Bonhams - The Beaulieu Sale 2015

After two days of increasingly vigorous practice sessions, the Saturday of Monterey Car Week saw the long-awaited green flag brought down on a full weekend of on-track battles at Laguna Seca, with the grids comprising some of the most notable historic racing cars in the world. Whether spectators went to see Testa Rossas dice with DB3Ss, a field of Mustang GT350s fight for supremacy, or early BMW M-cars squirrel down the perilous corkscrew, they were treated to an awe-inspiring (and eardrum-troubling) overload of motorsport history’s finest offerings.
In 1976, the Alfa Romeo Museum in Arese opened, and became a place of pilgrimage for Italian car fans around the world
What are the characteristics that will lead to a modern automobile being revered in the way that a Ferrari 250 GTO or Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing is today?