The M998 is the truck that started it all. AM General developed it as the Army's High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle beginning in 1984, and it made its combat debut during the 1989 invasion of Panama before becoming a fixture of the Gulf War and, later, a civilian favorite once surplus examples began reaching private buyers.

Because genuine military M998s aren't individually tracked the way civilian vehicles are, the closest read on this corner of the market comes from Hagerty's valuation tools, which follow the civilian AM General H1 built on the same basic platform. Hagerty's Price Guide lists a #3-condition "Good" 1993 H1 HMC4 at roughly $35,200, down 8.1% over the past year and nearly 20% over three years, with the tool's 12-month sales data showing 42 H1s sold for an average of about $69,100 apiece. Recent comparable sales have landed anywhere from roughly $32,000 to nearly $79,000 depending on configuration and condition, giving bidders on this M998 a rough sense of where Humvee-platform trucks have been trading, even though a modified, genuinely military-spec example like this one won't necessarily track the H1 curve exactly.

Shoppers cross-shopping this M998 against other project-friendly trucks might want to see how bidding recently played out on this Ford F-150 SVT Lightning that traded below Hagerty's own price guide, or browse the wide range of project cars and oddities included in The Generous Collection's 268-car, no-reserve sale. Bidding on this M998 remains active, with the auction set to close September 4th at 2:09 p.m. EDT.

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Underneath the patina of long-term storage, this Firebird tells a familiar first-gen story. It's finished in Verdoro Green, a metallic hue Pontiac reportedly based on the color of a glass ashtray belonging to general manager John DeLorean's wife, paired with a black vinyl top and bucket-seat interior. Power comes from the 350-cubic-inch V8 rather than the six-cylinder or the range-topping 400, giving it real performance without the premium those bigger-engine cars now command. The split grille, twin hood scoops, and Coke-bottle bodyside are pure 1968, a look Pontiac only refined for one more model year before the second-generation Firebird arrived. For a deeper look at how the nameplate got here, Motorious has covered Pontiac Firebird's history as one of America's most important pony cars.

The Firebird's origin story is inseparable from its cross-town rival. Chevrolet's Camaro and Pontiac's Firebird both launched in 1967 on GM's F-body platform as answers to the Ford Mustang, and by 1968 the pony-car war was in full swing. The two cars shared architecture but rarely felt identical. Pontiac leaned on its own engines, unique sheetmetal, and a sportier dash layout, while Chevrolet pushed the Camaro toward big-block muscle with the SS and, later, the Z/28. That split personality is part of why enthusiasts still debate where pony cars end and muscle cars begin, and why the Firebird eventually spawned its own halo car, the Trans Am, a lineage Motorious traced recently through a rare barn-find 1969 Trans Am 400 pulled out of Alaska.

The numbers back up what bidders are seeing in real time. According to Hagerty's Valuation Tools, a 1968 Firebird hardtop with the 265-hp 350 in #3 (Good) condition currently carries a Price Guide range of roughly $20,100 to $30,500, up 6 percent over the last quarter and nearly 4 percent over the past year, even after pulling back from a stronger reading three years ago. Hagerty's insider data shows 92 examples of 1967-1969 Firebirds changing hands in the past 12 months for a combined $4.9 million, an average of about $53,600, a figure skewed upward by rarer Ram Air and convertible cars. The Camaro tells a similar but pricier story: a comparable 1968 base Sport Coupe with the 327 sits in the $21,267 to $25,467 range in #3 condition, but the broader 1967-1969 Camaro market saw 680 cars trade hands for a combined $60.5 million, an average near $89,000, reflecting how deep the bench of desirable SS, Z/28, and Yenko variants runs. Firebird buyers effectively pay less to play in the same era.

That gap is exactly why plain, honest cars like this one matter to the hobby. It carries its original Body by Fisher and chassis tags, decodes cleanly to a Lordstown-built Sport Coupe, and comes with the kind of small, expected flaws, a missing radio, a cracked steering wheel, a missing windshield cowl, that long-dormant survivor cars always have. It's the type of car that rewards someone willing to do the sorting rather than write a check for an already-perfect restoration. Motorious keeps an eye on sales like this one as part of its recurring look at Hagerty Marketplace auctions worth watching, since no-reserve results are often the clearest read on where a market actually sits, not just where sellers wish it would land.

First-generation F-bodies were never rare cars when new; GM built hundreds of thousands of them. But five decades on, clean, honestly documented examples are thinning out fast. Whether this particular Firebird ultimately sells for $23,000 or climbs well past it before the gavel falls, it's a useful reminder that the entry point to 1960s pony car ownership hasn't disappeared. It's just gotten a little more expensive every year.

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Under the hood sits the 2.0-liter M10 inline-four, breathing through a downdraft carburetor and a K&N filter that pokes proudly through the hood. A Schrick camshaft, aftermarket pistons, and refreshed ignition components point to real attention paid to making power, while a custom exhaust fitted with a Borla muffler lets the little four-cylinder sing. The fuel cell and battery have been relocated to the trunk, a detail that speaks to genuine competition intent rather than a simple cosmetic makeover.

The chassis has been sorted to match, riding on Koni shocks, Eibach springs, and a front anti-sway bar, with a strut tower brace adding extra rigidity up front. Blue-painted Alpina-style wheels wrapped in Continental ExtremeContact tires fill out bolt-on wide-body fender flares, while a lightweight roof panel and sliding-vent side windows help shave unnecessary weight.

Slide inside and the transformation continues. An orange-painted, fully welded roll cage dominates the cabin, flanked by racing seats and harnesses, aluminum checker-plate floors, and a suede-wrapped steering wheel on a quick-release hub. A short-throw shifter, an aluminum pedal assembly, and an aftermarket gauge cluster round out a cockpit clearly built by someone who intended to actually use this car the way BMW engineers always intended: hard, and on a race track.

Offered by the selling dealer with a clean Pennsylvania title, this 2002 is a rare chance to buy a turnkey vintage racer without doing the fabrication work yourself. With bidding still active and plenty of time left on the auction clock, it's well worth a look for anyone chasing an entry into vintage BMW racing, or simply hunting for one of the coolest track-day toys money can buy right now. See it here.

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No. 1 — 2015 Ferrari LaFerrari

There's no better way to open this list than with the car widely considered the last analog Ferrari halo car. This LaFerrari pairs a 6.3-liter naturally aspirated V12 with an F1-derived hybrid boost for a combined 963 horsepower, and this particular example shows just 92 kilometers from new. It is the rarest kind of hypercar: essentially untouched.

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No. 2 — 2004 Ferrari Enzo

The Enzo is the last Ferrari halo car penned by Pininfarina before the brand moved hypercar design in-house, and this is a rare 1-of-6 example finished in Grigio Titanio. Its 6.0-liter V12 makes 660 horsepower through an F1-style paddle-shift gearbox, and this car carries Ferrari Classiche certification plus documented three-owner history.

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No. 3 — 1984 Lamborghini Countach 5000 S

Few silhouettes are as instantly recognizable as the Countach's, and the third-generation 5000 S sharpened the formula with a 4.8-liter V12 good for 375 PS and a genuine top speed near 180 mph. This particular car carries Lamborghini Historical Certification and a six-year, no-expense-spared mechanical refresh.

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No. 4 — 2000 Lamborghini Diablo GT

The Diablo GT sharpened Lamborghini's wildest wedge with a wider track, a fixed rear wing, and a bump to 6.0 liters and roughly 575 horsepower from the naturally aspirated V12. With fewer than 80 examples built, it is one of the rarest and most track-focused Diablos Lamborghini ever sold.

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No. 5 — 2018 Koenigsegg Agera RS

Few production cars can claim a world record, but the Agera RS held the outright top-speed mark at 277.9 mph. This example is one of only 25 built and carries the Megawatt upgrade, pushing its 5.0-liter twin-turbo V8 to 1,341 horsepower, and it is currently the only Agera RS available in the United States.

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No. 6 — 2006 Ford GT Heritage Edition

Ford's revived GT paid tribute to the GT40s that dominated Le Mans, and the 2006 Heritage Edition took that homage a step further with the Gulf-inspired blue-and-orange livery worn by the legendary 1968 and 1969 winners. Power comes from a mid-mounted, supercharged 5.4-liter V8 making 550 horsepower, paired with a six-speed manual.

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No. 7 — 2017 Dodge Viper ACR Extreme

This is the last, wildest version of America's snake, built in the Viper's final model year. The ACR Extreme pairs the naturally aspirated 8.4-liter V10 and six-speed manual with an adjustable aero wing, front splitter, and Brembo carbon ceramic brakes, making it the most track-capable Viper Dodge ever sold.

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No. 8 — 2017 Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2 Spyder

Dropping the top doesn't cost this Huracán any of its drama. The 5.2-liter naturally aspirated V10 sends 572 horsepower to the rear wheels only, which means the LP 580-2 is the purest, most playful way to experience Lamborghini's baby supercar with the sky open.

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No. 9 — 2011 Nissan GT-R Egoist

The Egoist trim was Nissan's answer to buyers who wanted GT-R performance without giving up craftsmanship, hand-finished by the brand's Takumi artisans with bespoke leather, suede, and a lacquered emblem. This MY11 example benefits from the GT-R's mid-cycle bump to 530 PS. Note that this car is located in Japan and is currently offered for purchase and storage only, not U.S. road registration.

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No. 10 — 2018 Porsche 911 GT2 RS

We're closing the list with the most powerful production 911 Porsche has ever built. The GT2 RS pairs a 3.8-liter twin-turbo flat-six with 700 horsepower and rear-wheel drive alone, launching to 60 mph in 2.7 seconds. This example carries the weight-saving Weissach package, with carbon and titanium components and magnesium wheels throughout.

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Underneath the patina and roof rack is a genuine sleeper. The seller backed the SR20DET with a Garrett T28 turbo, a TiAL blow-off valve, a MegaSquirt ECU, and a custom one-piece driveshaft, then routed power through a Nissan five-speed manual and a welded rear differential. Aftermarket sway bars and IPD lowering springs sharpen the chassis, while the cabin keeps its Volvo character, right down to a Flofit-style driver's seat and a custom RC wheel-and-tire shift knob. It is exactly the kind of thoughtful, budget-built project that has come to define a specific strain of enthusiast culture, and as of this writing it is bid to just $2,500 with no reserve.

