Spring is here, and it's the perfect time to discover fresh feelings of adventure.If you are willing to explore your need for speed, then RepoKar is the right place for you! RepoKar is a fun, high-octane online Public Auto Auction where you'r...
Hong Kong Classic showcased 100 different rare and classic cars. This weekend they wanted to catch a glimse of the world's most prized automobiles. "We spent a lot of time researching international collections to display in Hong Kong," says co-creator of the event, Melanie Riach, of the show's collection of 100 classic cars and motorcycles."The star of the show, The Napier Railton from Brooklands Museum in England, was this year's iconic centerpiece. When it's 24-liter Napier aircraft engine roared to life, the crowds became so excited! It was amazing for us...
1939 Bugatti Type 57C Van Vooren won the award in the category of beauty contest.Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the Prince of Persia and the Shah of Iran, received from French government as a wedding gift an Elegant roadster with a registered body in the Art Deco-style studio worked in Vanvurena. Until 1979 this Bugatti Type 57C Van Vooren Cabriolet was in the Shah's collection, but after the overthrow of the Pahlavi religious fundamentalists, it was cheaply sold (less than $ 275), and somehow was moved to the US where the owner tried to equip the car.Currently, this unique Bugatti is s...
The TV and radio star, Chris Evans, was disappointed in selling only a half of his classic car collection. The collection was of 12 models and he expected to fetch £8 million.The most expensive models didn't reach their reserve prices - a Ferrari 275 GTB/C valued at £2.6 million and a £2.3 million Ferrari 365 Daytona Spyder. He also failed to sell his famous Chitty Chitty Bang Bang replica, which had an estimate of £250,000. A Ferrari 250 GT Lusso, valued at £1.4 million, also went unsold.However, Evans managed to raise more than £50,000 for C...
We all dream to drive and discover a treasure or to find a barn of vintage cars as Shelby Cobra or Porsche Speedster hidden way under a sheet, totally forgotten. An upcoming auction from Artcurial in France on February 6 proves that these treasure of valuable things exist, and this might be one of the ultimate barn finds ever. There was a collection of about 100 dirty cars that had been undisturbed for decades. They included all of the great European marques, like Bugatti, Porsche, Maserati, Ferrari and many more. There was a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider with covered headligh...
Love for collecting is familiar to everyone from childhood, and for many it remains a passion for life. Collectible model cars – this is one of the subjects to which passionate collectors manifest their love.If in the childhood a small collector will be enthused about the new candy wrappers, to the more advanced age he will be crazy about more serious things. Here, however, not everything depends on love to subjects, but also on importance of the price factor. What kind of automobiles are looked by the collectors? Car collection is considered one of the most expensive hobbies. ...
