Porsche finally unveiled its first electric model, the Taycan Turbo and Turbo S. The world’s preeminent sports car maker has gone electric, an in a uniquely Porsche way. Taycan’s 93.4-kWh battery pack lasts on average over 250 miles per charge.
The Bugatti Centodeici is priced at $9 million, and there are just dieci (ten) of these in the world, coming out in 2021. The Centodeici is modeled after the first Bugatti revival of the early 1990s, the EB 110.
The Ferrari 275 GTS was positioned as the more comfortable everyday driver. Its interior appointments were a bit more luxurious, with fully adjustable and more accommodating bucket seats, plus more luggage space. The 275 GTS that sold at the Mecum Monterey auctioned for $1.1m (pre-sale estimate was $1.1m-$1.4m).
While hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of collector cars once again changed hands at the world-renowned 2019 Monterey Car Week auctions, preliminary sale totals were reported by Hagerty Insurance and Larry Edsall of ClassicCars.com on Saturday, August 18th at $245.5 million.
Gooding & Company is offering one of Vignale’s finest designs from that time, a 1952 Ferrari 212 Inter, one of only 80. At the time, this meant Ferrari has produced 180 cars. Total. This 212 Inter pre-sale estimate is $1.7m-$2m.
The DB AR1 was a well thought-out machine, with big Brembo brakes featuring racing-style grooved discs, and four-piston calipers and the booster from a V12 Vanquish. There’s a limited-slip differential, and unique multi-spoke 19-inch alloy wheels use a revised offset to give a wider track.
Certainly one of the most beautiful Brewster bodies on the Phantom I was the Ascot Tourer, of which 28 were made. This was a dashing five-passenger open car with flowing fenders more characteristic of the 1930s models to come.
As the official auction house of the world-renowned Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, Gooding and Company has had the honor of being the official auction house of this storied event – the cornerstone of Monterey’s celebrated Classic Car Week.
Renowned for selling thousands of choice collector cars and achieving world-record prices with regularity, RM Sotheby’s has extended its 2019 Monterey auction schedule to three days spanning Thursday, August 15th through Saturday, August 17th, including “An Evening with Aston Martin” single-marque evening.