The wagon as a millennial status symbol

Boxy Volvo wagons never stopped being useful, but they have clearly stopped being uncool. Online auction culture, the kind built by platforms like Cars and Bids and Bring a Trailer, has rewarded exactly this type of build: a practical, three-box shape with a hatch big enough for a dog crate or a set of track tires, wrapped around a drivetrain that would embarrass plenty of factory performance cars. For a generation that came of age watching JDM swap videos rather than reading muscle car magazines, a turbocharged inline-four in a Volvo wagon reads less like sacrilege and more like the obvious move.

What the market actually says

Sentiment is one thing; the numbers are another, and they tell a more complicated story. Hagerty's valuation tools currently peg a 1990 Volvo 240 DL wagon in good (#3) condition at $12,200, down 23.8 percent over the past year, with recorded sale prices over the last three years ranging from $1,598 to $21,000 across 27 examples sold at public auction. The most recent comparable sale in Hagerty's data closed at $12,863 on Bring a Trailer, which puts real numbers behind the idea that clean, honest 240 wagons still find buyers even as the broader market cools. Modified cars like this SR20DET example are trickier to value precisely because they trade originality for character, but the volume of bidder interest on sites like Cars and Bids suggests demand has not gone anywhere.

It is worth adding some nuance here. Hagerty Reports Baby Boomers Reclaim Lead in Collector Car Market Activity, meaning the biggest checks in the hobby overall are still being written by an older generation. But that top-line trend does not tell the whole story at the affordable end of the market. Wagons, oddballs, and swap cars are exactly where younger buyers concentrate their spending, because they offer character and daily usability at a price point that a numbers-matching muscle car simply cannot match.

Not the only wagon making the case

This is not the first time Volvo's wagons have made a performance argument. Volvo's 850 T-5R Wagon proved family cars could run with sports sedans back in the 1990s, and that reputation for hiding speed inside a school-run body has only grown since. Zoom out further and the whole body style is enjoying a moment, as covered in Woodies, Wagons, and Vans: The Overlooked Collector Niche, which argues that wagons have quietly become one of the more interesting corners of the collector market precisely because they were ignored for so long.

The generational shift shows up in ownership stories too. One recent example saw a millennial saves 1982 Chevrolet Corvette from decade of neglect, the kind of rescue that used to be the domain of retirees with a heated garage. And the same online marketplace hosting this Volvo also recently sold this 1995 Subaru Sambar fire truck brings kei-sized charm to Cars and Bids, proof that the appetite for small, weird, and characterful machinery extends well beyond wagons alone. Taken together, it looks less like a single car proving a trend and more like a broader shift in what a new generation of buyers considers desirable.

So, do they?

One no-reserve SR20DET-swapped Volvo cannot settle a generational debate on its own, but it is a useful data point. The bidding on this particular wagon still has time to run, and where it lands may say as much about who is shopping as it does about the car itself. Whether or not millennials love station wagons as a rule, plenty of them clearly love this one.

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The SL nameplate traces back to the legendary Mercedes-Benz 300 SL of the 1950s, but this R232-generation car marks a genuine turning point for the badge: it's the first SL ever developed entirely in-house by Mercedes-AMG. That heritage is stamped right on the engine bay, where a handcrafted plaque bears the name of the technician who assembled it under AMG's "One Man, One Engine" program.

Under the hood is a 4.0-liter twin-turbocharged V8 rated at 469 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque, sent through a nine-speed automatic and AMG Performance 4MATIC+ all-wheel drive, which comes standard on the SL55. The new generation also swaps the old retractable hardtop for a power-operated fabric top, while rear-axle steering and AMG Active Ride Control suspension sharpen handling without giving up the comfortable, grand-touring manners the SL has always been known for.

This particular car wears Opalite White Bright metallic paint over a vivid red Nappa leather interior with carbon-fiber trim, and shows just over 6,400 miles on the odometer. Retractable flush-fit door handles, forged alloy wheels wrapped in Michelin rubber, power-assisted ceramic composite brakes, and a Burmester surround sound system round out a spec sheet built for owners who want their SL to look as sharp as it drives.

The car is being offered with a clean CARFAX Vehicle History Report, a clean Pennsylvania title, both original key fobs, and its owner's manual and service documentation — the kind of paperwork that matters just as much as pedigree when it comes to a modern collector car. With bidding active and climbing, this SL55 is shaping up to be one of the more interesting modern-classic auctions to watch this week, and it's easy to understand the appeal for anyone chasing a nearly new AMG halo car with the history to back it up. See it here.

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Part of the appeal is practical. Hagerty's own price guide shows that many numbers-matching classics carry six-figure premiums for rare factory options, while a well-executed restomod can deliver Corvette or Camaro looks with modern LS-series power, air conditioning, and disc brakes for a fraction of what an original, documented survivor might cost. That gap between nostalgia and drivability is exactly what's fueling demand, and sellers are responding by listing more restomods than ever, with detailed photo galleries and build sheets designed for buyers who are shopping and often purchasing from a phone screen rather than a driveway.

A Six-Figure Corvette Restomod Redefines the C3

County Corvette's 1969 Chevrolet Corvette Restomod Coupe is a good example of how far the segment has climbed. The build starts with a genuine 1969 coupe body, stripped and refinished in deep metallic blue, then mounted on a C7-based Street Shop chassis with adjustable coilovers and a fresh 495-horsepower LS3 backed by a 4L70E automatic. Custom Grand Sport-style wheels, hand-stitched leather, and Dakota Digital gauges round out a build the seller lists at $389,900.

For context on why that number isn't outlandish, Hagerty's valuation tools price a numbers-matching 1969 Corvette in #3 (Good) condition anywhere from about $24,900 for a base 350/300hp car up to roughly $103,000 for a documented L89 tri-power convertible. A restomod built to this level, with a modern chassis and drivetrain most owners will actually use every week, is competing less against Hagerty's stock-condition numbers and more against six-figure resto builds from other top shops.

A Coyote-Swapped 1966 Mustang Fastback

Streetside Classics currently lists a 1966 Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback that's been swapped with a 5.0-liter Coyote V8 and a 6-speed automatic, along with Wilwood brakes, power steering, and a 9-inch rear axle, priced at $149,995 with only 1,808 miles logged since the build was finished. It's a first-generation fastback, one of the most requested restomod donors on the market, built to drive like a new Mustang GT while looking every bit like 1966.

Hagerty's data shows how wide the spread is on first-gen Mustangs depending on spec: a base 289 coupe sits around $21,000 in #3 condition, while an original K-code GT fastback can reach the $70,000s. A Coyote-swapped car occupies its own lane above those figures, priced for the driving experience and workmanship rather than for originality, which is precisely the trade today's restomod buyers say they want.

Muscle Car Restomods Span Every Budget

Not every restomod costs six figures. Streetside Classics also has a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro RS Restomod listed at $64,995, running a 350 V8, a 3-speed automatic, front and rear disc brakes, and 17-inch Torq Thrust wheels, a combination that keeps the classic Camaro silhouette while making the car far friendlier to drive in daily traffic. Hagerty's guide values a numbers-matching '68 Camaro Base V8 coupe around $26,200 in #3 condition, so this build carries roughly a $38,000 premium over a stock equivalent for the upgraded brakes, wheels, and driveline work already done.

At the other end sits a 1966 Pontiac GTO Restomod finished in candy apple red with metallic flake, built around a 5.7-liter LS1 with Texas Speed heads, a Tremec 5-speed manual, a 12-bolt rear axle, and Hotchkis suspension components, listed at $104,995. Hagerty prices a stock 389/335hp GTO hardtop around $23,400 in #3 condition, with tri-power convertibles reaching into the $50,000s, which shows how a modern LS1 and a manual gearbox can roughly double what a comparable numbers-matching hardtop commands.

Even Trucks Are Getting the LS3 Treatment

Vintage 4x4 pickups are one of the hottest corners of the restomod market right now, and a 1969 Chevrolet K10 4X4 LS3 Restomod shows why. This build pairs a 530-horsepower 6.2-liter LS3 with a 4L80E automatic, four-wheel power disc brakes, EFI, and 22-inch wheels, all wrapped in classic square-body sheet metal, and it's listed at $199,995 with just 105 miles on the fresh build. Hagerty's price guide puts a stock 1969 K10 half-ton pickup in #3 condition in the $17,000 to $25,000 range depending on cab configuration and engine, meaning this truck's asking price runs roughly eight to ten times a stock example, a gap that reflects just how much labor and parts go into a frame-up 4x4 restomod build.

Where the Market Goes From Here

Taken together, these five builds tell a consistent story: buyers shopping online want the look of a classic without the compromises of a 50-plus-year-old fuel and brake system, and they're willing to pay a real premium for someone else to have already done that work. Hagerty's valuation tools remain the best baseline for knowing what a numbers-matching example of any of these cars is worth, but as restomod listings continue to multiply across Motorious and similar marketplaces, that stock-condition number increasingly serves as a floor rather than a ceiling. For sellers, that's a green light to keep building. For buyers, it's a reminder to look closely at the fabrication behind the paint before deciding whether an asking price is fair.

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While the Mustang GT soaked up all the magazine covers in the early 1980s, Ford's Lincoln-Mercury division quietly built its own take on the same Fox platform, and clean survivors like this one are getting harder to track down. The car wears a red-and-black two-tone scheme, rides on the factory TRX metric wheel-and-tire package, and packs the venerable 5.0-liter 302 V8 behind a 4-speed manual gearbox. Power steering, power brakes, front disc brakes, and functioning air conditioning round out the equipment list, so it's as usable as it is quick.

The seller believes the odometer reading of 34,068 miles is original, and says the car has been garage-kept and serviced exclusively with full synthetic oil. Inside, a pair of Recaro bucket seats deliver a level of support few economy interiors of the era could match. Whoever buys it also inherits a small stash of spares, including a second 4-speed transmission, extra ignition and fuel-system components, brake parts, and four repair manuals, essentially years of ownership insurance bundled into one purchase.

Hagerty's price guide doesn't yet break the Capri RS out as its own line, but the Capri shared its chassis, drivetrain, and most of its running gear with the Fox-body Mustang, so Hagerty's numbers for the 1982 Ford Mustang 5.0 GT work as a fair proxy. As of mid-2026, Hagerty lists a number-3, "good condition" GT between roughly $10,300 and $19,000, and its broader 1979-1993 Mustang sales data shows an average price near $27,100 over the past year, with results ranging from the low five figures up into the $30,000s for exceptional, low-mile cars. That spread puts this Capri's $17,900 ask right in the middle of where clean Fox-bodies are trading, and Mercury's version has traditionally sold for less than a comparable Mustang despite lower production numbers, a gap the market has been slow to close.

