Jaguar is showing a willingness to spend considerable sums to possess the ultimate rendition of heritage: a continuation car of the Jaguar D-Type. That is, an actual model from the past, built just as it was when new, with no modern updates.
Dan Gurney was the all-American racer, the tall, cool motorsports athlete who became as much of a household name as sports figures like Mickey Mantle, Joe Namath, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Over a four year period, 7,085 were made, with most sold in the U.S. Many Tiger owners modified, raced and wrecked their cars, and so models left in stock or near-stock condition are relatively rare. Bonhams is offering such a car, a 1965 Tiger that remained in the hands of its original owner until 2014. The red Tiger has a pre-sale estimate of $90,000-$120,000 and will be offered without reserve.
Come out of the cold for a week of sun-soaked auctions in Scottsdale, Arizona. Of the thousands of collector cars sold, the couple hundred offered by RM Sotheby’s are in a league of their own.
Undoubtedly one of the most original Cobras in in the world, this time machine is being offered at the RM/Sothebys Monterey auction with a pre-sale estimate of $1.2-$1.4 million.
The new Ford GT is one of the most anticipated enthusiast cars in recent history, Ford will build only one thousand over the next four years.
The Pantera was a queen of diamonds, a sexy Italian-built supercar that inspired lust on first sight, but with a Ford V8 under its rear hood promised.
The 2017 Ford GT is a close sibling to the car that won at Le Mans this year. From its carbon fiber tub and bodywork to pushrod suspension, the Ford GT leaves no doubt about its track lineage. The design, while thoroughly modern in terms of aerodynamic science, draws a stylistic line back to the 1966 Le Mans winner.
Auctions America has been named the official auction house of the Hilton Head Island Motoring Festival & Concours d’Elegance. From American classics to European sports cars, the weekend’s auction will span the spectrum of the market, shining spotlights on examples of excellence in automotive styling and engineering.
