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Spyker C8 GT2-R Works for sale at RM Sotheby's Le Mans Auction
24-May-2023
The RM Sotheby's Le Mans Auction on June 9th 2023 features a unique Dutch racing car: a works Spyker C8 GT2-R. Spyker is one of the great pioneering names in motoring and was reborn in 1999. It returned to competition in 2002 with a racing variant of its C8 Spyder. Despite entering blue ribband events, the Double 12-R left room for improvement, and in 2005 the new and revised C8 Spyder GT2-R arrived, featuring a 3.8-litre version of the production car’s Audi V-8 mated to a Hewland six-...
First two cars produced by Enzo Ferrari added
01-May-2023
Contributor Vincenzo Alba added the two first cars built by Enzo Ferrari to the database: the Auto Avio Costruzioni 815. A brief story about the car: In 1938, Ferrari left Alfa Romeo after running Scuderia Ferrari as their racing division. The agreement ending their association forbade Ferrari from restarting Scuderia Ferrari within the next four years. Ferrari then founded Auto Avio Costruzioni (AAC) in Modena to manufacture aircraft parts and machine tools for the Italian governme...
Hagertys 7 Collector Car Price Indices Update
28-Apr-2023
The Hagerty Price Guide Indexes are seven stock market-style indexes that average the values of notable segment movers, or “component” cars: Blue Chip, Ferrari, British, German, Muscle Cars, 1950s American and Affordable Classics. They help provide a broad overview of how different segments of the collector car market are performing. In their article of 28 April 2023 the reflect on the first months of this year and discuss the the trends for this year. Hagerty: Buying an...
Unique Barnfind 'Palmen Collection' with 230 classic cars will be auctioned in The Netherlands
24-Apr-2023
An unknown collection of 230 classic cars at an unknown location in the Netherlands has been discovered. The 'Palmen Collection'. Gallery Aaldering is auctioning this gigantic collection in cooperation with Classic Car Auctions. From Lancia Aurelia Spider to Mercedes-Benz 300S Roadster and from Alfa Romeo 2600 SZ to various Facel Vegas: the diversity is enormous. Dutch car collector Mr Palmen started collecting special classic cars about forty years ago and housed them in three differ...
Iconic F1 2000 Michael Schumacher for sale: $ 7.500.000 +
28-Mar-2023
One of the most iconic Ferrari F1 cars is for sale at RM Sotheby's in April: the F1 2000 #198. In 2000 Michael Schumacher won his third F1 World Champion title, but the first one with Ferrari. This car was one of the cars that brought the world championship back to Ferrari since 1979. Serving initially as the Scuderia’s spare car, it was entered in four races: Brazilian Grand Prix (Q: 3rd, 1st position), Spanish Grand Prix (Q: pole & 5th position), Monaco Grand Prix (Q: pole &...
Wrecked exotic cars and parts for sale at IAA
23-Mar-2023
What happes with crashed cars? In many cases insurance companies become owner of the damaged cars and in the United States IAA sell these cars by auction on their website www.iaai.com Currently 260.521 damaged cars are offered. Among them also classic and exotic cars like Aston Martin (17), Austin Healey (1), Bentley (54), Ferrari (18), Fiberfab (1), Lamborghini (15), Lotus (6), Maserati (223), Maybach (2), Mclaren (13), Porsche (345), Rolls Royce (18), Shelby Cobra (1). Besides cars the...
Porsche GT2 RS Max Verstappen for sale
22-Mar-2023
A Porsche 911 GT2 RS Clubsport (VIN: WP0ZZZ99ZKS197050) said to have been owned by current Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen is for sale at a Ferrari dealer in Phoenix, Arizona. The price is a cool $795,000 (£650,000). Porsche describes the 911 GT2 RS Clubsport as “the most powerful, non-street legal, GT customer sports we’ve ever built” – pointing to its 3.8-litre twin-turbocharged flat-six engine, which produces 690bhp at 7000rpm. Only 200 were produ...
AutoWiki Car Rally & Concours - 17 June 2023 - Netherlands
01-Mar-2023
The first AutoWiki Car Rally & Concours will take place on June 17, 2023 in The Netherlands. With this event, AutoWiki wants owners and enthusiasts to enjoy (their) 'special' cars even more. The car rally is provided by the professional men of RallyMasters, who guarantee a beautifull and challenging route. In addition to the competitive competition element of the rally, a lot of attention will also be paid to the cars themselves and there are several prizes to be won at the Concou...
2nd Edition ICE St Moritz, how 'cool'
28-Feb-2023
In 1985, a group of Scottish and British sportsmen drove to St.Moritz with their Vintage Bentleys to celebrate the Cresta Run’s centennial. Part of the celebration was held by driving their cars around the horse-racing track over the frozen lake of St.Moritz. Among the stunned onlookers was Marco Makaus, and this scene fired his imagination and kept burning for many years. In 2019 his plan became reality and a test edition of the 'Concours of Elegance on Ice' was held. Over th...
Founder starts sponsor campaign to raise money for further AutoWiki development
28-Nov-2022
Our founder, car enthusiast Lodewijk Beijst, has started a sponsor campaign in The Netherlands to raise money for the AutoWiki Foundation needed for further development of the AutoWiki platform. Recently AutoWiki has started the second phase of the development of the platform and extra funding is needed. "In the first stage we focussed on the back end of the platform, creating the website, the database and all functionalities and making sure everything works", Lodewijk says. &q...