A multigenerational assemblage of standout ’Vettes, led by KISS frontman Paul Stanley’s Factory Customized VIN 001 2022 Chevrolet Corvette Convertible, a COPO Camaro previously owned by MLB Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson, two Ford Eleanor Mustang Tributes and a very Regal 1987 Buick Turbo are some of the early consignments for the 14th Barrett-Jackson Auction in Las Vegas, June 30–July 2, at the Las Vegas Convention Center – West Hall. “Offering vehicles with celebrity provenance is something Barrett-Jackson is well known for, and especially during our annual Las Vegas Auction,” says Craig Jackson, chairman and CEO of Barrett-Jackson, The World’s Greatest […]
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Eight-year success story through 12 road and three track versions Automobili Lamborghini announces Huracán number 20,000: an STO model in glorious Grigio Acheso Matt for a client in the Principality of Monaco. While the Huracán Super Trofeo Omologata is the pinnacle of Huracán performance in a road car with racing spirit, it heads an extended family of Huracán models that have delivered aspirated performance with characterized dynamic handling and driving emotion since its 2014 launch. “At its unveiling we said that with the Huracán, Lamborghini is writing the next chapter in its great history,” says Automobili Lamborghini Chairman and CEO […]
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Register for this car lover’s event: FAST! The fourth-annual Hypercar Invitational returns to Laguna Seca Raceway in California for three days, June 9–12, showcasing the automotive industry’s super stars, the fastest of the fastest, the best of the best: Bugatti, Pagani, Zenvo, Hennessey, Aston Martin’s Valkyrie AMR Pro and others. Dealer sponsors are also bringing cars to the Monterey track famous for historic racing. These include O’Gara Coach, Boardwalk Pagani and Lamborghini, Luxury Collection, Miller Motorcars and Ferrari of Silicon Valley. “Hypercar International is a unique experiential automotive marketing concept, a dynamic launch platform that unites a hand-selected group of […]
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After a three-year pandemic hiatus, the La Jolla Concours d’Elegance triumphantly returned to Ellen Scripps Browning Park in the La Jolla Cove April 22–24 with 141 cars and eight motorcycles judged in 24 classes on Sunday; a preliminary Ferrari Friday and Tour d’Elegance Saturday morning; get-togethers both nights; and even a vintage air parade, also on Sunday. Presented by LPL Financial and Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty, the event, “World Class Cars, World Class Experience,” honored the 113th anniversary of Bugatti, with the Best of Show award going to a 1931 Type 51 Coupe from the famed Nethercutt Collection. Two other […]
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Anyone who has watched the original Top Gear on BBC-TV knows that the irreverent trio of hosts voted the Stelvio Pass as one of the best driving roads in the world. It’s a favorite for drivers of high-performance cars and bikes who come from all over Europe and yes even the USA. The road was built in the 1820’s and took five years to complete. Fighting between Italy and the Austro-Hungarians took place along the pass during the First World War. The total distance is just 22 kilometers, and since it’s at 2,758 meters above sea level it’s closed from November […]
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A diverse docket of 300 to 400 premium collector cars and trucks and memorabilia from the 1920s through 2022 will be offered during the annual MAG Collector Car Auction April 29 and 30 at the WeKoPa Casino Resort in Fort McDowell, about 20 minutes from Scottsdale near Fountain Hills. “We offer every type of vehicle from classics to exotics, American muscle and foreign sports cars, Reserve and No Reserve,” says Mike Oberle, co-owner with Emmett Rice of MAG Auctions (MotorSport Auction Group), which combined with Silver Auctions in 2018 to hold the Arizona event. “There will be a little for […]
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Radford Racing School, the premier destination for high-performance driving and racing experiences, is launching the one-of-a-kind Radford Racing School Lotus Driving Experience as an official Lotus USA Track Partner, featuring the North American exclusive, Evora GT. The experience includes the nation’s most robust curriculum designed to allow visitors to take maximum advantage of the Evora’s capabilities and offers the most seat time of any Lotus driving program in the U.S. “Our connection to these amazing Lotus cars runs deep,” said Mike Kessler, general manager of Radford Racing School. “We unveiled our exclusive Lotus Driving Experience at the same time Radford […]
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Bugatti will be the honored marque and the Mercedes Benz 300 SL Coupe, “Gullwing,” the featured model at the 2022 La Jolla Concours d’Elegance, April 22–24. Presented by LPL Financial and Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty, the 16th La Jolla Concours will feature 125-plus vehicles that will be independently judged in 14 classes, 13 for cars and one for motorcycles. The Concours, “World Class Cars, World Class Experience,” takes place at Ellen Scripps Browning Park in the La Jolla Cove, and the weekend’s events, such as the parties and tour, take place nearby, also in La Jolla. For the first year, […]