For a buyer assembling a broader collection, this Capri could pair well with other budget-friendly collector cars currently on the market, or serve as a more attainable entry point into Mercury's own performance history, a lineup that never got the credit Ford's badge earned. A documented, low-mile 5.0 Fox-body with this much supporting paperwork and spare inventory doesn't surface often, and clean, unmodified examples on either side of the Ford-Mercury divide keep getting scarcer.

The Capri RS is located at GR Auto Gallery's Indianapolis-area facility and is backed by Motorious' Gallery Guarantee. The full listing, photos, and financing details are available on Motorious Classifieds.

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According to the seller, the car's significance traces back decades, tied to a childhood memory made in a family member's Impala and later renewed through friendship and a shared love of car culture before that friend passed away in 2021. Rather than let the coupe sit unused after retirement changed his garage situation, the owner decided it was time to pass the Impala along to someone who will keep using it the way it was meant to be used: at shows, cruises, and weekend gatherings.

Under the hood sits a 396ci Chevrolet big-block V8 paired with a three-speed automatic transmission and a Positraction limited-slip differential sending power to the rear wheels. The seller says the car was restored in stages between 2012 and 2022, with work covering brake and suspension components along with bodywork and fresh paint finished in silver over a black interior. Additional touches include 19-inch front and 22-inch rear Foose wheels, four-wheel disc brakes, a Be Cool aluminum radiator, Dakota Digital gauges, a Kenwood touchscreen head unit, a trunk-mounted subwoofer, and green LED accent lighting inside and out. The pillarless hardtop roofline, one of the more distinctive traits of the fourth-generation Impala, remains intact.

As with most driver-quality restomods, it isn't perfect: the seller discloses peeling vinyl on the front passenger seat and a non-functioning air conditioning system. Photos in the auction gallery reportedly document some of the bodywork and paint work completed in 2022, giving bidders a way to evaluate the car's history before placing a bid. At the time of writing, bidding sits at $7,000 with three bids placed and the auction set to end September 1st.

Full-size Impalas from this era continue to hold a steady spot in the muscle car market. According to Hagerty's Valuation Tools, a 1967 Impala Sport Coupe with the small-block 283 V8 in #3 (Good) condition carries a guide value of roughly $14,000, while a Super Sport with the 327 V8 in the same condition climbs to about $25,300. Hagerty also notes that a well-kept, average-spec 1967 Impala typically trades hands for around $20,200 in good condition, with the highest documented sale over the past three years reaching $132,000 and the most recent public auction result landing at $83,500. Modified examples like this one tend to sell closer to the lower half of that range unless the build quality offsets the deviation from factory spec, since heavily personalized cars appeal to a narrower slice of buyers even when the workmanship is excellent.

The 1967 model year found the full-size Impala wearing a cleaner, more formal version of its 1965-66 body, with the two-door hardtop's smooth, pillarless roofline becoming one of its most sought-after traits today. It was still Chevrolet's best-selling nameplate that year, and the Super Sport package added performance-oriented trim on top of an already broad engine lineup that topped out with a 427-cubic-inch big-block.

Readers who like this era of full-size Chevrolet can also check out Motorious's rundown of the coolest Chevy Impalas currently for sale, along with a look at how the Impala's mid-size cousin is faring at auction. For anyone weighing whether a build like this makes sense compared to a numbers-matching original, our breakdown of when a restomod is worth it is a good next read.

Whether this Impala ends up going to a new caretaker who shares the seller's appreciation for car culture or simply to the highest bidder, the listing is a reminder that classic cars often carry value that has little to do with the numbers on the odometer or the final hammer price.

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1. 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Corsa — $8,150

Chevy's rear-engine, air-cooled answer to the sports coupe, the Corsa trim added bucket seats, a full instrument cluster, and available turbocharged power to the quirky Corvair lineup. At just over $8K, this is one of the most affordable ways into 1960s alternative performance.

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2. 1973 Cadillac Eldorado — $18,900

Convertible Eldorados are the last word in early-70s American boulevard cruising, with acres of chrome, a thundering V8, and a top that folds away for open-air motoring. This white-over-red example looks ready for a summer cruise.

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3. 1968 Chevrolet Impala SS — $14,900

The SS package turned Chevy's full-size Impala into a genuine muscle car, pairing big-block power with sport suspension and unmistakable good looks. A '68 SS for under $15K is a lot of presence for the money.

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4. 1956 Ford Courier — $19,900

Ford's Courier sedan delivery is one of the rarest fifties survivors on this list, essentially a two-door wagon built for hauling with the style of a Fairlane up front. Panel-delivery classics like this are increasingly hard to find.

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5. 1964 Ford Thunderbird — $19,995

The third-generation "Bullet Bird" brought sequential-look styling, a swing-away steering wheel, and unmistakable personal-luxury flair. This one squeezes in just under our $20K cutoff.

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6. 1962 AMC Rambler American — $7,900

Compact, economical, and thoroughly charming, the Rambler American proves you don't need big cubic inches to enjoy classic motoring. At under $8,000, it's one of the most attainable entries on this list.

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7. 1960 Buick Invicta — $19,500

Powered by Buick's Wildcat 455 nailhead V8, the Invicta blended full-size comfort with genuine get-up-and-go. Nailhead-powered Buicks remain a favorite with builders and purists alike.

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8. 1923 Ford Model T — $13,900

There's no more foundational collector car than the Model T, the vehicle that literally put America on wheels. A century-old T for under $14,000 is a rare chance to own a piece of automotive genesis.

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9. 1950 Packard Eight — $19,500

Packard built some of the most refined automobiles in America, and the Eight offered senior-series elegance at a friendlier price point. It's prewar-style craftsmanship carried into the postwar era.

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10. 1972 Volkswagen Beetle — $18,995

The people's car needs no introduction: air-cooled, rear-engined, and endlessly customizable, the Beetle remains one of the most beloved classics in the world. This '72 is priced right at the top of our budget.

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Under the hood sits a 327 cubic-inch V8 topped with dual four-barrel carburetors, paired with a factory T10 four-speed manual gearbox. The chassis and body were fully disassembled and rebuilt during the restoration, and the car now wears a new black convertible top. Its factory-style removable hardtop rides along for the sale as well, though the listing notes it will need replacement glass. Inside, red vinyl and trim carry through the cockpit, matching exterior brightwork and the dual chrome headlamp bezels that define the second year of Chevrolet's redesigned C1 body.

One detail worth a second look for purists: Chevrolet didn't offer a 327 cubic-inch small-block until the 1962 model year, meaning this convertible's engine represents an upgrade over the 283 cubic-inch V8 that would have been factory-correct for a 1959 build, a car covered in more technical detail in Motorious's 1960 Chevrolet Corvette overview, which shares the same first-generation body and chassis. Period-style small-block swaps like this one are common among restored early Corvettes and tend to appeal to buyers who prioritize drivability over numbers-matching originality.

For a sense of where this generation sits in today's market, Hagerty's Valuation Tools price guide lists 1959 Corvette convertibles with the original 283 cubic-inch engine anywhere from roughly $58,500 for a two-barrel car in good condition up to about $103,000 for a fuel-injected example in the same condition grade, with dual-quad, numbers-matching cars landing closer to the $74,000 to $84,000 range. Because this particular car carries a later-generation small-block rather than its original induction and engine combination, it likely won't chase the top end of that scale among originality-focused buyers, but well-executed frame-off restorations with fresh mechanicals and usable upgrades continue to draw strong bidding at Mecum sales.

The Nashville sale will feature other notable Corvettes crossing the block, continuing a trend Motorious has tracked closely this year, from a 1998 Corvette Pace Car convertible that surfaced on Hagerty Marketplace to a wild 508-hp 1966 Corvette custom that headed to Mecum's Harrisburg auction after spending decades disassembled. Bidders interested in this Nashville lot can register through Mecum's site ahead of the September 25 sale.

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Finished in black over a black leather interior, this 997.2-generation Turbo S represents the final and most potent evolution of the naturally muscular 911 lineup before Porsche moved on to the 991 platform. Under the decklid sits a 3.8-liter twin-turbocharged flat-six producing 530 horsepower and 516 lb-ft of torque, sent to all four corners through Porsche's quick-shifting seven-speed PDK dual-clutch transmission. That combination made the Turbo S Cabriolet one of the fastest-accelerating open-top cars of its era.

The options list reads like a wish list for any Porsche enthusiast, including carbon ceramic brakes, a torque-vectoring limited-slip rear differential, dynamic engine mounts, the Sport Chrono Package with Sport Plus mode and launch control, Porsche Adaptive Suspension Management, and heated and ventilated 12-way power front seats. A cat-back Akrapovic exhaust with signature oval tips has been added, giving the flat-six a bit more voice to match its bite.

According to the listing, the car spent time registered in Arizona and California before landing with the selling dealer, and it now rides on 20-inch center-lock wheels with a clean CARFAX report and a clean Pennsylvania title in hand. Some light cosmetic wear is noted, including fading on the rocker panels and typical interior wear, but nothing that should scare off a driver-focused buyer looking for a usable modern classic.

With bidding still active and the clock ticking down, this Turbo S Cabriolet is shaping up to be one of the more compelling 997 buys of the year for anyone chasing all-weather, all-wheel-drive Porsche performance with the top down. See it here.

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That impression falls apart the moment the hood comes up. Jeff Piper of Harvey's Automotive & Machine built the coupe's GM Performance LS1 around an aluminum block and Dart PRO1 aluminum heads, then added Eagle H-beam rods, Race Tech pistons, a Comp camshaft and a DM Performance main girdle. A Holley Terminator X Max EFI system handles fuel delivery, and power reaches the ground through a Tremec TKO 600 five-speed manual, a McLeod Racing twin-disc clutch and a Moser full-floating 9-inch rear axle with a Detroit Truetrac differential and 3.70 gears.

The drivetrain sits in a black-finished Schwartz Performance chassis with power rack-and-pinion steering, a four-link rear suspension and RideTech adjustable coilovers, so the Chevelle rides and handles closer to a modern platform than a 55-year-old unibody. Wilwood six-piston front and four-piston rear brakes clamp down on 13-inch rotors, and staggered 18-inch front and 19-inch rear Boze Forged Cruiser wheels wrapped in Firestone Firehawk Indy 500 tires fill out the stance.

Kindig-It Design flush-mounted door handles keep the exterior clean, while the cabin swaps in sixth-generation Camaro power seats trimmed in brown and dark green Brazilian leather that carries through the headliner, dashboard and center console. Power windows, keyless entry, Vintage Air climate control and an Alpine stereo round out a cockpit that reads more grand tourer than street brawler, backed by a 160-mph speedometer and an 8,000-rpm tachometer.

