Editorial

Britain's latest specialist car manufacturer, Invicta, has something to celebrate this Christmas; a dozen firm orders and many requests to road test the Wiltshire built vehicle next year. The reason, in your editor's opinion, is by simply going back to the principles of elegant shape, adequate power and a tasteful attitude to designing a vehicle for a discerning market. Very much the principles adopted by its ancestor the S-Type of the early '30s, which Tony Dron profiles this week. The original is a truly elegant car which, when seen (sadly rarely nowadays), draws the exclamation "That's nice. What is it?" The same can be said of the new car and we wish them all the very best, a few major players in the world car market could learn from them.

With the final big auction of the year due in a week's time, please allow us some technical trumpet blowing. Classic Driver are pleased to debut their new auction estimate pricing system for the Bonhams Gstaad Ferrari sale. For the first time you can see the full range of estimates in a format that is sortable and also converts to all the world's major currencies. We believe this is a world first and are delighted to demonstrate it on such a stratospheric selection of cars. Professional impartiality forbids me from selecting a favourite lot; please find time to look at the full listing which includes the earliest-serial surviving competition Ferrari.

And an ex-Jo Siffert Lusso, original Competition 250 SWB, three F1 cars, Daytonas, a Boxer, 275 GTBs…

Decisions, decisions.

Steve Wakefield
Managing Editor

This week in Classic Driver

CAR OF THE WEEK

Mercedes C32 AMG

AThe first thing that hits you about the C32 AMG, the high performance version of Mercedes’ compact saloon, is how ordinary it looks. Its lines have none of the aggression of its main adversary, the BMW M3...

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CLASSIC CAR OF THE WEEK

Invicta S-Type (1930-33)

Recently we reported on the new Invicta but what was the original all about? Captain Noel Macklin and Oliver Lyle were wealthy men who set out in 1924 to make their ideal high performance car and sell it in small numbers to discerning customers...

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AUCTIONS

Auction Review: Christie's at the Jack Barclay Showroom, Nine Elms, London 3rd December 2002

Without doubt, the Christie's 3rd December sale provided one of the most beautiful auction catalogues ever, thanks to the inclusion of the James Allington collection. Probably the greatest artist of his generation in the field of cutaway car illustrations, the catalogue included many of Allington's works and even a colour cutaway of a Ferrari on tracing paper...

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20th December 2002 - Auction Preview - Bonhams Ferrari Sale at Gstaad


Ferrari through the ages... For buyers lucky enough to be at Bonhams’ just-before-Christmas, Ferrari-specialist sale at Gstaad’s Palace Hotel on 20th December, a journey through the history of Maranello’s famous marque is both on display and for sale...

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Auction Review: H&H at the Buxton Pavilion, Derbyshire 3rd - 4th December 2002

H&H had mixed fortunes at their 4th December sale. On the good side, over 80% of the cars sold – grossing almost £820,000 on the hammer prices alone (H&H charges 5% buyer’s commission, with a minimum of £150) – so the auction house’s reputation for successful sales was upheld. However, most of the top value cars failed to find new homes...

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FEATURES

Decembers Past 2002

Tony Dron looks back in time to the events of this month 50-40-30-20-10 years ago...

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Mercedes-Benz CL500 Coupe

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Colour: Silver
Interior colour: Blue Leather
Drive: RHD
Year: 1996
Mileage: 20,195 m
Location: UK

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Bonhams Auction at Gstaad
20th December

Rallye Coppa d`Anno at Vienna/Austria
31st December – 02 January 2003

New Year Club Meeting, Brooklands
1st January 2003

Planai Classic/Austria
05th – 06th January 2003

Interclassics Classic Car Show, Maastricht, Holland
10-12th January 2003

14th Winter Challenge to Geneva
12-18th January 2003


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