You can find our 10 favourites from Historics Auctioneers’ September 2020 Sale, taking place on 26 September at Ascot Racecourse, listed below or, alternatively, browse the entire catalogue in the Classic Driver Market.
What’s the verdict then, ladies and gentlemen? After its recent wave of nondescript saloons, a distinctly un-Maserati-like SUV and the discontinuation of the pretty but old GranTurismo, we can all agree that the world is a better place with a mid-engined sports car from the Trident marque in it. But does the new 200,000-euro MC20 live up to the hype built by its maker over the last two years and, perhaps more importantly, its 15-year-old V12 predecessor, the MC12?
Cast your minds back to March and you’ll remember that one of the very first high-profile automotive events to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic was the Geneva Motor Show. For lovers of the latest and greatest hypercars, the Geneva salon is, in true Pokémon fashion, among the best chances to catch ’em all, which made its cancellation especially disappointing.
Over 150 historic cars tackled the Arosa ClassicCar’s epic 7.3km hill climb last weekend, which stretches between Langwies and Arosa and comprises 76 corners of spaghetti-like asphalt, from long sweepers and tight hairpins to blind crests and rapid downhill sections that serve as effective brake testers.
Christened the Silver Specter Shooting Brake, this bespoke Rolls-Royce Wraith was designed by Niels van Roij in the Netherlands and constructed by the famous Belgian coachbuilder Carat Duchatelet.
