One of Ayrton Senna’s most famous Grand Prix cars is up for auction as his 1986 Lotus 98T goes to sealed bids. The car has an estimate of $9.5-$12 million (£7-£8.9 million) when bidding opens on Wednesday 4 March. Finished in the John Player Special livery, this Lotus 98T is the car Senna drove to…
A Renault 5 Turbo topped Iconic Auctioneer’s Race Retro sale, which saw 93 percent of car entries sold. The strong results continued with 85 percent of motorcycles in the sale moving to new owners, which meant the company reported a total of £7 million in total receipts. A highlight of the sale was the 1987…
Evoluto’s Ferrari 355 that it describes as ‘Peak Analogue’ has been signed off and is ready for the first cars to be built for customers. Using the Ferrari 355 as its base, the restomod by British firm Evoluto has undergone its final 5000 miles of testing on track,10,000 miles of engine work, and a 20,000-mile…
The hugely popular Shelsley Walsh Classic Nostalgia event is back on 18-19 July. Set in the Worcestershire hills at the world’s oldest continuous motorsport venue, Classic Nostalgia promises a weekend of hillclimb action, guest drivers, and many legendary cars for the 2026 event. There will be demonstration runs from Formula 1 cars, NASCAR racers, and…
A one-off custom Ford Bronco Sand Dragster will be one of the star lots at Mecum’s Glendale sale on Saturday 21 March. Rather than a restomod, this is an original 1960s custom build by Charlie Erickson and Bill Stroppe, and it comes with a supercharged 170cu in straight-six motor. The Bronco was raced by Erickson…
Bonhams|Cars has announced a multi-year deal with WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca to host the auction firm’s Monterey Car Week sale. This makes the Bonhams|Cars sale an integral part of the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion and the auction will be held on 11-12 August. Speaking about the partnership, Whitney Maxwell, Global Managing Director of Bonhams|Cars, said:…
Porsche 911 restomod expert Singer has joined forced with Red Bull Advanced Technologies to create a more structurally stiff cabriolet body. Using its simulation and structural analysis expertise, Red Bull Advanced Technologies modelled the 911 Cabriolet, which uses a 964 generation car as the base, to calculate the torsional stiffness of the car with and…
Bridge Classic Cars has launched its Theatre in Education school tour to bring hands-on learning to primary schools in Suffolk. The free live performances will run from March and present an original production called The Story of Rilee. It brings in a mix of theatre, history, engineering, and sustainability using Rilee, a 1905 classic car…
A Volkswagen Golf GTI Mk1 that completed the gruelling Lands End to John O’ Groats rally is one of a pair of the hot hatches taking centre stage at the Bremen Classic Show from 30 January to 1 February. The Brilliant Black Mk1 GTI will be shown still wearing the mud and patina from completing…
The three podium-placed Ford GT40s from the 1966 Le Mans 24 Hours race will be reunited at the 2026 Goodwood Festival of Speed on 9-12 July and the Revival on 18-20 September. The double showing of the GT40s is the first time in a decade the iconic trio of cars will be back together. The…
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