The build was finished in 2025, and the car has covered just 447 miles since, with more than $330,000 in documented receipts behind the work.

Hagerty's Valuation Tools give a sense of where the Chevelle nameplate sits in today's market. Factory-original 1970 Chevelle SS models in #3 (Good) condition currently range from around $64,000 for a 396/350hp Sport Coupe to roughly $269,000 for a 454/450hp LS6 convertible, depending on engine and body style. A heavily built restomod like this one does not fit neatly into that price guide, since its value leans more on the quality of the build and the paperwork behind it than on a factory build sheet. Motorious saw a similar dynamic play out with a 1968 Camaro Custom Coupe LS3 restomod that also crossed the Barrett-Jackson block, and with a Coyote-swapped 1974 Ford Bronco that tested just how much buyers will pay for a turnkey restomod when the execution holds up.

For a deeper look at how the Chevelle got here, Motorious' rundown of the 1966 Chevrolet Chevelle traces the nameplate back to the styling changes that set up the fourth-generation body this custom coupe is built on. Registration for Barrett-Jackson's 2026 Las Vegas Auction is open now, with this no-reserve Chevelle scheduled to cross the block September 10-12 at the Las Vegas Convention Center's West Hall.

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The car's story began in 1992, when fabricator Tommy Riggins built it as a tube-frame Cutlass for Scott Flatt Racing to contest the 1994 IMSA GTS class. In that configuration it finished both the 24 Hours of Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring before adding four more starts that season. Heading into 1995, Fantasy Junction founder and then-owner/driver Bruce Trenery had the car reworked with new composite bodywork from Kampney Design so it could compete in IMSA's newly created World Sports Car class. The conversion made it the only front-engined car in the field, and it went on to finish the Daytona enduro three more times, in 1995, 1996, and 1998, along with a pair of Sebring starts and several other IMSA outings.

Retired from competition after 1998, the car changed hands in 2004 and again in 2009, when a Florida-based owner campaigned it at vintage events before it moved to a Canadian collection. Its current owner brought the car to Switzerland and prepared it for Peter Auto's Le Mans Classic series, where it has run in 2018, 2022, and 2023, along with appearances at the Dix Mille Tours and the Grand Prix de l'Age d'Or at Dijon.

Under the louvered, silver-red-and-blue bodywork sits a 388-cubic-inch Chevrolet V8 that was built and installed in 2023, backed by a G-Force GF4A four-speed manual gearbox added in 2024. Power reaches a Ford 9-inch rear axle with a limited-slip differential, while AP Racing and Wilwood discs handle braking duties following a 2022 overhaul by Rebellion Motors. The cockpit centers on a single Sparco seat with a Schroth six-point harness, a MOMO steering wheel on a quick-release hub, and an aluminum dash filled with Pro-Comp gauges and an 8,000-rpm tachometer; the harness and fire-suppression system were both renewed this past spring.

Seller BryanSerafini is offering the car out of Geneva with a spare hood panel, a set of body molds, SVRA and CASC logbooks, and a bill of sale, and notes that an application for an FIA Historic Technical Passport is already in progress, a detail that could smooth the car's path into European historic racing paddocks.

Because it's a one-off special built for racing rather than a production model, the Cannibal-Chevrolet won't show up in Hagerty's valuation tools the way a numbers-matching Corvette or Cutlass would. Still, that price guide is a useful gut check for the broader market this car lives in, tracking steady collector interest in Chevrolet-powered performance machines and showing how the muscle-era Oldsmobile models it was born from have held value even as tastes shift toward more usable classics. The same guide recently framed Motorious coverage of a no-reserve pickup bidding under Hagerty's own numbers, and it's worth applying that same lens to purpose-built racers like this one, where value is driven less by a price chart and more by provenance and event eligibility. This isn't the only unusual racer to cross the Bring a Trailer block lately, either; a Howe Racing-built Dodge Challenger Trans Am TA2 car and a street-legal BAC Mono R formula car have both drawn plenty of attention in recent weeks, a sign of just how much appetite there is right now for cars that blur the line between road and racetrack.

Bidding continues through August 31 on Bring a Trailer, where interested buyers can review the full photo set and ask the seller questions before the auction closes.

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Shelby's connection to Trans-Am racing goes back to the mid-1960s, when Carroll Shelby's shop turned the brand-new Mustang into a genuine SCCA weapon. The GT350 dominated B-Production beginning in 1965, and when the SCCA launched its Trans-American Sedan Championship the following year, Shelby-prepped notchbacks helped Ford claim the inaugural manufacturers' title. That racing bloodline eventually ran through the Boss 302 program of 1970, a car whose #3-condition value sits at roughly $62,300 today according to Hagerty's price guide, and it's the same lineage Shelby is leaning on six decades later with its new Shelby GT350/TA.

Built jointly by Shelby American and Turn Key Motorsports to mark the 60th anniversary of the Trans-Am series, the new GT350/TA borrows hardware developed for Shelby's upcoming Trans Am race program. Only 40 will ever be built, every one already accounted for, and each is logged in the official Shelby Registry. A supercharged 5.0-liter V8 rated at more than 830 horsepower routes exclusively through a six-speed manual transmission, a deliberate choice in an era when most flagship performance cars default to dual-clutch gearboxes. Trans Am-spec coil-overs, Alcon brakes, Forgeline wheels, and a full carbon-fiber aero package round out a car built as much for a road course as a driveway.

This particular GT350/TA carries extra significance beyond simply being first. Finished in Orange Fury with a one-of-one Twister Graphics package referencing Shelby's original Trans-Am racers, it also served as the test car Shelby and Road & Track used for the model's global media review. With only 97 miles on the clock, it's about as fresh as a car with that kind of resume gets. Ford's own halo Mustang, the GTD, produces 815 horsepower and pairs it exclusively to a dual-clutch transmission, so the GT350/TA's manual gearbox and larger power figure give it a genuine claim to being the more driver-focused of the two.

Hagerty's valuation tools offer a useful lens for thinking about where a car like this could eventually land. Original Shelby GT350s already show how widely values can swing within one nameplate: a 1966 GT350 fastback in #3 (Good) condition is valued around $231,000, while a 1966 GT350 convertible in the same condition reaches roughly $740,000, and a supercharged 1967 fastback sits near $422,000. Even the later small-block cars settle much lower, with 1969-1970 GT350s generally landing between $70,000 and $108,000. The modern factory GT350 tells a similar story on a smaller scale: Hagerty prices a standard 2015-2019 GT350 in #3 condition between roughly $55,000 and $64,600, while the track-focused GT350R climbs to between about $72,000 and $107,000 depending on year. A hand-built, 40-unit GT350/TA with a documented media pedigree doesn't fit neatly into any of Hagerty's existing brackets yet, but the pattern is clear: rarity and motorsport connection have always commanded a premium in this family of cars. It's a similar exercise to the one Motorious ran on a no-reserve 1994 Ford F-150 SVT Lightning bidding below Hagerty's own guide, where the price guide becomes a real-time benchmark against what a car actually sells for.

For now, this Auburn Fall sale is the only door open to buyers who missed Shelby's allocation entirely. Whoever wins Lot 610 won't just own the newest Shelby homage to Trans-Am racing, they'll own the first one ever sold outside the factory list, a distinction that tends to matter a great deal once a limited-production car starts showing up at auction years down the road. Readers who want more on where Ford's modern performance flagships stand today can also see Motorious's earlier coverage of this 2020 Shelby GT500 built for wide-open throttle thrills.

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Unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show as the successor to the Enzo, the LaFerrari paired an 800 CV, 6.3-liter naturally aspirated V12 with a Formula One-derived HY-KERS hybrid system adding another 163 CV, for a combined 963 CV routed through a seven-speed dual-clutch transaxle. Only 499 coupes were built, and this example left the factory bound for Auto Italia in Hong Kong, with its certificate of conformity issued in November 2015. The accompanying special-series "Yellow Book" documents that early ownership, and a dedication plaque on the steering wheel still carries the first owner's name.

Ownership changed hands earlier this year, and the new owner promptly sent the car to Rossocorsa, Ferrari's official dealer in Milan, for a thorough recommissioning. Technicians fitted a new high-voltage battery, a 60-amp-hour lithium low-voltage battery and mounting kit, a Gateway Kit, and a fresh EM2 drive belt, running up an invoice north of €200,000 that is on file with the sale. The model's often-cited "sticky button" switchgear issue was addressed at the same time, meaning a buyer inherits a LaFerrari with its largest looming expense already covered.

The timing lines up with a strong run for the model at auction. According to Hagerty Valuation Tools, a 2015 LaFerrari in #3 (Good) condition now carries a price guide value of $5,650,000, up 73.8 percent over the past year, while recent public sales have ranged well beyond that figure: an example brought $8,695,000 at RM Sotheby's in August 2026, a 2014 car made $8,580,000 at Mecum that same month, and another 2015 coupe sold for $6,880,000 at RM Sotheby's in February. Hagerty's data also shows 26 LaFerraris changing hands at public auction over the past three years, a striking figure for a model with a production run of only 499 cars.

The LaFerrari remains the middle child of Ferrari's modern halo-car lineage, bridging the naturally aspirated Enzo and the 1200-CV F80 that arrived a decade later. Its combination of low production and celebrity-adjacent ownership keeps it in constant demand among the same buyers chasing Ferrari's greatest hits, a pool of cars Motorious has tracked through the priciest results of Monterey Car Week and a rundown of six Ferraris considered the stuff of legends. Shoppers with a smaller budget can browse the current crop of coolest Ferraris for sale this week for more attainable options across the range. Broad Arrow, for its part, continues to bring marquee Italian metal to market, following its recent consignment of a spoiler-free Lancia Stratos HF Stradale to the 2026 Zoute Concours Auction.

The Zürich Auction 2026 offers this LaFerrari without reserve, giving bidders a shot at a delivery-mileage example that has already had its major service work sorted. For a car built in one of just 499 examples of Ferrari's first hybrid hypercar, that combination of low mileage, fresh mechanical work, and no floor price is likely to draw serious attention when the gavel falls.

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1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28 Coupe — A Norwood Original in Factory Green

The oldest car in this group is also the one built closest to factory spec. This 1969 Camaro rolled off the Norwood, Ohio assembly line with the Z/28 package coded onto its trim tag, and it still wears factory Fathom Green Metallic paint over Ivory vinyl. Power comes from a 302ci V8 fitted with high-performance heads, a Winters intake, and a Holley 850-cfm carburetor, routed through a Muncie four-speed and Hurst shifter. Bidding out of Grasston, Minnesota has reached $9,500 across 15 bids with 13 days left on the clock.

