Monterey Car Week 2022 Auction Preview: the $10 million cars

Monterey Car Week is upon us once more, and the auction cluster that provides a large part of the show at the week-long automotive celebration is shaping as the biggest in history.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Ferrari, Bentley, M… Continue reading Monterey Car Week 2022 Auction Preview: the $10 million cars

Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

Our annual highlights of the auction year reached a crescendo in this post-2021 coverage - the most explosive growth, the most ridiculous lots, and dozens of examples of the most expensive items in history ... not to mention the most bizarre lots we've yet seen. The most intriguing of them all was the sale by tender of (most of) the cars from the 2015 movie, “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

The 2021 auction year was quite extraordinary, with almost all auction categories reporting unprecedented levels of participation and sales.

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Top 100 highlights of the 2021 auction year

Our annual highlights of the auction year reached a crescendo in this post-2021 coverage - the most explosive growth, the most ridiculous lots, and dozens of examples of the most expensive items in history ... not to mention the most bizarre lots we've yet seen. The most intriguing of them all was the sale by tender of (most of) the cars from the 2015 movie, “Mad Max: Fury Road.”

The 2021 auction year was quite extraordinary, with almost all auction categories reporting unprecedented levels of participation and sales.

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Category: Collectibles, Lifestyle

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Meet the Artura hybrid, the first totally new McLaren in a decade

McLaren was reasonably early on the whole hybrid supercar train; while the BMW i8 was the first to break cover in 2011, it didn’t hit production until 2014. By then, the McLaren P1, LaFerrari and Porsche 918 were all on the road making monster horsepow… Continue reading Meet the Artura hybrid, the first totally new McLaren in a decade

McLaren unveils the lurid MSO Sabre, its most powerful ICE car yet

McLaren has rolled out the first of its exclusive Sabre supercars. Only available in the USA, the Sabre pushes McLaren’s twin-turbo V8 engine harder than ever before, and dips its toe into an exuberant and flamboyant new design direction.Continue Readi… Continue reading McLaren unveils the lurid MSO Sabre, its most powerful ICE car yet

Pictorial: 2020 Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace

The United Kingdom’s Concours of Elegance has always been select on almost every level, though this year it was significantly more so. The concours always limits the number of entrants to maintain its extraordinary standards, and this year brought toge… Continue reading Pictorial: 2020 Concours of Elegance at Hampton Court Palace

McLaren edition wireless earphones aim for best-in-class track performance

Audio gear veteran Klipsch has partnered with McLaren Formula 1 for a special edition pair of true wireless earphones. The McLaren-themed T5 II Sport earphones are waterproof, include an external antenna for Bluetooth connection stability, and are good… Continue reading McLaren edition wireless earphones aim for best-in-class track performance