by Mike Gulett - When buying a collector car who do you trust? Do you trust the auction company? Some auction companies are on television providing lucrative entertainment while they make more money selling cars. Do you trust the collector … [Read more...]
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Appreciating The Classic Karmann Ghia
February 27, 2025 By 6 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Of all the cars I’ve owned, which includes two Mercedes 300SL Gullwings, a Ferrari GTC/4, a Ferrari 308GTS, etc... the one I miss most is the 1971 Karmann Ghia convertible. Why? Because it was dirt cheap to run, and it had … [Read more...]
Chrysler Ghia GS-1 – Great Teamwork To Create A Beautiful “Idea Car”
February 24, 2025 By 2 Comments
by Mike Gulett - In the early 1950s Virgil Exner was hired by Chrysler to update the Chrysler design image which was a little stodgy at the time and obvious to all. Exner developed a relationship with Ghia that lasted for 15 years, resulting … [Read more...]
This Ferrari 250 LM Was the Last Ferrari To Win at Le Mans Until Recently
February 17, 2025 By 1 Comment
by Mike Gulett - This Ferrari 250 LM could very well be the most valuable Ferrari that is not a 250 GTO. It sold in February 2025 at the RM Sotheby’s auction in Paris for €34,880,000 EUR (approximately $36,600,000 USD). It was offered from the … [Read more...]
The Neri & Bonacini Nembo GT – A Small Scale Miura
February 13, 2025 By Leave a Comment
Written and translated from Italian by Giacomo Arosio 1966 was a very important year in the italian sports car scene. The new Lamborghini Miura represented a true revolution and it shook up the technical principles of the time. The engine was … [Read more...]
The Maserati Ghibli S vs. De Tomaso Mangusta
February 10, 2025 By 4 Comments
by Mike Gulett - I asked ChatGPT, the artificial intelligence program, to compare and contrast the classic Maserati Ghibli S with the De Tomaso Mangusta written in the style of Mark Twain. Below is the result, note how the program seems to … [Read more...]
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