That number looks light next to the car's paper value. Hagerty Valuation Tools prices a number-3 condition (Good) 1969 Camaro Z/28 at $70,400, and the RS-optioned version even higher. Readers curious how the rest of the first-generation Camaro story fits together can dig into Motorious Explores The Chevrolet Camaro.

1986 Ford Mustang SVO — 39 Years in One Family, 763 HP Under the Hood

The seller of this Mustang SVO has owned it since 1987, buying it from the original owner with roughly 8,700 miles showing. What started as a turbocharged SVO has since become something else entirely: a 2011-2012 resto-mod build by Fatboy Fabrication in Elizabethton, Tennessee, centered on a 5.0-liter Coyote Aluminator V8 with a ProCharger supercharger, dyno-verified at 763 horsepower and 586 lb-ft at the rear wheels, backed by a T-56 Magnum six-speed. The car has picked up roughly 75 trophies and a Muscle Mustangs magazine feature along the way. The current bid stands at $10,300 across 10 bids with 11 days remaining.

A stock 1986 SVO carries a Good-condition value of just $12,700 in Hagerty Valuation Tools, which underscores how much of this build's money went into performance rather than badge value. For another heavily modified Fox-body currently chasing bids on the platform, Motorious covered a 414-stroker 1989 Mustang LX 5.0 hatchback pursuing a similar quarter-mile-first build philosophy, and shoppers who prefer their Mustangs closer to stock can compare notes against this 1968 California Special.

2003 Ford F-150 Harley-Davidson Edition — A 100th-Anniversary Truck Still Flying Under the Radar

Ford and Harley-Davidson both turned 100 in 2003, and this F-150 SuperCrew was built to mark the occasion, finished in a silver-over-Ebony two-tone scheme meant to echo Harley's own anniversary motorcycles. Power comes from a supercharged 5.4-liter V8, and this example shows roughly 33,600 miles with a clean CARFAX report. It is currently bid to just $100 on a single offer with 11 days left, out of Moonachie, New Jersey.

Running the truck through Hagerty Valuation Tools currently turns up zero results, which says less about the truck than about how far specialty-truck coverage still has to catch up. Motorious made a similar case recently covering a 1931 Ford Model AA Sinclair tanker on the same platform, arguing the prewar and specialty truck market is more interesting than any price guide currently suggests.

2022 Mercedes-AMG SL55 — Hagerty's Bet on a Brand-New "Collectible Classic"

Not everything on Hagerty Marketplace is decades old. This SL55 is the first SL developed entirely in-house by Mercedes-AMG, pairing a 4.0-liter twin-turbo V8 rated at 469 hp with all-wheel drive and rear-axle steering, and it is listed under the site's Collectible Classics banner for newer cars Hagerty believes are already headed toward long-term appreciation. Showing just over 6,400 miles, it has drawn the strongest bidding of this group: $40,000 across 17 bids with 12 days to go, out of King of Prussia, Pennsylvania.

There is no guide value yet for a car this new, but Hagerty Valuation Tools shows where the nameplate has settled once the depreciation curve flattens: the previous-generation SL55 AMG from 2003-2008 now prices at just $19,700 in Good condition, roughly half its as-built sticker two decades on. Motorious explored a similar generational arc with a numbers-matching 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing, the car that started the SL bloodline this AMG now carries forward.

1963 Porsche 356B 1600 Super Cabriolet — Room Left to Run

This 356B Cabriolet carries the kind of paperwork collectors chase: late-production T6 Reutter coachwork, a Porsche Certificate of Authenticity and factory Kardex confirming its numbers-matching 1600 Super engine and transaxle, a 1995 national PCA Porsche Parade concours win, and a 2024 bare-metal refurbishment. Factory build records even trace it to a September 1963 delivery through Hoffman Motors. It is represented by a Broad Arrow specialist, and bidding out of Gladwyne, Pennsylvania sits at $35,000 across 3 bids with 13 days left.

That is still well under the car's paper value. Hagerty Valuation Tools prices a Good-condition 1963 356B (T6) 1600 Super Cabriolet at $125,000, leaving considerable room between the current bid and where a documented, concours-winning example like this one is generally expected to land. Buyers weighing a modern alternative can see how Hagerty data frames a different Porsche on the platform, a 24k-mile 2020 Taycan Turbo S also chasing bids this month.

All five auctions remain live on Hagerty Marketplace at the time of writing, with anywhere from 11 to 13 days left on the clock. Full bidding history, photo galleries, and seller details for each car are available on the listings themselves, and anyone chasing a specific model is best served checking Hagerty Valuation Tools before placing a bid.

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What no reserve really means

In a standard auction, a reserve is the minimum price a seller will accept. Fall short of it and the car does not sell. Remove the reserve and that floor disappears entirely: the car goes home with whoever raises the final paddle. If you want the full mechanics, our explainer on what makes a no-reserve auction lays it out clearly.

Why it exposes true value

Reserve prices are aspirational; they reflect what a seller hopes to get. No-reserve results reflect what buyers will genuinely pay on the day, with no fantasy baked in. That makes them the cleanest data points in the hobby. When dozens of cars cross the block with no floor, like the 180-car hoard of hidden Mopars and barn-find classics heading to absolute no-reserve auction, you get a remarkably honest snapshot of real-world demand across an entire range of models.

The buyer's opportunity

For buyers, no-reserve sales are where bargains hide. A car offered late in a long sale, on a slow day, or in an unfashionable color can sell well under market simply because the right two bidders were not in the room. This is also where you can confirm whether a segment is genuinely hot or merely hyped, cross-referencing results against trends like our hottest collector segments roundup.

The seller's gamble

For sellers, no reserve is a calculated risk. The upside is that it signals confidence and attracts aggressive bidding, since buyers know the car will sell. The downside is real: a quiet room can mean a painful result. Sellers in cooling categories, including some of the cars buyers are moving away from, should think hard before dropping their reserve.

How to read no-reserve results

Treat each no-reserve sale as a live market test. Track several over time, the way you might follow recurring events such as the Throttle Car Club auction highlights, and patterns emerge that a single sale can never reveal. Strong, consistent no-reserve numbers signal a healthy segment; scattered, soft results are an early warning.

The honest barometer

No reserve strips away the hopes and asking prices and leaves you with the truth: what someone will actually pay, right now, for this exact car. For anyone trying to understand the collector car market, there is no better place to look.

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Monterey Car Week just delivered another blockbuster for the collector car market. At Gooding Christie's 22nd annual Pebble Beach Auctions, held August 14-15 on the Monterey Peninsula, bidders combined to spend more than $159 million, making it the auction house's biggest sale in its history and the standout result of the entire week.

The star of the weekend was a 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe once campaigned by Carroll Shelby himself. Bidders pushed the coupe to an all-in price of $42,905,000, instantly making it the most valuable car Gooding Christie's has ever sold and the most expensive American-built car ever to cross an auction block. The sale beat the previous American record, the ex-Gary Cooper 1935 Duesenberg SSJ that Gooding sold for $22 million back in 2018, by more than $20 million. For a deeper look at how the Daytona Coupe's shape lives on today, Motorious previously covered a street-legal Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe continuation car built around the original CSX2000 chassis.

The Daytona Coupe's result also toppled the auction house's own year-old benchmark. At last year's Pebble Beach sale, Gooding Christie's set a $25.3 million record with a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider Competizione, a figure that stood as the firm's high-water mark for barely twelve months before the Shelby blew past it.

The Cobra wasn't the only seven or eight-figure result of the weekend. A 1963 Ferrari 250 P brought $18,705,000, a new record for the model, while a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta Competizione added $8,090,000. Further down the order, a 1952 Ferrari 225 Sport 'Tuboscocca' Spider and a 1959 Maserati Tipo 61 Birdcage each cleared roughly $4.2 to $4.3 million, and modern machinery held its own too, with a 2020 Bugatti Chiron Sport 'Edition Noire' fetching $3,442,500 and a Singer-reimagined 1989 Porsche 911 Turbo bringing $1,902,500. Two single-owner collections, from Brian Brunkhorst and the Mullin family, also contributed strong results across a broad range of prewar and postwar metal.

Across the two-day sale, 158 lots found buyers for a 94 percent sell-through rate, with 28 lots crossing the $1 million mark and an average price per lot of $1,005,681, up 19 percent from 2025. Gooding Christie's President David Gooding called it "our strongest auction ever," pointing to the firm's steady year-over-year growth as proof that top-tier collector cars continue to find deep-pocketed buyers.

The Daytona Coupe's record capped a week in which multiple auction houses posted strong numbers around Pebble Beach. Motorious also reported on Broad Arrow's inaugural Quail auction, which delivered $97.4 million and nine world records days earlier, and on a 1924 Hispano-Suiza 'Torpedo' that took Best in Show at the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance as the broader Car Week crowd descended on the Monterey Peninsula. Gooding Christie's own docket that weekend ranged from million-dollar racing icons all the way down to more attainable classics, including a low-mile 1993 Toyota Land Cruiser VX Limited that crossed the block without reserve.

Gooding Christie's isn't slowing down. The auction house is set to debut its first New York sale as the official auction house of Retromobile New York, running November 19-22 at the Javits Center, before returning to Paris in early 2027 for its annual Retromobile auction.

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The automotive hobby is something that is oftentimes passed down from generation to generation. Like a sort of inheritance that lasts forever, it seems to be the glue that holds gearhead families together. Like so many of us automotive enthusiasts, Jesse Greening, the owner of Greening Auto Company, got his passion for building cars from working in the garage with his father from as far back as he can remember. However, for Greening, it was a little more. An enduring past time that would lead him to a desire to turn a father/son bonding experience into a career.

From the red 1959 Apache he built for his dad to his first professional build, a 1933 Ford Speedstar that took the Ridler award at the 2000 Detroit Autorama, Greening and his team have always shown a truly refined skill set and have had a ton of fun along the way. A work ethic that has earned Greening Auto a reputation for not only their unique builds but as of recently for the custom one-off machining they do for even other shops.

Wanting an all-around fun ride for the highway that would also perform well at the track, Jimmy Shaw from Forest, MS contracted Greening Auto Company for his build, not knowing that what he was going to receive would be so much more. Using 19 years of professional experience and a unique ability for machining custom one-off parts, Greening and his team embarked on a 3-year journey that would bring to fruition an incredibly unique 1971 Ford Maverick. A real head turner that would demand the attention of some of the nations most renowned builders, and would lead to Greening being selected as a SEMA Battle of the Builders participant.

