A 1983 Ferrari 400i with just 2,000 miles – and owned by the Rolling Stones Keith Richards – is up for auction at R M Sotheby’s Modena sale next month. Four-seat Ferrari’s may not be the most desirable cars on the wish list of Classic Car collectors, but this 1983 Ferrari 400i – with just […]
Peel P50 up for auction – will it beat the £135,000 paid for a P50 last year?
A 1964 Peel P50 – the world’s smallest ever car – is going up for auction next week at R M Sotheby’s Monterey sale. Will it beat last year’s £135,000? Most of the world had never heard of the Peel P50 – a 1960s micro car built on the Isle of Man – until Jeremy […]
Porsche ‘Reborn’ specialists SINGER and WILLIAMS F1 build stunning air-cooled 911 engines
Porsche specialists Singer has teamed up with Williams Advanced Engineering to deliver a modern interpretation of Porsche’s 1990 flat-six engine. The world is full of ‘specialists’ who will make your Porsche look ridiculous and endowed with baubles and bangles and oodles of power. But there’s one company who do things very differently. Singer Vehicle Design […]
1954 Jaguar XK120 SE by Pininfarina RESTORATION to be revealed at Pebble Beach
A 1954 Jaguar XK120 by Pininfarina – a one-off model – has been restored by CMC to its former glory and will be revealed at Pebble Beach later this month. There are plenty of rare Jaguars around, from the Lightweight E-Types to the XKSS. But they seem as common as much compared to this – […]
McLaren F1 joins EXHIBITION to celebrate designer Gordon Murray’s 50-year career
Car designer Gordon Murray, probably best-known for the McLaren F1, is honoured with an exhibition in Dunsfold to mark his 50-year design career. Gordon Murray will always be best known for designing the McLaren F1 Supercar, but his 50-year career hasn’t just been about McLaren Supercars. Far from it. In fact, in recent years, Murray […]
1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 with just 11k miles SELLS for £122,400
A 1987 Ford Sierra Cosworth RS500 with just 11,000 miles from new has sold at Silverstone Auctions this weekend for a massive £122,400. When Ford decided to replace the Cortina with the Sierra in the 1980s, car buyers thought they’d gone mad; who would buy a car that looked like a jellymould? So Ford decided they […]
Rolls Royce Phantoms from I to VIII at the ‘Great Eight Phantoms’ Exhibition (video)
The Rolls Royce Phantom VIII has been revealed in London alongside the greatest Phantoms from Rolls Royce’s history. These are the top Phantoms – from I to VIII. Rolls Royce has been teasing the arrival of the new Phantom VII for a while with the promise of an exhibition on London of the ‘Great Eight […]
Elton John’s 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona up for auction this month
A 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona owned by Elton John in the 1970s is up for sale at Silverstone Auctions this month, with a top estimate of £575,000. The Ferrari Daytona is a hugely appealing Ferrari in the real sense, with its glorious shape and V12 engine firmly under the bonnet, just as it should be. […]
McLaren F1 #044 – the first F1 in the USA – up for sale and could hit £10M
The first Mclaren F1 road car to enter the USA is going up for auction at Bonham’s Quail sale in August and could hit £10,000,000. McLaren F1 road cars are as rare as hens teeth, with just 64 road legal cars originally built (although some F1 GTRs have subsequently been made road-legal) plus just five […]
John Lennon’s Rolls Royce Phantom V is another of ‘The Great Eight Phantoms’
The Rolls Royce Phantom V owned by John Lennon is the latest of ‘The Great Eight Phantoms’ to be revealed as part of the debut of the new Phantom VIII. Rolls-Royce is leading up to the debut of the new Phantom VIII by gathering together the world’s ‘Great Eight Phantoms’ to sit alongside the new […]