Porsche will now sell you a pop-top roof camper for your 911 supercar

How many times have you found yourself out bush-bashing in a Porsche 911, catching a breathtaking view after a gnarly river crossing and thinking “damnit, if only I had somewhere convenient to sleep right now?” If it’s more than zero, you’re in luck.Co… Continue reading Porsche will now sell you a pop-top roof camper for your 911 supercar

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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Frontier-smashing Porsche 356 snow-drifter to attempt Antarctic record

If you were planning to travel hundreds of miles across Antarctic snow and ice, you’d probably be looking to captain something like an e-treaded polar snow ferry or concept-grade propeller cruiser, maybe even a specially prepared tricycle. What you wou… Continue reading Frontier-smashing Porsche 356 snow-drifter to attempt Antarctic record

The spectacular cars of the 2021 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este

The Villa d’Este is a 16th-century villa near Rome, which was for centuries a residence of the aristocracy – princesses, marquises, sultans, tsars and Popes have lived there. Since 1873, the villa has been one of the most charming and celebrated five-s… Continue reading The spectacular cars of the 2021 Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este

Pictorial: 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

The most pressing question hovering over the spectacular 18th fairway at Pebble Beach Golf Links last Sunday afternoon was whether such mass elegance could ever be matched again. In addition to crowning a new Best of Show at the world’s most important … Continue reading Pictorial: 2021 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance

“Son of Gemballa” announces his own adventure-sports Porsche conversion

Uwe Gemballa’s son Marc has decided to follow in pop’s footsteps and start a business hotting-up supercars. First up: an “adventure sports” take on the Porsche 911. The Martien is a 750-horsepower sand-flinger that encourages off-road shenanigans.Conti… Continue reading “Son of Gemballa” announces his own adventure-sports Porsche conversion

“Son of Gemballa” announces his own adventure-sports Porsche conversion

Uwe Gemballa’s son Marc has decided to follow in pop’s footsteps and start a business hotting-up supercars. First up: an “adventure sports” take on the Porsche 911. The Martien is a 750-horsepower sand-flinger that encourages off-road shenanigans.Conti… Continue reading “Son of Gemballa” announces his own adventure-sports Porsche conversion

Bugatti merges with Rimac and announces a hybrid/electric future

After months of rumors, the blockbuster hypercar business deal of the decade is now official: storied brand Bugatti, with its 112-year history of ultra-exclusive automaking, is now majority owned by 12-year-old Croatian electric hypercar upstart Rimac … Continue reading Bugatti merges with Rimac and announces a hybrid/electric future