Starting with an all original base and a Roadster Shop chassis utilizing a Currie independent rear suspension, Greening managed to squeeze a small block Ford Windsor based engine, built by Bennett Racing Engines, with two Precision Turbos under the hood while still maintaining the stock hood height. A challenge that was accomplished by a custom machined intake manifold. The use of a C&R Racing intercooler and radiator, DEI heat wrap, and custom hood louvers aided in keeping everything cool.

Adding a 3-inch flare to the body allowed enough clearance for the monster sized, a center lock mounted wheels that were machined in-house and housed Baer Brakes, as well as added to the aesthetics of the car. Likewise, a slew of machined body parts and custom carbon and aluminum spoilers aided the car’s stance as well. Greening team member Josh Cook put the final touch on the exterior with a custom Glasurit “Go Fast Greening Gray” paint job.

The interior features an Ididit steering column and a new shifter to control the 4L80E Bowler Performance transmission. Working their hot rod interior magic, M&M fashioned an all leather interior with Alcantara inserts. Stroud harnesses keep the driver and passenger strapped in while a Kicker audio system supplies the tunes. Like any great interior, the focus is on comfort, but this one is not too shy to show its rugged purpose as, to comply with competition regulation, the welds holding the roll cage together are not ground smooth.

Making its debut in the Baer Brake booth at the 2018 SEMA show, the 27K mile Cream Puff original turned baddest Maverick ever built wowed the crowd and the judges. Out of a field of more than 30 entries, the Maverick took the BASF Glasurit Best Paint Award. The Glasurit 55 Line finish, Glasurit “Go Fast Greening Gray” was developed through Color Ideation. The Fourth Annual Glasurit Best Paint Award was presented to Greening personally by BASF Marketing Director Dan Bihlmeyer, and award judge Chip Foose.

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Say them at Scottsdale and the bidding gets faster. Post them on an online listing and the watch count climbs before the first photo has finished loading. Whisper them about a car nobody was paying attention to on Tuesday and by Saturday it has a bidding war. For a phrase that technically describes nothing more than the absence of a contractual minimum, "no reserve" carries an extraordinary amount of emotional freight.

Here's why those two words work so well, what they actually cost the people who use them, and how to keep your head when you're the one holding the paddle.

What "no reserve" actually means

A reserve is the seller's safety net: a confidential minimum price the bidding has to clear before the car legally has to change hands. If bidding stalls below it, the car goes home. On the block it's announced as a no-sale. Online you see it as that deflating gray bar — "Bid to $47,000, reserve not met."

No reserve removes the net entirely. The car sells to the highest bidder. Full stop. It could be a Hemi 'Cuda and it could bring twelve dollars, and in theory the seller has to hand over the keys. That theoretical cliff edge is exactly where all the drama comes from.

That's it. That's the whole mechanic. Everything else — the frenzy, the overpaying, the record results, the occasional bloodbath — is human beings reacting to the removal of a single guardrail.

The bidding starts because the ending is guaranteed

The first and most underrated effect of no reserve is that it solves the participation problem.

Bidding on a reserve car is a strange kind of unpaid labor. You register, you inspect the car, you set your number, you sit through three hours of muscle cars waiting for lot 412 — and then you watch it stall out ten grand shy of a figure you were never told. You did all the work of buying a car and bought nothing. Do that twice and you start scrolling past reserve listings altogether.

No reserve flips that. Every bid is a real bid on a real transaction. The car is going to have a new owner in four minutes and it might as well be you. That certainty pulls in bidders who would otherwise have stayed home, and bidder count is the single most reliable predictor of a strong result. Auctions don't run on money. They run on competition, and competition needs a crowd.

Barrett-Jackson built an entire empire on this observation — an all-no-reserve format across its marquee sales, and the argument that a full room of committed buyers finds a higher number than a half-empty room of tire-kickers negotiating against a secret figure. The results have largely backed them up.

Removing the floor is how you break the ceiling

The counterintuitive part, and the part sellers struggle with most, is that removing the minimum tends to raise the maximum.

A reserve doesn't just protect the seller. It anchors the audience. Whether or not the number is disclosed, everyone in the room understands there's a wall somewhere, and bidding tends to shuffle politely up to that wall and stop. The reserve becomes the ceiling by becoming the target.

Take it away and there's nothing to aim at. The price has to be discovered rather than approached, and discovery happens through two people who both want the same thing and neither of whom knows where the other stops. That's not a negotiation anymore. That's a contest — and contests are where the money is.

Low money on the screen is bait

There's a staging effect too, and it's not subtle.

A no-reserve car typically opens at a laughably low number. Fifteen hundred dollars for a car worth sixty. Everyone knows it's theater, and it works anyway, because for about ninety seconds an absurd fantasy is technically live on the screen: I could steal this. People bid on that fantasy who would never have bid on a $58,000 opening ask.

And once they've bid, something shifts. Psychologists call it escalation of commitment; auctioneers just call it Tuesday. You're no longer a spectator evaluating a car. You're a participant defending a position. You raised your hand, the room saw it, somebody else raised theirs, and now there's an opponent. The internal question quietly changes from "what is this car worth to me?" to "am I really going to let this guy have it?"

That's the engine. Cheap entry, public commitment, a visible rival, and a clock. Ninety seconds later somebody is $12,000 past the number they wrote in their notes, and a fair number of them will do it again next year.

What it costs the seller

None of this is free, and no reserve is not a magic trick that makes cars worth more.

The seller takes on all of the market's risk. If the weather is bad, if the internet connection stutters, if the two people who really wanted that car both happened to buy something else an hour earlier, the number is the number and it's binding. Every consignor who has gone no reserve into a soft room has a story about it, and the stories are not funny for about three years.

That's why no reserve is a strategy, not a default. It works best on cars with broad appeal and well-understood values — the ones with a dozen plausible bidders and a clear comp set — where the risk of a catastrophic low is genuinely small and the upside of a bidding war is real. It works worst on the strange stuff: the ultra-specific, the ultra-expensive, the cars where the entire market is four people and two of them are busy that weekend.

Which is why the pattern in the market data is so consistent. Reserves cluster at the top end and around unusual cars, and they climb generally when sellers feel nervous. Reserve usage across the hobby rose from well under a third of consignments in the mid-2000s to more than half in recent years. When a lot of sellers suddenly want a net, that's information about the market, not just about them.

Bidding smart when there's no net

If you're the buyer, the format is quietly working against you, so a few defenses are worth building.

Write your number down before the car crosses the block, and make it your all-in number — hammer price plus buyer's premium plus transport plus sales tax plus the things you already know you'll want to fix. The premium alone is often ten percent or more, and it is remarkable how many people budget the hammer and forget the rest.

Do the inspection when you're bored, not when you're excited. Pre-auction, in daylight, with the paperwork in your hand. No reserve means no reserve — not no problems, not no rust, and not no stories.

Then set a hard walk-away and honor it, especially in the moment where honoring it feels worst. The bid that costs you is almost never the first one over your limit. It's the third one, when you've stopped bidding on a car and started bidding against a person.

The bottom line

"No reserve" is two words that do a very specific job: they convert an audience into participants. They promise a certain outcome, invite everybody in at a fake-cheap price, remove the anchor that would have told bidders where to stop, and then let human competitiveness do the rest.

For sellers with a car the market genuinely wants, it's often the fastest route to a real, honest, sometimes shocking number. For buyers, it's the best entertainment in the hobby and the easiest place to spend more than you meant to.

And for everyone watching, it's the purest thing in the collector car world — the moment a car stops being worth whatever the guidebook says and becomes worth exactly what somebody is willing to pay.

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Why Cars Disappear in the First Place

Most barn finds don't start out as barn finds. They start out as ordinary cars that ran into ordinary problems. An engine blows and the owner parks it "until I have time to fix it." A move, a divorce, or a death interrupts a restoration mid-project. Sometimes a family simply doesn't know what to do with a relative's collection once that person passes away or can no longer care for it, so the cars sit untouched for a generation. We rounded up some of the wildest examples of this in The Most Dramatic Barn Find Stories On Motorious, including a Trans Am pulled from an Alaska collection and a dozen exotic cars left to quietly rot for decades.

The Places Cars Go To Hide

Barns and garages are the obvious hiding spots, but far from the only ones. Cars have turned up in basements, riverbeds, shipping containers, and abandoned dealership lots. One of the stranger examples we've covered involved a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona that spent years crammed inside a mobile home trailer alongside a numbers-matching Hemi 'Cuda, proof that "barn find" is really shorthand for any car stashed somewhere it was never meant to sit for so long.

What Actually Preserves Them

Climate and neglect determine whether a hidden car becomes a restoration project or scrap metal. A dry, covered space with stabilized fluids can keep a car mechanically sound for decades, but most owners who tuck a car away don't take those precautions. That's part of why a discovery like the 1967 Ford Mustang Fastback Discovered After 40 Years in Storage turns heads: despite four decades of rust and neglect, the car's rare S-code big-block drivetrain and documentation survived well enough to prove it was one of only nine built to that exact specification.

How Barn Finds Resurface

Most hidden cars come back into the world for painfully ordinary reasons: an estate gets settled, a property changes hands, or a family finally decides to clear out a barn that's been locked for thirty years. Word of mouth still plays a huge role too, with hunters building entire careers on going to car shows, talking to old-timers, and following tips to the next hidden collection. Online marketplaces and auction sites have only accelerated the process, giving sellers a way to reach serious buyers the moment a car resurfaces.

From Discovery to the Driveway

Finding the car is only step one. Most barn finds need fluids flushed, brakes rebuilt, fuel systems cleaned, and a thorough rust inspection before they're safe to drive, let alone show. Plenty of buyers take on that challenge on purpose, hunting specifically for neglected cars with good bones. If that sounds appealing, it's worth browsing something like our list of the Coolest Project Cars On Motorious for a sense of what a barn find looks like on the day someone finally decides to bring it back to life.

Barn finds will probably never stop fascinating car people, because they're one of the few corners of the hobby where the story is often as valuable as the car itself. Whether it's a six-figure exotic or a rusted-out pony car with a surprising build sheet, the appeal is the same: somewhere out there, another forgotten classic is waiting for someone to finally open the door.

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Under the shaker hood sits the original 440ci Six-Barrel engine, paired with its factory-correct A833 four-speed manual transmission and Hurst pistol-grip shifter. Chrysler's Track Pak axle package backs up the drivetrain with a Dana 60 rear end, 3.54 gears, heavy-duty leaf springs and heavy-duty shocks, the same hardware buyers ordered when they wanted a 'Cuda that could handle real load at the strip.

