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This 1959 Land Rover Pickup Once Belonged to Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, and Their Goodbye Note Gets the Model Name Wrong 36A1736-scaled-30527

This 1959 Land Rover Pickup Once Belonged to Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, and Their Goodbye Note Gets the Model Name Wrong

John Lloyd August 25, 2026

A 1959 Land Rover 109 Series II pickup that spent time in the garages of Daniel Craig...

Ayrton Senna’s Personal Honda NSX Heads to Auction, and Its Backstory Runs Deeper Than the Hosepipe Photo d6d0aac4e8dacc8d8457ebea892ee93323598a1d

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Ayrton Senna’s Personal Honda NSX Heads to Auction, and Its Backstory Runs Deeper Than the Hosepipe Photo

John Lloyd August 24, 2026

Chassis JHMNA11500T000233 doesn’t look like much on a title certificate, but this is the actual red Honda...

Bugatti’s One-Off Veyron ‘Restoration’ Buries the Real Story: It Fixes the Car’s Worst Ownership Headache Bugatti La Maison Pur Sang Veyron 20 Years one-off restoration parked oceanside

Bugatti La Maison Pur Sang Veyron 20 Years one-off restoration parked oceanside

Bugatti’s One-Off Veyron ‘Restoration’ Buries the Real Story: It Fixes the Car’s Worst Ownership Headache

Shawn Henry August 22, 2026

Twenty years ago, Bugatti dropped a quad-turbo W16 into a carbon monocoque and built the Veyron, a...

A Wrecked Chevelle SS Restomod Is Still Sitting on eBay, and the Price Barely Budged

Shawn Henry August 22, 2026

A battered 1965 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu SS restomod showed up on eBay a month ago with a...

A Corvette GM Tried to Bury Just Matched a Factory Ferrari, Dollar for Dollar, at Pebble Beach 1996 McLaren F1 GTR on the auction stage at RM Sotheby's Monterey 2026 sale, where it sold for $34,655,000

1996 McLaren F1 GTR on the auction stage at RM Sotheby's Monterey 2026 sale, where it sold for $34,655,000

A Corvette GM Tried to Bury Just Matched a Factory Ferrari, Dollar for Dollar, at Pebble Beach

John Lloyd August 22, 2026

Two auctions, two nights apart, on the same stretch of California coastline, produced a coincidence no spreadsheet...

Monterey’s Record $755.6 Million Was Built by 10 Cars. The Other 843 Got a Reality Check 1996 McLaren F1 GTR on the auction stage at RM Sotheby's Monterey 2026 sale, where it sold for $34,655,000

Monterey’s Record $755.6 Million Was Built by 10 Cars. The Other 843 Got a Reality Check

Eve Nowell August 20, 2026

Monterey Car Week 2026 set a $755.6 million record, but ten cars produced nearly 30 percent of...

Leno’s Law Cleared the Committee That Killed It Last Year. Here’s the Math. Jay Leno Classic Car Bill Gets Butchered In California

Leno’s Law Cleared the Committee That Killed It Last Year. Here’s the Math.

John Lloyd August 20, 2026

SB 1392 cleared Assembly Appropriations 15-0 and is on the Assembly floor. What Leno's Law actually exempts,...

This Daytona Coupe Nearly Doubled the American Car Record — and It Never Won a Major FIA Race Screenshot 2026-07-29 at 1.45.00 PM

This Daytona Coupe Nearly Doubled the American Car Record — and It Never Won a Major FIA Race

John Lloyd August 20, 2026

Chassis CSX2300 hammered at $39 million at Pebble Beach, beating the previous American car record by 95...

Monterey Car Week 2026 Just Redrew the Collector Car Map, and $636 Million Is the Least Interesting Number in the Story 1996 McLaren F1 GTR on the auction stage at RM Sotheby's Monterey 2026 sale, where it sold for $34,655,000

Monterey Car Week 2026 Just Redrew the Collector Car Map, and $636 Million Is the Least Interesting Number in the Story

Eve Nowell August 19, 2026

Every August, a stretch of California coastline between Monterey and Carmel turns into the most expensive parking...

