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Paying Attention (updated with final sales prices). Part 1 of our annual survey of the best and most interesting of the Pebble Beach auctions covers the Bonham’s auction conducted at The Quail automobile gathering at Pebble Beach. The Bonham’s auctions are always special because their auction team not only assembles a terrific group of automobiles for …
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Paying Attention (updated with final sales prices): Each year, we take some time to review the cars that are offered on auction at Pebble Beach. There are other big collector/classic car auctions in the world, but over the last decade, Pebble Beach has emerged as THE auction, the one where record prices are set and …
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Press Clippings: Ferrari has followed it’s very successful California model–the Company’s first front-engine, V8, retractable hard top, convertible–with a new model, the Ferrari California T which features the same, proven architecture but with new technology on everything from the suspension to the infotainment system. The car was revealed on 12 February 2014 and was being …
Ferrari: We knew it was coming from the day of the first announcement when Apple Senior Vice President of Internet Software and Service, Eddy Cue, joined Ferrari’s Board of Directors. Cue brings a unique understanding of the digital world—and the possibilities of such a world—to Ferrari. And Ferrari, a company long known for technological innovation, …
To read, to see, to pass on, to ponder 23 November 2013 Autocar magazine is one of those brilliantly edited English car magazines that assumes you’re reasonably literate and publishes accordingly. They feature a wide bandwidth of editorial coverage of all things auto, from racing to reviews of new models, and in one of their …
We were expecting the auctions that take place during the week of the Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance to set new records and that is exactly what happened. Last week, we picked out some special collector cars from the offerings from three of the big auction houses to highlight, and put links to each of the cars underneath their description along with an estimated sales price. For follow up, below please see the sold prices of the featured automobiles.
Dimensions and Weight Overall Length 177.87in Overall Width 80.15 in Height 45.67 in Wheelbase 104.33 in Front Track 67.71 in Rear Track 66.45 in Dry Weight 2745 lb Tires Front: 30/65/18” Michelin Rear: 31/71/18” Michelin Brakes Front: 14.96x 1.38 in. Rear 13.7 x 1.26 in Engine Type: 90 Degree Four Cam V8 Bore & …
Yesterday, Risi Competizione, the top North America Ferrari GT racing team, ran at Lime Rock in Connecticut. Lime Rock is and always has been a tough track for the Ferrari; it’s traditionally been much better suited to the Corvettes and Porsches and BMWs that also race in the GTLM class. Risi Comp finished the …
Last year, in this very same space, we presented an overview of some of the most interesting cars to be offered at the annual Pebble Beach auctions conducted by all the major automobile auction houses during the week long celebration of automobiles and automobilia that rans parallel to the justifiably famous Pebble Beach Concours D’Elegance. …