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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

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

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

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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German classic car market is calming down

Posted: March 30, 2018

Prices of classic cars are stabilizing, at least in Germany. That is the outcome of the 2018-edition of the German VDA Oldtimer Index. The BMW 320 shows the highest increase in value this year. The constant rise of classic car prices has come to an end in 2017. Over that year, the Oldtimer Index of […]

New: classic car sale at Dutch Concours d’Elegance

Posted: May 21, 2018

For the first time, there will be a sale of classic cars during the Concours d’Elegance in the Netherlands this summer. So don’t be surprised if you see cars there with a sign ‘Te Koop’ on them. The Dutch Concours d’Elégance at the Royal Palace Het Loo in the city of Apeldoorn was first organised […]

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. […]

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