Cars

Due for official launch at the 2014 Paris Motor Show, the 458 Speciale A (denoting ‘Aperta’, Italian for ‘open’) is the open-topped version of the extreme Speciale coupé.

The renowned Texan entrepreneur and car collector amassed the collection over a lifetime (even opening the Pack Automotive Museum to showcase them), but recently enlisted RM and Auctions America to help reduce it to a more manageable level. As a result, more than 130 cars – ranging from a 1920s Ford Model T to a 2012 Mustang Boss – will be sold at the single-collection sale with ‘no reserve’ attached.

Temper, temper...

Built to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Pininfarina design house, the Ferrari 599 S.A. Aperta (named to honour company patriarchs Sergio and Andrea Pininfarina) was limited to 80 examples, all of which were already sold ahead of its official debut at the 2010 Paris Motor Show.

Great body, shame about the power

Drivers' club

We’ve selected our 12 favourites below, but you can view the full automotive potpourri that is the 180-lot Hershey auction here – one that also includes a few Chris Craft Runabouts for good measure.

The phrase ‘only at Goodwood’ has become something of a cliché, but even before entering the confines of the historic circuit, it’s easy to see why. Revival-fever was rife as soon as you got to the car parks, with the pre-66 area a spectacle in itself – a beyond-patinated Porsche 356 and the famous Bentley R-Type 6½-Litre Petersen Special our personal favourites.