The exterior wears Tuxedo Black paint, a shaker hood scoop and a rear spoiler, while the black cabin includes bucket seats, the A62 gauge package with a factory tachometer, and a period aftermarket air conditioning unit, an option few buyers checked on a car ordered strictly for performance.

What sets this particular car apart is its paper trail. It retains its factory VIN and trim tag, and the sale includes two build sheets, multiple production broadcast sheets, an MSRP sticker, the original military vehicle order form and a Wise Elite Validation Report. The car has also been ICCA Detroit-certified against July 2025 judging standards and logged in the MMC Detroit Global Vehicle Registry, with an Elite Wise inspection report backing up its condition.

According to Hagerty's Valuation Tools, a 1971 'Cuda hardtop coupe with the 440 Six-Barrel currently carries a #3 (Good) condition value of roughly $86,200, essentially flat over the past year. That number climbs quickly once the option list changes: a 426 Hemi 'Cuda hardtop in the same #3 condition is valued near $284,000, and a Hemi convertible reaches into the millions. Hagerty's guide also notes that 1971 was the final model year for the Hemi, 440 Six-Barrel and 383 engines in the Barracuda line, and that Barracuda production fell from 55,499 cars in 1970 to just 18,690 in 1971. That production drop is a big reason documented, numbers-matching six-pack cars like this one keep drawing attention whenever they cross the auction block.

This 'Cuda is not the only Mopar-adjacent headline heading to Las Vegas. The same 2026 Barrett-Jackson sale includes a charity Ram truck duo backed by Dana White and a resto-modded 1968 Camaro running an LS3, a reminder that no-reserve sales keep pulling in everything from documented originals to modern resto-mods. Collectors tracing Plymouth's broader model history through the era may also want to revisit our look back at the 1966 Plymouth Fury.

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Coolest Car No. 1: 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon

Serial #0006 of just 3,312 built for 2018, this Pitch Black Demon was ordered new by Gas Monkey Garage and has covered a mere 2,600 miles since. Its supercharged 6.2-liter Hemi makes up to 840 horsepower, enough to make this the first VIN-numbered production car ever built to pull a wheelie from the factory. The numbers-matching Demon Crate and full documentation history are included.

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Coolest Car No. 2: 1991 Ferrari Testarossa

Finished in Bianco Italia over a Crema leather interior, this flat-12-powered wedge is the definitive poster car of the 1980s and 90s. With 14,500 miles on the odometer, it presents as a well-kept example of Ferrari's signature side-strake design, one of the most recognizable silhouettes in automotive history.

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Coolest Car No. 3: 2006 Ford GT

Finished in Speed Yellow with painted racing stripes, this GT shows just 794 miles and comes from a single owner since new. It's a desirable 3-option car with forged BBS wheels and McIntosh audio, one of only 31 Speed Yellow examples built with black brake calipers. The supercharged 5.4-liter V8 and 6-speed manual transaxle deliver the raw, analog experience that made the Ford GT an instant modern classic.

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Coolest Car No. 4: 1985 Audi Sport Quattro

Crossing to auction through Broad Arrow, this short-wheelbase Sport Quattro is the ultimate homologation special born out of Group B rally racing. Its aggressive fender flares, boxy bodywork, and all-wheel-drive underpinnings helped rewrite the rules of performance driving in the 1980s, and clean examples like this one rarely surface on the open market.

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Coolest Car No. 5: 2011 Lamborghini Gallardo LP570-4 Superleggera

Consigned through Broad Arrow, this Superleggera is the track-focused, lightweight variant of Lamborghini's V10 Gallardo, stripped of excess weight and sharpened for maximum performance. Its naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10 and all-wheel-drive chassis make it one of the last analog Lamborghinis before turbocharging and hybrid systems took over the lineup.

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Coolest Car No. 6: 1970 Plymouth Barracuda

This bold orange 'Cuda from Gateway Classic Cars is a Pro-Touring build centered on a 471 cubic-inch stroker V8 fed by a custom NITTO carburetor setup. Power routes through a 5-speed manual and a narrowed 8 3/4-inch rear end with a Detroit Locker, backing up one of Mopar's most iconic body styles with genuinely modern performance underneath.

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Coolest Car No. 7: 1969 Datsun Fairlady Z432

Headed to auction through GAA, this Z432 is one of just 420 built between 1969 and 1973, and one of only 299 from the earliest production run. Its twin-cam, triple-carbureted S20 inline-six was borrowed from the same Prince-developed program that powered the legendary Skyline GT-R, making this right-hand-drive Z one of the rarest and most technically significant Japanese sports cars ever built.

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Coolest Car No. 8: 1966 Ford Mustang 2+2 Fastback Coyote Restomod

Streetside Classics brings us a first-generation fastback with a modern heart: a Coyote 5.0-liter V8 swap paired with a 6-speed automatic, Wilwood brakes, power steering, air conditioning, a 9-inch rear end, and QA1 suspension. With only 1,808 miles logged since the build, it blends the timeless silhouette of the original pony car with genuine show-and-go drivability.

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Coolest Car No. 9: 1977 Pontiac Firebird TransAm SE

Consigned through GAA, this numbers-matching Trans Am wears the W72 performance package and Y81 Special Edition appearance package, the same combination that made these black-and-gold Firebirds a pop culture icon in the late 1970s. Its 400 cubic-inch Pontiac V8, 4-barrel carburetor, and honeycomb wheels are all present and correct on a car that defined an era of American muscle.

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Coolest Car No. 10: 1965 AC Cobra Replica

Rounding out our list is proof that you don't need exotic money to get exotic looks. Built by North American Fiberglass and offered through Gateway Classic Cars, this roadster is modeled on the original, pre-flare AC Cobra shape and finished in gloss black with Terlingua Racing graphics. A 351 Windsor V8, 5-speed manual, Wilwood brakes, and QA1 coilovers back up the vintage racing looks with real performance underneath.

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From a wheelie-capable Demon to a rally-bred Audi and a JDM unicorn from Japan, this week's Motorious inventory proves there's never been a better time to buy something with real character. Head to Motorious to browse the full inventory and find your next weekend project or garage centerpiece.

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The truck is part of the second round of The Generous Collection, more than 250 no-reserve vehicles being sold out of Cullman, Alabama on behalf of longtime collector Greg Rusk. Broad Arrow, the auction house that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hagerty, is handling the sale as an agent for the consignor.

This particular Lightning carries 152,100 miles, an automatic transmission, and a clean Alabama title that is currently in transit. A Carfax report shows one reported incident, a minor accident from December 2021, along with the expected cosmetic wear that comes with three decades on the road, including paint chips, a scuffed driver's mirror and door handle, and finish worn away on top of the bed rails.

Ford's Special Vehicle Team built the first Lightning for 1993, a year after SVT itself was founded, and the truck was aimed squarely at the Chevrolet 454 SS. Under the hood sits a 5.8-liter, 240-horsepower 351 Windsor V8 with GT40-style heads, backed by a four-speed automatic. SVT lowered the ride height, fitted Monroe Formula GP shocks, added front and rear anti-roll bars plus a rear traction bar, and wrapped unique 17-inch wheels in Goodyear rubber. Only 4,007 Lightnings were built for 1994, split across black, red, and white paint, making this truck one of roughly 1,165 examples finished in Vermilion Red that year.

Hagerty Valuation Tools currently pegs a number-3, or Good condition, 1994 F-150 SVT Lightning at $25,100, a figure that has climbed 5 percent recently as first-generation Lightnings gain traction with collectors. Hagerty's data also shows real spread in what these trucks actually bring at auction: the top sale over the past three years reached $88,000, while the lowest changed hands for just $3,131, and the most recent public sale went for $19,688 earlier this month. That range helps explain why a higher-mileage truck with some visible wear, like this one, can still be bidding in five figures below guide value while cleaner, better-documented examples chase the high end of the market.

It is a pattern Motorious has tracked elsewhere on Hagerty Marketplace this month, from a no-reserve 1931 Ford Model AA Sinclair tanker that turned into a working private gas station to a 39-years-owned 1946 Chevrolet half-ton pickup that likewise leaned on Hagerty's guide data to gauge its bidding. In-person inspections for this Lightning are being offered by appointment through August 30, and the winning bidder will have until the end of September to arrange pickup from the collection's Alabama storage facility.

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Buick's Gran Sport line traces back to 1965, when the division decided its A-body coupes needed more muscle to compete with the GTOs and Chevelles dominating the era. The GSX package arrived in 1970 as the halo of the lineup, wrapping the 455 Stage 1 engine in bold graphics and a rear spoiler. Production of true GSX cars was always tiny, and by 1972 tightening emissions rules and insurance surcharges had thinned the ranks even further, making any surviving example with the badge worth a closer look at its build sheet and paperwork.

This particular car backs up its GSX badging with a Turbo-Hydramatic 400 transmission, 3.42 rear gears, and an aftermarket aluminum intake feeding the big-block. Factory air conditioning suggests it was built for comfortable cruising as much as stoplight duels, and the seller notes the paint is only a year old, so the presentation is fresher than the typical 50-year-old survivor.

For buyers trying to gauge what a car like this should cost, Hagerty Valuation Tools is a good place to start. Hagerty's price guide puts a #3 (Good) condition 1972 Skylark 350 coupe at roughly $16,500, and GS and GSX variants have historically traded well above that baseline once their performance equipment and documentation are verified. Looking at three years of auction results for the model, Hagerty has tracked sales ranging from under $3,000 for rough project cars up to more than $70,000 for the best-documented Gran Sport and GSX examples, a spread that shows how much drivetrain authenticity and condition swing the numbers on these A-bodies.

Shoppers weighing this Skylark against other early-1970s muscle should also see how Chevrolet's competing platform is trading; Motorious recently rounded up the 10 Coolest Chevy Chevelles for Sale Right Now for exactly that kind of comparison. Buick's own Skylark lineage is worth a deeper look too, and our research piece on the 1971 Buick Skylark covers how the model changed just one year before this GSX-badged car rolled off the line.

The Skylark is part of GAA Classic Car Auctions' in-progress inventory out of Greensboro, North Carolina, and remains available to view through Motorious. For anyone hunting a big-block Buick with the right badges and the paperwork to back them up, it is worth a call before the gavel drops.

