A headline last month was a shocker to some Ferraristi: “Ferrari Wants ‘Utility Vehicle’ in a Plan to Double Profit.” Will a Ferrari SUV grace us with its presence?
To do something completely different, after a dozen years rallying around Western Virginia and West Virginia, we moved Mountain Mille 300 miles South. The rally took place just a week after Hurricane Matthew, but the storm affected coastal North Carolina and not the western mountains. Even better, the weather for the rally was perfect.
The Corvette long carried a stigma of crudeness versus the Europeans, and the Chevy bowtie just doesn’t carry the status of a Porsche crest. That reputation had been eroding since the late 1990s, though not everyone noticed. Today, any Porsche 911 driver not looking at the new Stingray with just a twinge of horsepower envy ought to check his pulse.
Let’s take a look at 10 categories of vehicles valued over $100,000 that are likely to provide both emotional and financial rewards to the enthusiast who can appreciate what they have to offer and fully use them as intended.
If you find yourself in the Mojave desert at the end of next week you’ll be in for an treat, Barrett-Jackson is hosting their next auction at Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino on September 24-26th with many great cars to watch. Premier’s Southeast Sales Manager, Chris Warren is watching the 1979 Porsche 930 Turbo at Lot 726.
Southwest Passage begins in Santa Fe Concorso, Taos, Telluride, Gateway Canyon and 1OOO miles of driving fun in the mountains of Colorado, Utah & New Mexico.
On Friday, June 30, 1953, workers at the Chevrolet plant in Flint, Michigan, assembled the first Corvette, a two-seater sports car that would become an American icon. The first completed production car rolled off the assembly line two days later, one of just 300 Corvettes made that year.
