This Saturday, May 21st, is Bonhams’ annual sale of Aston Martin automobiles and automobilia located in Newport Pagnell, historic home of the prestigious British manufacturer. Cars on consignment have had their provenance assured by Aston Martin Works, the marque’s in-house heritage car facility.
What Ferrari left out of the F40 made clear what kind of car it was. There was barely any sound insulation, and no radio. There weren’t even interior door handles; you reached into a recess in the door to pull a cable. Early cars had sliding Lexan side widows; later versions had hand-cranked roll-up windows.
With new 911 Carreras sporting turbochargers, the Porsche Club of America takes a look at the last 911 Turbo to be the only turbo 911.
When Restorations Go Bad: If the shop is not doing the job right – or at all – get the car and take it somewhere else. Read the full article here.
The first of the auctions coinciding with the Historic Monaco Grand Prix is Bonhams’ Les Grandes Marques a Monaco, with a docket deserving of the title. Here are a few of the cars on consignment that have caught the attention of our team of leasing experts.
Premium automotive marques love turning an anniversary into a reason to launch a special model. And so it was no surprise that Lamborghini chose its founder’s 100th birthday (April 28) as cause to offer a very short run of a very special model, the appropriately named Centenario.
This weekend, a cavalcade of over 150 pre-1974 classic cars will assemble in Beverly Hills to be judged on their originality, beauty, and historical import. Held at the private estate of the eponymous Greystone Mansion, the Concours d’Elegance boasts entrants from all around the world, with equally diverse vehicles from marques as exotic as their coachwork.
This week, residents of southern and central California are being treated to the rattle and hum of the 26th anniversary of the California Mille. The drive amounts to 1,000 miles of the best backroads in California, through the hills and beside the Pacific Coast.
In spring 2016, BMW introduced a new two-seat track eater cleverly disguised as a midsize coupe: the M4 GTS. Why an M4 has only two seats offers your first clue about the GTS’ mission: instead of a back seat, there’s a factory-installed roll cage. There’s a fire extinguisher, too.
