Automoto Network

Carroll Shelby’s touch still lingers to grace the auction fates of vintage racers rarely spoken of in conjunction with his name. Last August, it was RM Sotheby’s offering a Ruddspeed Ace, the English roadster that served as archetype for Shelby’s Cobra. Next month, at the Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance, Gooding & Co will put a […] February 05, 2022 at 06:15AM

When we learned that Chevrolet would auction the first retail 2023 Corvette Z06 for charity at this month’s Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction, we figured there’d be another Corvette record in the making. The last charity Corvette the auction house sold was the first 2020 C8 Corvette, which NASCAR team owner Rick Hendrick bought for $3 million. With his winning bid, […] February 01, 2022 at 06:46AM

A collection of four-wheel-drive trucks and SUVs used on Ye’s (formerly Kanye West) ranch property in Wyoming are up for auction. While some celebrity vehicle auctions can be plumbed for unique collectors’ pieces or signposts of wealth-fueled eccentricity (and the latter would certainly be on-brand for West), what we have here is a relatively practical […] November 03, 2021 at 07:03AM

If the new Tundra is a little too much truck for you, perhaps you’d prefer a throwback to a simpler time, one with more modest grille sizes. And possibly the perfect throwback is up for auction in New Hampshire this week: a nearly-new 1993 Toyota Truck. While some Toyota trucks have endured a million miles, […] September 24, 2021 at 06:18AM

OK, we get it: There’s really no such thing as “reasonable” Acura NSX ownership anymore, but around here, we’re fans of cars that can be appreciated, and this 66K-mile automatic NSX-T finished in Long Beach Blue Pearl with a week to go at Cars & Bids has “driver” written all over it.  “But Byron, how […] September 09, 2021 at 06:07AM

Chevrolet is sitting on the sidelines while Ford and Ram duke it out in the high-performance desert pickup arena. It wasn’t always that way: in the early 2000s, the muscle truck war was being fought on the pavement, and Chevrolet threw its hat in the ring with the Silverado SS. One remarkably clean example is […] August 07, 2021 at 06:48AM

Porsche’s factory team took its first international win at the 1951 24 Hours of Le Mans with a 356 Gmund SL Coupe, but privateers throughout the 1950s contributed the majority of wins and podiums. One such garagiste was Walter Glöckler, a Volkswagen and Porsche dealer as well as motorcycle and car racer in Frankfurt. With […] July 31, 2021 at 07:38AM

Every year before the Geneva Motor Show, we post about some peculiar yet highly thought-out concept from Swiss company Rinspeed that will debut in the city by the lake. Thing is, these fantastical Geneva jewels aren’t new; company founder Frank Rinderknecht has been working them up since he founded his company in 1977, and back […] July 30, 2021 at 07:37AM

The custom van craze of the 1970s is long gone, but for some, its influence lingers. That’s certainly the case for the owner of this 2021 Ford Transit Connect, who had his humble modern van tricked out ’70s-style. Specifically, this Transit Connect borrows its multi-hued livery from the 1976–77 Ford Econoline Cruising Van (and the […] July 29, 2021 at 07:03AM

Ford has created a one-off Mustang Mach-E that honors a heroic group of women pilots in World War II. The car will be sold in a charity auction at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture fly-in in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) were a group of female airplane pilots who flew warplanes, […] July 29, 2021 at 07:03AM

Cheap economy cars aren’t often preserved for posterity, but this 1994 Chevrolet Cavalier sedan is certainly an exception. It’s clean, (nearly) pristine and shows just 18,000 miles. it’s up for auction right now on eBay Motors,, too. The Cavalier nameplate had made its debut back in 1982, one of GM’s J-car family of front-wheel-drive subcompacts. […] July 28, 2021 at 06:48AM

Two Tom Hanks vehicles are headed to auction at Bonhams during Monterey Car Week this August. The big get is a 1992 Airstream Model 34 Limited Excella travel trailer that Hanks used while shooting movies for decades. The secondary (but also exciting) offer is a 1980 Toyota FJ40 Land Cruiser that Hanks had specially built […] July 27, 2021 at 06:17AM

One of the most legendary Camaros of all time is going up for auction at Monterey this August. The blue and yellow 1967 Chevy Camaro Z/28 was the fourteenth Camaro Z/28 ever built, and the first of six to wear the Sunoco Penske colors. It’s expected to sell for $1.4 to 2 million when it […] July 24, 2021 at 06:48AM

A high-school senior is left home alone when his parents go out of town. He offers to drive his dad’s prized Porsche 928 while they’re gone, “just to charge the battery.” Dad says, no, he’s not insured to drive the car. Mom says, “Just use the station wagon.” Does he listen? Of course not. Taking […] July 21, 2021 at 07:39AM

The Jaguar E-Type is considered by many to be the most beautiful car ever built, and that’s particularly true of the first-generation, Series 1 cars. And while there are plenty of gorgeously restored examples, there can’t be too many unrestored E-Types as well preserved as this 1965 roadster that will cross the block at the […] July 19, 2021 at 07:24AM

The custom van craze of the 1970s was huge, but relatively few have survived. They were unlikely to be squirreled away by collectors, nor were their original owners the type who only drove them to church on Sundays. All of which makes this 1974 Ford Econoline, with just 873 miles from new, a most unusual […] July 17, 2021 at 07:03AM

The Nissan Skyline GT-R was a legend on both street and circuit. As such, it was only natural that some enterprising collectors would stow some examples away for posterity (and profit). Many believe the R34 generation, built from 1999-2002, is the pinnacle of GT-R evolution, and now there is a rare V-Spec II Nür edition […] July 10, 2021 at 07:32AM

With its black-and-white livery, pink/yellow/turquoise/purple wavy side stripes and white wheels, the ’93 Chevy Camaro Pace Car Edition has some serious visual impact. But you know what has even more visual impact? Six Pace Car Edition ’93 Camaros, which is exactly what’s on offer at the upcoming Mecum Orlando auction. Oh, and all six are […] July 01, 2021 at 06:49AM

Maybe, like thousands and thousands of People, you are planning a highway journey this summer season. Quite than setting out in your soulless SUV, would not it’s cooler to journey the best way households did a technology in the past? By that, we imply on the wheel of an authentic Chrysler minivan. Seize this remarkably […] May 31, 2021 at 06:58AM

One of the Porsche 917K race automobiles used within the filming of Steve McQueen’s “Le Mans” is headed to auction. This explicit automotive, with its distinctive full-width-blue twist on the long-lasting Gulf livery, will cross the block at RM Sotheby’s in Monterey this August.  In addition to its Hollywood credentials, this chassis has some aggressive […] May 22, 2021 at 07:38AM