Supercars spotted, some rarities (vol 6)
Discussion
Petrolhead95 said:
Juber said:
I must be the only one who loves the LaFerrari
I do. I'd rather have one than the McLaren P1.I made a video of the LaFerrari(s) that I saw last week in Monaco... Judge for yourself, but I think the sound is a little tame. I can't wait to see who makes an exhaust for it, as I think the 1st to do so will earn a fare bit from LaFerrari owners!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuDkvfJmCzs
In all fareness, I don't think the P1 sounds any different from the 12c, a little more mechanic maybe because of the hybrid bit.
Great photograph.
Munch991 said:
More from Monaco
The pick for me. Nice selection Munch.If you didn't know, the top car is a Nash-Healey. Some would say that it was 'Americas first sports car', depending on how you view the Corvette's inception. Inboard lights would indicate it was a '52 or '53, and only 200 or so Roadsters of the remodelled version, were ever made. What is strange about them, as opposed to say a BMW 507 is that prices wildly fluctuate. You can bid £50k or you can be outbid at £250k. Depends on condition I suppose and the general emotional stability of any high-rollers at the auction!
An Anglo-British car, with an American drivetrain wrapped in Italian clothing. Raced at Le Mans, and had a selective and high-profile fan base: the Golfer Sam Snead, he of the 'perfect swing' was one such owner. Top American classic car dealers like Allan Casavant and Jerry Bensinger would do most things to get their hands on these.
Adjusting for inflation - 1955 to 2014 - and dropping exchange rates into the mix (dollar to pound) you can reckon on Nash-Healey making a loss of ~£50k on every N-H made. And in total 1951-4, including the original model, they made 504. That's £25m today. That's not economics. That's passion.
The Panelcraft-bodied cars are the most desirable though: figure upwards of £350k-400k to get one of the few (seven) roadworthy ones left.
The Benz 600 is great. When Francois 'Papa Doc' Duvalier's Tonton Macoutes weren't scaring the Haitian populace from the streets and he calmed down from all his voodoo sessions, the dictator liked to cruise around Port-au-Prince in his 600, wind down the windows and fling $100 dollar bills into the air. Oh to be a benevolent and considerate tyrant...it still wasn't enough for the Vatican. Juxtaposing mass murder and ritual sacrifices with handing out fortunes when in a peppy mood still didn't prevent him getting ex-communicated!
Arrivistes and dilletantes like James Stunt and the like haven't a clue about 'making an impression'.
jke11y said:
I saw on Instagram that there was a grey 600 pullman somewhere in London today parked up - it looked great in the pics.
Would love to see it. Extraordinary cars. With the level of technology for the time, and the pervasive engineering that went into them, they made the equivalent Rolls-Royces of the period look like comedy sketches.
My favourite story of the 600, is from the fabled 'Operation Thunderbolt', the Israeli special forces raid on Entebbe airport in 1976. Story has it, that whilst Idi Amin was wandering around the segregated groups of hostages in the airport, gregariously acknowledging the frightened people with 'Shalom, shalom...', grinning away, that a 600 was flown in on a Hercules, dressed up to look like one from Amin's presidential fleet. Full of assault troops....
I like that. Thinking outside the box.
Edited by tigerkoi on Sunday 27th April 19:38
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