The Speed channel will be featuring live coverage of the 41st Annual Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction this coming Saturday, where Ford will be offering up the racetrack durability car that aided in the development of the production model 2013 Shelby GT500. Not only will one lucky enthusiast get to take this rare car home, but [...]
One of the six ever made Jaguar XJ220S is crossing the auction block in Phoenix, Arizona this week. The model is the only modified one of the six and features a carbon-fiber body to help cut weight down to 2,379 lbs, is coated in paint created to match Lamborghini’s Reventon Gray, and a boasts a [...]
Last year at the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale Auction, Bret Michaels auctioned off his 1969 Chevrolet Camaro for a nice $220,000. He will return this year with a collection of three cars from his prized personal collection. “We welcomed Bret to the Barrett-Jackson last year with the sale of his 1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS,” said Craig Jackson, [...]
The very first 1969 Dodge Charger from The Dukes of Hazzard will be going under the hammer next month at the Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. With no reserve price on the car, the 1969 Charger is expected to bring in a nice chunk of change from The Dukes of Hazzard fans. Known as the [...]
About a month ago, Joe Maddalena and his company ‘Profiles in History’ said they were going to auction off a DeLorean used in the Back to the Future III movie along with a bunch of other memorabilia. It turns out that the DeLorean used in the third part of the movie brought in a winning [...]
Joe Maddalena and his company ‘Profiles in History’ are preparing to auction off a bunch of spectacular items from the Back to the Future movie series at their ‘Icons of Hollywood’ auction that will run from Dec. 15 – Dec. 17. The biggest item going up for auction will be the DeLorean Time Machine driven [...]
The 1949 BMW Veritas isn’t really the best looking car from the German automaker but it is definitely a unique looking machine. The car is currently being offered up for auction at Auctions America by RM in Chicago. According to the history provided by RM: It was the work of Ernst Loof, Georg Meier and [...]
A slow economy may be to blame for several poor performances at RM’s annual London Auction. A Lambo, Ferrari and an Aston failed to meet their reserve prices, but that did not stop the top lot from being sold: a ‘58 250 GT LWB “Tour de France” Berlinetta Ferrari fetched a cool $3.6 million. The [...]
Lamborghini is the king of hypercars. And the car to put the brand that started off making large application tractors on the map was the Lamborghini Miura—probably one of the most important cars in all of automobile history. And because of its stature for being the first to set the template for mid-engined supercars, the [...]
After recovering from a serious heart condition, Gord Designer Melvin Betancourt wanted to use his craft to give back to those who helped him. Doctors at the Henry Ford Hospital saved Betancourt’s life by catching a tear in a major blood vessel eleven years ago, and performing an immediate open-heart surgery. Beatancourt now says “There [...]
