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The first Italian-designed car of Japan

The first Italian-designed car of Japan

September 3, 2019

Auction

It seems like the best of both worlds: a car that is designed in Italy and built in Japan. This Prince Skyline Sport of 1961 is to be sold in auction in Tokyo.

In the early days in Japan, Prince Motor Company was one of the largest manufacturers of Japan. Their name is now practically

Japan, Michelotti, Nissan, Prince

Japanese hardtops are hot

Japanese hardtops are hot

April 24, 2018

Auction

Cars like this Nissan Skyline don’t come about very often. At least not in Europe. This 1986 R31 hardtop is probably the only one in the UK.

The Japanese brands have produced some great sports cars, but they also managed to build several really fast saloon cars.

This is one of them. This hardtop fourdoor

Nissan, SWVA, UK

Cuban craftsmanship: meet the 1957 Cadillac Escalade

Cuban craftsmanship: meet the 1957 Cadillac Escalade

April 20, 2018

For sale

Seriously, if Cadillac had decided to create the Escalade already in the fifties, it would probably have looked like this.

The bottom half is a 1957 Cadillac, probably a Fleetwood.

It seems that the top comes from an early people carrier like a Chevrolet Suburban or an International Harvester Wagon.

A Nissan six cylinder

Cadillac, Cuba, Iveco, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan

On auction

A heroic failure: the Australian Leyland P76 V8

Posted: January 22, 2020

British Leyland was already in big trouble when they decided to design a full-size saloon car for the Australian market. And guess what? It was even a pretty good car. But still, production stopped within two years. In the 1960s and ‘70’s the Australian car market was dominated by the large cars, like the Ford […]

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RM Sotheby’s teams up with Formula 1 in Abu Dhabi

Posted: April 1, 2019

At the F1 race of 30 November 2019 in Abu Dhabi, RM Sotheby’s and Formula 1 will team up for the first time for an auction of Grand Prix cars and memorabilia.

Tupelo Automobile Museum on sale (VIDEO)

Posted: April 6, 2019

Again an auto museum has to close and sell its collection. The Tupelo Automobile Museum was founded in 2002 and had a collection of around 170 vehicles. It is to be sold by Bonhams on April 26 and 27. A Tucker and a Duesenberg Model J are expected to make top dollar.

Daughter Tiffany takes over Dan Kruse’s auction house

Posted: September 4, 2019

A family take-over in Texas, USA: Tiffany Kruse starts her own auction house Republic Auctions. She more or less takes over from her dad, who has managed Dan Kruse Classics since 1972. San Antonio based Dan Kruse Classics has been one of the premier classic car auction houses, the business started as early as 1972. […]