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Porsche never intended the Speedster as a halo model. The stripped-down convertible was cooked up largely at the urging of American importer Max Hoffman, who wanted a cheaper, lighter 356 he could sell in volume to weekend racers on the East and West coasts. Porsche answered with a car that dropped the coupe's roll-up windows for snap-in side curtains, swapped the tall windshield for a low, removable pane, and fitted thin bucket seats in place of the standard bench. The formula worked almost too well: the Speedster became the 356's most recognizable body style and, decades later, its most valuable.

Chassis 80625 falls into the earliest "Pre-A" window of 356 production, built before Porsche introduced the curved windshield and other running changes that would define the 356A in 1956. Gooding Christie's notes the car underwent a comprehensive restoration carried out by Porsche specialist Dave Imes of Apex Auto Body and is finished in Speedster Blue, a color reserved for early Pre-A examples. Beyond the paint, it's the retained matching-numbers engine and original sheet metal that separate this car from the many Speedsters that have been re-bodied, re-powered, or turned into replicas over the decades.

Originality carries a real premium in the 356 Speedster market, and Hagerty's valuation tools illustrate why. Hagerty's price guide currently lists a #3-condition ("Good") 1955 Porsche 356 1500 Super Speedster at $395,000, with an average good-condition value closer to $313,286 once options and originality are factored in. The data also shows how wide the spread can be: the highest recorded sale over the past three years reached $653,712, while the most recent public sale, a car that crossed the block at Mecum in mid-August, brought $269,500. That gap between the ceiling and the median is where numbers-matching, original-panel cars like chassis 80625 tend to live, since collectors routinely pay well above guide for Speedsters that haven't been altered.

Gooding Christie's is handling this Speedster quietly through its private sales channel rather than at public auction, with pricing available upon request, an approach the house has increasingly used for cars it considers exceptional enough to sell outside the usual hammer-and-gavel format. It's a similar strategy the auction house used around its record-setting Ferrari sale and its widely covered Amelia Island results earlier this year. For readers curious how this Speedster compares to other early 356s on the market, Motorious has previously covered a documented 1954 Pre-A Speedster billed as race-bred and rare, a well-preserved 1958 356 Super Cabriolet, and a deeper look at why the 356 is often called the genesis of the modern sports car.

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Under the hood, the naturally aspirated 5.2-liter V10 hasn't been left alone. The seller says Cicio Performance revised the engine and transaxle control software to bring output roughly in line with the more powerful R8 V10 Plus, and paired that work with a valved exhaust system that opens up under throttle. All of that power still routes through Audi's Quattro all-wheel-drive system and a seven-speed dual-clutch gearbox, keeping the car planted in a way few mid-engine rivals can match.

Visually, the coupe leans into its Ara Blue Crystal Effect paint with a carbon-fiber front lip and mirror caps, a body-color X-brace across the engine bay, and matching brake calipers mounted over cross-drilled rotors. Gloss-black 20-inch Rohanna RFX19 wheels were fitted under the current owner's tenure and wrapped in Michelin Pilot Sport 4S rubber with only around 2,000 miles of use. Paint protection film covers most of the body, though the seller notes some chips remain in the windshield and front lip.

Inside, the cabin received a 2025 refresh with custom blue-bolstered, black Alcantara seating featuring diamond-pattern stitching, along with high-gloss Carbon Sigma trim across the dash, console, and doors. A Bang & Olufsen sound system, Audi Virtual Cockpit, and MMI navigation round out the technology, all wrapped around a flat-bottom, carbon-trimmed steering wheel.

According to the listing, the car has passed through five previous owners and shows roughly 39,000 miles, about 12,000 of which were added since the current owner acquired it in 2022. A clean Carfax report shows no accidents, and the Ohio title comes with a lien that will need to be satisfied before the sale can close.

Values for the R8 have proven remarkably resilient for a modern supercar. Hagerty's valuation tools show the first-generation V10 coupe holding in the neighborhood of six figures in good condition, with public auction results over the last three years ranging from roughly $52,500 to as high as $268,500 depending on spec and condition. Hagerty doesn't yet track the second-generation Type 4S cars like this 2018 example as closely, but recent sales suggest the newer generation is following a similar pattern, with clean, well-optioned examples holding value better than most contemporaries.

Motorious has tracked plenty of other R8 stories worth a look, including this V10 Plus that recently sold for under $150,000, a no-reserve V10 Spyder, and even an abandoned R8 that got a second lease on life.

With the auction set to close on August 31, this modified R8 is shaping up to be one of the more interesting supercar deals to watch this week on Bring a Trailer.

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The headliner is the 2026 Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage, a one-off creation from Dutch design house Niels van Roij Design that pays tribute to the 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Shooting Brake originally commissioned by Luigi Chinetti Jr. Rather than starting from a vintage Daytona, van Roij's team built the tribute on a 2009 Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano donor, leaving the naturally aspirated V12 largely untouched while reworking nearly every body panel by hand. The car debuted to a strong reception at the Royal Automobile Club Concours in July before heading to auction with a €450,000-€650,000 estimate.

Highlights include 3D-printed carbon fiber nose sections, hand-formed rear bodywork, electrically operated butterfly doors trimmed in Plexiglas, and a bespoke double-barrel exhaust integrated into the diffuser. Broad Arrow says the build consumed more than 15,000 hours of design and craftsmanship, and the car shows fewer than 44,000 kilometers at the time of cataloguing.

Coachbuilt one-offs based on modern Ferraris rarely change hands, so there isn't a clean comp set the way there is for numbers-matching production cars. For a sense of where the underlying 599 GTB Fiorano platform sits today, Hagerty's valuation tools are a useful starting point, tracking how Ferrari's last naturally aspirated front-engine V12 flagship has traded on the open market in recent years. The Daytona tribute will share the Zoute Concours docket with another closely watched Ferrari, a rare Grigio Ferro LaFerrari that Broad Arrow is offering with a factory-fresh battery pack.

The Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage crosses the block on 9 October 2026 at Broad Arrow's Zoute Concours Auction, held at Approach Golf in Knokke-Heist, Belgium alongside Zoute Grand Prix Car Week. Roughly 70 collector cars are expected to be offered at the sale, spanning multiple categories and price points.

The second shooting brake heading to auction is considerably older but no less unusual. This 1987 Aston Martin Lagonda Series 3 is one of just 76 Series 3 examples built, and the only one Aston Martin factory-approved for conversion into a shooting brake. Switzerland's Roos Engineering carried out the transformation using factory-supplied parts after the car was acquired in 1996, finishing the work in 2000.

The conversion reshaped the Lagonda's dramatic wedge silhouette with custom-cut glass and a bespoke luggage compartment, plus a cabin retrimmed in Connolly leather and Alcantara. Broad Arrow is offering the car without reserve, carrying a CHF 250,000-350,000 estimate.

The Lagonda has long been one of the more polarizing entries in Aston Martin's back catalogue, and factory-original Series 3 examples already trade in a fairly narrow band. Collectors curious how a one-off coachbuilt variant like this one might stack up against a standard Lagonda can turn to Hagerty's valuation tools, which track pricing trends across Aston Martin's wedge-era lineup. Broad Arrow has leaned on that same kind of data elsewhere this auction season, framing its recent Lancia Stratos HF Stradale consignment against Hagerty's price guide in similar fashion.

The Lagonda will be offered at The Zürich Auction on 7 November 2026, where Broad Arrow returns to the Dolder Grand for a second year as the official auction partner of Auto Zürich. Roughly 60 collector cars are expected to cross the block at the lakeside sale.

Both sales continue a rapid buildup for Broad Arrow, which has expanded quickly since its founding in 2021. The auction house is also set to run its first Northeast sale in Newport, Rhode Island on 2 October, and its inaugural Quail Auction earlier this year posted $97.4 million in sales with nine world-record results. Collectors interested in consigning a car or attending either the Zoute Concours or Zürich sale can connect directly with a Broad Arrow specialist through the auction house's website.

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Introduced in 2013 and built through 2023, the Wraith was Rolls-Royce's answer to buyers who wanted opulence without giving up outright speed. Under that long hood sits a 6.6-liter twin-turbocharged V12 rated at 624 horsepower and 642 lb-ft of torque, enough to send a car weighing close to three tons through the 0-60 sprint in the low four-second range, numbers that still hold up against plenty of modern performance coupes.

This particular example shows roughly 16,500 miles and comes loaded with air suspension featuring variable damping, soft-close coach doors, heated and massaging front seats, an aerial-view camera system, adaptive cruise control, and night vision. The seller also added a set of 22-inch Forgiato wheels, orange-painted brake calipers and Rolls-Royce emblems, a starlight headliner, and matching starlight door panels to play off that orange leather. One sharp-eyed commenter on the listing pointed out that the speaker grilles suggest the upgraded Bespoke audio system, though the car actually carries the standard setup, a reminder that options on modified cars are always worth double-checking before bidding.

The bigger story here is the paper trail. According to the Carfax attached to the listing, this Wraith was sideswiped in June 2024 and, separately, was later flagged with recorded water damage; an insurer subsequently totaled the car, and it received a junk title in Florida before being issued a salvage and flood-damage title in Kentucky. It is now being sold on a rebuilt title out of New Jersey. None of that shows up in photos of that glowing orange cabin, which is exactly why branded-title history matters so much on auctions like this one. For a broader rundown of what to check before placing a bid on any listing, our guide on how to read a car auction listing is worth a look.

It is also worth remembering that insuring a branded-title car is not as simple as insuring a clean-title one; our breakdown of collector car insurance basics covers how that coverage differs and why it matters for a car like this.

Rolls-Royce values are a study in contrasts. Hagerty's valuation tools track the brand's classic era closely, with published price guides for cars like the Silver Cloud, Silver Shadow, and Corniche, but the modern, BMW-era Wraith has not yet entered that price guide the way older Rolls-Royces have. That is typical for a car still working through its ordinary depreciation curve rather than an established collectible, and a rebuilt title only accelerates that slide. Motorious has tracked similar swings elsewhere in the market, including Hagerty's recent double-digit drop in Demon 170 values and a broader look at why some muscle car values climbed while others stalled, both useful context for anyone trying to figure out what a modified, branded-title car like this Wraith is really worth.

This is not the only eye-catching no-reserve build making noise on Cars & Bids recently; an 850-horsepower Hennessey Mustang Dark Horse drew plenty of attention on the platform as well, part of a growing trend of heavily personalized modern performance cars finding their way into no-reserve auctions.

Bidding on this Wraith stood at $100,500 across 14 bids at the time of writing, with the no-reserve auction set to end August 28 at 1:33 p.m. ET. Given the car's history, anyone considering a bid should read through the full vehicle history report and equipment list on the listing page before getting swept up in that orange interior.

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