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A 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 (Lot S152.1) sold for $3,025,000, leading all sales during the fourth-annual Mecum Glendale auction, March 16–19, at State Farm Stadium. The event generated $66.3 million –– a 53% increase over last year’s Glendale auction. The sell-through for the reserve-based auction was 78%, with 1,285 of the 1,657 lots going to new owners. The event posted record attendance, too, up 37% from 2021. Even sponsors such as Dodge reported record engagement with its pre-auction Power Parties and Thrill Ride attraction. “This year’s auction in Glendale was Mecum’s best to date,” says Sam Murtaugh, chief operating officer […]
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Three superlative vintage car collections head the docket during the 2022 Barrett-Jackson Palm Beach Auction, April 7–9, at the South Florida Fairgrounds. The 18th event in Florida returns after a two-year hiatus as a result of the pandemic. Following the 50th-anniversary Scottsdale Auction, the most successful event in company history, when 190-plus world auction records were established, the Palm Beach Auction will showcase selected classics from Mark Pieloch’s American Muscle Car Museum; John Staluppi’s Cars of Dreams Museum; the George Shinn Collection; and stand-out individual cars. All will be offered at No Reserve. From the American Muscle Car Collection is […]
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The Bulleit Bourbon Derby DayClub Presented by Sanderson Lincoln Features Live Betting and Local Horseracing It’s a unique mix of fashion, gambling, horse racing, party tents, and stunning vehicles. Arizona’s best Kentucky Derby party, The Bulleit Bourbon Derby DayClub presented by Sanderson Lincoln, is returning to Phoenix’s Turf Paradise May 7th. This is the only Kentucky Derby Party in Arizona where fans can place their bets on the Kentucky Derby while watching the live simulcast PLUS live local horseracing at Turf Paradise, Arizona’s first sports franchise. Indeed, much of the party tent seating is near the finish line at Turf […]
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Every Porsche model has an official name and an in-house type number. Sometimes the two are identical, sometimes not – the Porsche Newsroom explains. Some dreams are difficult to capture in words because they have such long names. One example is the Porsche 356 A 1500 GS Carrera, which, in 1955, conjured up a blissful expression on the faces of car enthusiasts the world over. Visually and technically, the elegant sports car was superb: “Look, there goes a Porsche three five six A fifteen hund …” and it had already zoomed past with its top speed of 124 mph. Admittedly, […]
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Rolls-Royce has reimagined its iconic Spirit of Ecstasy figurine to grace the bonnet of its new all-electric motor car, Spectre, 111 years to the day the Spirit of Ecstasy was first registered as intellectual property of Rolls-Royce on 6th February 1911. The figurine has been remodeled with a lower, more dynamic stance that brings her much closer to the drawings made by her original creator, the illustrator and sculptor Charles Sykes, in the early years of the 20th century. It also sees her physical form represent The Expression, a visual device that forms part of the marque’s new visual language. […]
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The State’s Only Derby Party May 7th With Live, Local Horseracing Dress up. Dress down. No matter you will be looking all around. That’s because the excitement and energy of the Bentley Scottsdale Polo Championships is returning to Turf Paradise May 7th to create Arizona’s best Kentucky Derby party, The Bulleit Bourbon Derby DayClub presented by Sanderson Lincoln. This is the only Kentucky Derby Party in Arizona where fans can watch and wager on the Kentucky Derby while watching live local horseracing at Turf Paradise, Arizona’s first sports franchise. Once again, the Polo Party style tents are returning to Arizona’s […]
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The eighth annual Concours in the Hills car show on Saturday February 12 continued its unbroken tradition of record setting. Almost 1,200 vehicles, and an estimated 40-50,000 spectators, completely filled 35-acre Fountain Park in Fountain Hills, AZ to raise over $430,000 for Phoenix Children’s Hospital. Mother Nature again cooperated with clear, sunny skies and temperatures in the low 80’s. The magnitude of this show is a testament to the enormity and diversity of the car scene in Arizona. The show had over 100 sponsors, including Title sponsor Gila River Resorts & Casinos, and encompassing most facets of the car business. […]
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A rare 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing, the 24th of just 29 manufactured from 1954 to 1956, sold for $6,825,000 at RM Auctions, leading all cars during Arizona Automotive Week, Jan.22–30, which returned in full strength to the Valley of the Sun following a pandemic-abridged event in 2021. At Worldwide Auctioneers, a Pebble Beach award-winning 1929 Duesenberg Model J Berline, one of the first Model Js delivered when new, brought $2,260,000, and at Barrett-Jackson, celebrating its 50th anniversary in Scottsdale, a 2004 Porsche Carrera GT (Lot #1398) generated $1,980,000. And, at Gooding & Company’s Geared Online Scottsdale Edition, a […]
