Image: RM Sotheby’s George Singer’s famed motor-wheel machinery helped set the English-speaking world in motion. Brass-era motorized cycles were much less expensive than their four-wheeled automotive counterparts, and their ability to run on pedal power made them quite a good choice for upwardly mobile contemporaries. If you, perhaps, didn’t have enough money to buy a … Read more
Image: RM Sotheby’s Arguably Formula 1’s greatest driver, Michael Schumacher, was the poster boy for Omega’s “MK40” triple date automatic Speedmaster campaign. Because of this, the reference 3520.53—like this one—became known as “The Schumacher.” Presumably this watch was a gift from Omega to Schuey in 1996 for his work on the ad campaign, as it … Read more
One of the featured classes at last weekend’s 2024 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance was the Italian coachbuilder Frua. There was a Maserati-specific Frua class, as Maserati is celebrating its 110th anniversary this year, and a class for Frua designs of other brands. My favorite car of the bunch (and certainly the largest), was this 1971 … Read more
Screenshot: Tom Hartley Jnr Ltd Every year, many of the most valuable cars in the world make their way to Monterey, California for Car Week. It’s possible to still enjoy the event for relatively little money, but really, this event isn’t really for people like us. It’s for the billionaires and mega-millionaires who can afford … Read more
I suppose it’s the time my friend and I decided to do a top speed run in my ‘72 240Z while heading south towards Mexico through San Diego. This happened back in the later part of the 80’s, when I was still technically a teenager, but old enough to drink in Mexico. I was counting … Read more
While walking around Beverly Hills with friends yesterday I came across a very special car. This ultra low-mileage 2019 Porsche 911 GT2 RS is one of the most bespoke specs of the model that Porsche created, with over $344,000 in options making its $639,345 MSRP 217 percent higher than the car’s base price. If that … Read more
The Z4 GT3 was one of the coolest, if not exactly within the spirit of the rules, ways to go racing a decade ago. BMW’s aging M3 proved highly uncompetitive in the GT3 class by 2012, and the new-shape Z4 didn’t have enough motor to compete either, so the company combined the two, shoving the … Read more
Image: RM Sotheby’s There are few cars in the pantheon of motorsport history that incite a fervor of enthusiasm without a correlating record of success quite like the six-wheeled monstrosity that is the Tyrrell P34. Ken Tyrrell’s team ran this radical outside-the-box car with four front wheels for the 1976 and 1977 seasons, finding a … Read more
There aren’t many racing cars that are still relevant on track over a decade after their first outing. For Kremer Racing to enter a Porsche 917 in the 1981 running of the Le Mans 24, 12 years after it first raced there, was unusual at the time and unthinkable today. A regulations loophole allowed the … Read more
Car auctions are always fun, but there’s something special about a car collector auction — where every vehicle up for sale was purchased, prized, and preserved by a single owner. An auction in Alabama, though, promises to outdo all others: A warehouse auction from a car collector, auto builder, and railroad worker. Carspotting, Monterey Auction … Read more
