On this week’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, TJ Grewal, founder of the groundbreaking new collector car management app CARPORT is our guest. He and Host Darin Roberge talk its purpose, its range of features, CARPORT’s path to development and of course, what cars he would buy, sell and hold. WATCH […]
Like bears waking from their hibernation, our sports cars are poking their snouts out of their caves. In the Pacific Northwest, we have actually seen the golden orb several times in the past few weeks. We expect to see much more. The only reason to own our cranky, expensive and […]
On this week’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, CARS USA Shipping Managing Director Robin Grove is our guest. She and host Darin Roberge talk the ins and outs of high-end international vehicle transport, legalities of the gray market, the key differences between a Customs Broker and a Freight Broker and the […]
It was a regular day in SCM Old Car Land. It started with a call to Chip Starr, who is bringing our 1972 Mercedes 250C back to life. He has installed the Weber DGVs and the Pertronix ignition. He swapped out the rear end for one from a 300D, along […]
1997 Honda Civic Type R S/N EK91001011. 69k kilometers (43k miles). “1.6-liter B16B inline-4, 5-speed manual transmission, limited-slip differential, Championship White paint, red-and-black cloth upholstery, white 15-inch alloy wheels, Type R-specific bodywork, Recaro bucket seats, Momo steering wheel, titanium shift knob, air conditioning, Pioneer head unit, import documents.” Condition: 1-. […]
It was a humid spring day in 1992. I was standing at a rent-a-car kiosk in Fort-de-France, Martinique. We had decided to take a family vacation to the Caribbean. My daughter Alexandra was less than a year old. We expected terrific French food in addition to the delights of the […]
The wheels of justice grind slowly, but they eventually get there. This month we have a collection of stories — updates on two old cases, plus a trio of new ones, in brief. C-type-replica litigation “Legal Files” reported in May 2021 that Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) was garnering a lot […]
Although the first rule of the internet is “never read the comments,” it is precisely these comments that make Bring a Trailer so much more compelling than most online auction sites. If a car is noteworthy, the comments regularly number in the hundreds. Of course, we all try to guess […]
As the world nervously prepared for the click over to the year 2000, Audi was staging a comeback. A rough patch in the 1980s after the “60 Minutes” unintended-acceleration exposé had seen it nearly pack up in the U.S. and head back to Ingolstadt. The early 1990s saw a complete […]
On this week’s episode of Sports Car Market’s Buy, Sell, Hold: Spotlight, John Michalak of Central Classic Cars joins us to discuss the vintage air cooled market, the value of “opportunity cars” and what it’s like to import and offer South American Volkswagens in the United States. WATCH ON YOUTUBE […]
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