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Your vehicular toys deserve luxury toy chests at the Valley Toy Barns. In 2010, father and son team, Paul and Jason Phillips, opened their first Toy Barn in Cave Creek, Cave Creek and Peakview roads, to provide luxury garage spaces for cars, trucks, motorcycles, boats, jet skis and RVs. This January, they will break ground on their sixth location, and the second at the Scottsdale Airpark, as Arizona celebrates its annual car-auction week. “When we started out during the Great Recession, we wanted to meet the demand from downsizing home owners and people who could use more space for their […]
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Switching Gears in the New Year During the pandemic, a lot of people dived into new hobbies and habits, or old ones they had abandoned years before. With everyone adjusting to the new normal of spending more time inside, things like streaming movies and ordering everything online got a little old. One hobby that did see a pickup during the pandemic was car restoration, or just motormania in general. Classic car owners and racecar enthusiasts began to get back behind the wheel of hollowed out shells of their garaged project cars and realized they needed some professional help to move […]
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Your valuable automobiles should be protected as if they were parked in a luxurious air-tight vault. Vault Auto Storage is newly-built, it’s superbly secure and it’s nearby in the Scottsdale Airpark. Opened December 9, 2021, by Scottsdale residents Ron and Pam Evans, the 16,000-square-foot facility, 15882 North 77th Street, just south of Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard, provides rented vehicle storage and collection maintenance for one or more of your classic or exotic cars. They also provide event hosting. “We have been able to build it the way we wanted for our collection of cars and automotive memorabilia,” says Evans, who […]
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Looking to buy a standout classic Z/28 Camaro? Streetside Classics usually has more than a score. Want to consign one? Streetside Classics wants to talk. “Same goes for Mopar, Shelby, Chevelles, trucks and more. Streetside always carries an enormous selection of all years, all equipment packages and all colors. You tell us what you want, and it’s more than likely we have it,” says Bob Mueller, vice president of Sales & Marketing. “If we don’t, we probably will soon.” Charlotte, North Carolina-based Streetside Classics has six large indoor showrooms nationwide, with 1,600 collector cars in stock and ready to buy. […]
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If you have one or more classic cars, make sure they’re insured with Agreed Value Coverage, says Josh Grundy, third-generation principal of The Grundy Agency Inc., based in Horsham, Pennsylvania, an hour north of Philadelphia. Agreed Value and Stated Value are as different as junker and Jag. Today’s large insurance carriers offer Stated Value Coverage, but collector-car-focused companies insist on the Agreed Value product. “Let’s say you insure your collector car for $40,000 with one of the big guys. If something happens to it, that’s not what you’ll get a check for. The company will subtract depreciation, mileage and wear […]
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Vehicle Reveals, New Product Debuts, Celebrity Appearances, Educational Seminars, and Business Deals Highlight the Four-Day Trade-Only Show SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) , the trade association representing the $47.8 billion automotive specialty equipment industry, concluded its annual SEMA Show Friday, Nov. 5, noting the end of the Show represented the successful conclusion of the largest North American automotive trade show since the pandemic shut everything down in 2020. “The industry was clearly excited to be back in-person at the SEMA Show, both to capture business opportunities and to network and celebrate the world’s greatest collection of innovation on wheels,” said […]
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Valley luxury garage suites Motor Vault houses more than exotic cars This January, car enthusiasts across the Valley will gather together sharing their passion for automobiles in a month full of events. But while the yearly car extravaganza is a great opportunity to look over some of the most unique and sought-after vehicles from yesteryear and today, for real estate developer Vern Haugen, it’s practically an auto show every day of his life. Haugen has been in real estate development and luxury custom home construction for nearly three decades. He has developed more than $300 million in real estate throughout Arizona, […]
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Locking It Down When most people think of San Diego or Southern California in general, they might think of blue skies, sunshine, palm trees, the beach, surfing, etc. It’s the prefect place for a weekend getaway and a beach vacation. But it’s also the perfect place for unwanted car thefts to take place. While vacationers are thinking of how to plan out their day in the sunshine, attorney John Gomez of Gomez Trial Attorneys is thinking of how to protect his clients’ cars and bottom line. Since 2005, Gomez has represented clients in the Greater San Diego area who have […]
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