Articles about RM Sothebys

For a good cause

Forget your Senna GTRs, Ferrari FXXKs, and Porsche 935s. The ultimate rich person's plaything isn't a ludicrously expensive, track-only hypercar, it's a proper Formula 1 car. And this, moneyed folk among Top Gear readers, is your chance to

Hope springs eternal

Did you miss the chance to grab one of the 77 Porsche 935s last year? Are you still kicking yourself about it? Rest thine foot for a moment. The Martini-liveried example you see here is set to cross the virtual auction

Have you heard of a brand called Puch before?

They say you learn something new every day. And today we learned that until the year 1999, if you bought a G-Wagen in Austria, Switzerland, or Eastern Europe, it would not come with a Mercedes-Benz badge. It would be exactly

Proceeds will go to the COVID-19 community response fund of United Way Worldwide

Porsche entered a new decade by ending an era, as it rolled out the final 991-series Porsche 911 from its factory in December. Back then, we already said the 991 went out with a bang-little did we know that the

It’s thought that fewer than 200 units were built

Japan loves its AMG Mercs, so much so that back in the day, the then-independent tuning company set up a Japanese subsidiary, where it modified factory-fresh Mercedes-Benz cars straight off the boat from Germany solely for the Japanese market.

As pristine as old cars can get

What would you do if someone handed you €350,000 (around P19.8 million) and told you to buy anything you wanted? Right now, we can't think of anything we'd rather spend our money on than this biblically gorgeous BMW

It’s got the scowl of an angry, rebellious teen

No doubt concerned with the state of the world, this Jeep Wrangler comes into it not giving a...well, you know what. You now have the chance to share in its apparent vexation because it's up for auction. So you can

It’s expected to sell for $20,000 to $30,000

How cool is this? What you're looking at here is a hyper-detailed slot-car circuit that was originally commissioned by Formula 1 and was subsequently shipped to every F1 grand prix during the 2018 season.It was located in the

It's based on the Lamborghini Diablo

Every now and again, the bonkers world of high-value auctions throws up an absolute stonker of a lot that has us making plans to rob the nearest bank. This is absolutely one of those occasions, although now we've tipped off

How much would any of these sell for?

Keen readers of TopGear.com might recognize this car. The Zonda Aether is such a special one-off that we decided it warranted a whole article to itself.Click these blue words to read all about it, or even to just sit

They don't make ’em like this anymore

When choosing the spec for this particular Mercedes-Benz, we suspect the original owner laid down a large chunk of money and simply said 'black on black on fear.' This, ladies and gentlemen, is the not-so-cheery 560 SEC AMG 6.

It’s up for auction at RM Sotheby’s Auburn Fall auction

As past owners of used cars go, we can't think of many better than this. What you're looking at above is a Land Rover Series IIA that was previously owned, from new, by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin

The car was used in the promotion of Thunderball

The Aston Martin DB5 used in the promotion of 007 film Thunderball has sold at auction for $6,385,000 (around P334 million). Not a bad price for a car that's never actually been up on the silver screen.But it

Talk about appreciation

That incredibly rare McLaren F1 LM that threatened to disrupt the global economy with an astronomical price has sold for... an astronomical price. $19.8m (a little over P1 billion), in fact. Admittedly a little off the estimated $23m, but still comfortably

And it’s up for sale at RM Sotheby’s

It's officially Auction Season, which means rare chunks of metal are going to be exchanged for rather large chunks of money. And this one, offered up at RM Sotheby's Monterey sale, is as rare as they come.As you can

The near-new supercar is up for sale

The Ford GT you see above is an achingly beautiful, fully-optioned monster of a supercar. We absolutely adore it, but it also makes our blood boil.That's because this particular example has covered just 11.7 miles (around 18.8

Only 30 were made

James Bond's old Aston Martin DB5 isn't the only interesting thing on offer at the RM Sotheby's Monterey sale. Just take a look at these-seven immaculate Ferraris from the 'Ming Collection'. The star of the show? Undoubtedly this

To be sold at Sotheby's Villa Erba auction

The Sport Classic is one of the most desirable 911s of modern times. When it was announced in 2010, all 250 build slots were sold in under 48 hours. The ducktail spoiler, Fuchs-style alloys and short-shift manual gearbox gave the

“This is the most extraordinary roomful of cars I’ve ever seen”

A couple of months ago, we did a gallery of the cars in RM Sotheby's Youngtimer collection. These youngtimer cars date back mostly to the '80s or '90s and are not quite classics just yet, so if you score a choice

Claim to fame: 720hp and a Le Mans finish in 1995

You're welcome, people of the Internet. Here is a very rare Ferrari F40 LM, and it comes to you via RM Sotheby's, which plans on selling it off at an auction in Paris next year. Sell your loved ones, because