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Gullwings weren’t just an eighties obsession; if you were part of the newly minted jet-set in the fifties, then a Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing ($5- to $6-million) was the thing to have. Aside from unique doors, the car could do 215 hp in a 2,996 cc SOHC inline six-cylinder … Read More
How much would you pay for a “complete” 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 by Scaglietti? We’re guessing three to four million. What do we mean by complete? It has all its original mechanical components (3,286 cc DOHC Colombo V-12 engine, six Weber carburettors, five-speed transmission, etc.), matching numbers throughout, as certified … Read More
Let’s start with the key number: 630 horsepower. That’s right. Oh, and some other impressive numbers: 5,998 cc DOHC 65-degree V-12 engine, a six-speed Cambriocorsa paddle-shift transmission, and fewer than 770 kilometres on it from new. Oh, and this 2005 Maserati MC12, undoubtedly one of the finest supercars ever built, … Read More
Let’s say you have three quarters of a million dollars kicking around. And let’s say you really want a boat, but not a fishing boat, wakeboarding boat, boat you can sleep on, or anything like that. Maybe just a dayboat. Or a tender for your superyacht. Like this one. With … Read More
Let’s review that number again: 1,200 horsepower. It gets there with the help of a 7,993 cc DOHC 64-valve intercooled W-16 engine with four turbochargers and a seven-speed, dual-clutch semi-automatic sequential transmission. Top speed? 258 mph. Oh, the 300 chassis (of 300) is one of only eight US-specification Veyron 16.4 … Read More