An Ohio Seller Wants $5,000 for 14 Geo Metros, Rust and Rare Convertibles Included 96373820_10217377810662715_1300483502721990656_n

An Ohio Seller Wants $5,000 for 14 Geo Metros, Rust and Rare Convertibles Included

Shawn Henry August 19, 2026

Harry has fourteen Geo Metros sitting in a field in Gnadenhutten, Ohio, and he will sell every...

Stolen in 1993, Found Decades Later: How a Routine CHP VIN Check Cracked This Chevelle Cold Case Black 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS recovered by CHP Auburn 33 years after a 1993 San Mateo County theft

Black 1971 Chevrolet Chevelle SS recovered by CHP Auburn 33 years after a 1993 San Mateo County theft

Stolen in 1993, Found Decades Later: How a Routine CHP VIN Check Cracked This Chevelle Cold Case

John Lloyd August 18, 2026

There is a photograph circulating out of the California Highway Patrol’s Auburn Area office: three men, arms...

This Bare-Carbon Bugatti EB110 Bid to $5.5 Million at Mecum — and Still Didn’t Sell

John Lloyd August 18, 2026

Mecum’s Monterey sale wrapped up with the usual parade of seven-figure metal, but the lot that had...

A $458,000 Ferrari 512TR Has Been Buried in a Storage Unit for 14 Years, and the Seller Says the Price Only Goes Up 00G0G_3ydtShNJIC2_0nP0hS_1200x900

A $458,000 Ferrari 512TR Has Been Buried in a Storage Unit for 14 Years, and the Seller Says the Price Only Goes Up

Shawn Henry August 17, 2026

The first photo in this Craigslist ad is a Ferrari 512TR shot by somebody who knew what...

Clark Gable’s Duesenberg Just Won Pebble Beach — And It Wasn’t Even the Weekend’s Biggest Story Screenshot 2026-08-17 at 11.54.19 AM

Clark Gable’s Duesenberg Just Won Pebble Beach — And It Wasn’t Even the Weekend’s Biggest Story

Shawn Henry August 17, 2026

Two stories broke out of Pebble Beach this weekend, and if you only watched the 18th fairway,...

This Giallo Modena Ferrari F50 Just Became the Most Expensive One Ever Sold at Auction Screenshot 2026-08-17 at 11.34.09 AM

This Giallo Modena Ferrari F50 Just Became the Most Expensive One Ever Sold at Auction

John Lloyd August 17, 2026

Two Ferrari F50s crossed auction blocks during Monterey Car Week this year, roughly 72 hours and a...

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This 1959 Land Rover Pickup Once Belonged to Daniel Craig and Rachel Weisz, and Their Goodbye Note Gets the Model Name Wrong

Ayrton Senna’s Personal Honda NSX Heads to Auction, and Its Backstory Runs Deeper Than the Hosepipe Photo

Bugatti’s One-Off Veyron ‘Restoration’ Buries the Real Story: It Fixes the Car’s Worst Ownership Headache

A Wrecked Chevelle SS Restomod Is Still Sitting on eBay, and the Price Barely Budged

A Corvette GM Tried to Bury Just Matched a Factory Ferrari, Dollar for Dollar, at Pebble Beach

Monterey’s Record $755.6 Million Was Built by 10 Cars. The Other 843 Got a Reality Check

Leno’s Law Cleared the Committee That Killed It Last Year. Here’s the Math.

This Daytona Coupe Nearly Doubled the American Car Record — and It Never Won a Major FIA Race

Monterey Car Week 2026 Just Redrew the Collector Car Map, and $636 Million Is the Least Interesting Number in the Story

An Ohio Seller Wants $5,000 for 14 Geo Metros, Rust and Rare Convertibles Included

Stolen in 1993, Found Decades Later: How a Routine CHP VIN Check Cracked This Chevelle Cold Case

This Bare-Carbon Bugatti EB110 Bid to $5.5 Million at Mecum — and Still Didn’t Sell

A $458,000 Ferrari 512TR Has Been Buried in a Storage Unit for 14 Years, and the Seller Says the Price Only Goes Up

Clark Gable’s Duesenberg Just Won Pebble Beach — And It Wasn’t Even the Weekend’s Biggest Story

This Giallo Modena Ferrari F50 Just Became the Most Expensive One Ever Sold at Auction

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