Every year, Forbes magazine compiles a list of the world’s wealthiest people. While awaiting the release of the 2006 list, Forbes wanted to give you a look at the vehicles driven by the billionaires at the top of the 2005 list. You will be stunned to know the vehicles that Forbes’Top Ten richest people in […]
An Aston Martin and five top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz cars — including a Maybach that went for $240,000 — were on the auction block.
The six sweetest rides on the lot — if you like them luxurious, fast and expensive — were sheltered from the sun by a canopy at yesterday’s Richmond Auto Auction.
And they were guarded by […]
The endless groping inside the 1966 silver Chrysler Newport last Tuesday morning harkened back to Friday nights at lover’s lane 40 years ago.
Dozens of bargain-seekers at the Goodwill Industries Auto Auction eyed the Newport’s engine, ogled its trunk, studied its curves and rubbed its steering wheel in anticipation of the big bid.
In the end, Jared […]
A Michigan judge is being sued by an Arizona collector car auction company after he accused the firm of underselling his classic vehicle.
David Clabuesch said his 1970 Hemi ‘Cuda sold for $300,000 at Scottsdale’s Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auction in January but the muscle car should have fetched $700,000 to $1 million.
Barrett-Jackson is suing Clabuesch in […]
Under the bright lights of the Barrett-Jackson auction block in Scottsdale, Ariz., McPherson College students watched as a 1968 Chevrolet Camaro that they helped to restore crossed the block and waited for the auctioneer’s hammer to fall. At $37,000, the car went to a new owner.
Other faculty, students and staff watched on television as the […]
PHOENIX Barrett-Jackson is suing a man who says his car sold for too little at the famed Scottsdale car auction.The 1970 Hemi ‘Cuda sold for 300-thousand dollars at the auction in January.
Former owner David Clabuesch says the car should have fetched between 700-thousand dollars and a (m) million dollars.
Barrett-Jackson is suing Clabuesch in U-S District […]
With car sales fairly slow these days, you’re in the driver’s seat if you want to buy a used car. So you get the best deal — Good Housekeeping has some helpful do’s and don’ts for researching, negotiating and financing.
Before you rush to make an offer, Good Housekeeping says: first determine the type […]
We remember a time when people bought sports cars solely for their performance qualities, not for the luxury, attention, or status they brought. German boutique carmaker Gumpert, however, takes us back to those days with its 2008 Apollo Sport, a car with a single-minded purpose: to go very, very fast.
Scoring zero to little on the […]
The Jamaica Used Car Dealers Association says it expects a significant reduction in the number of complaints against its members when the proposed Code of Conduct is signed with the Consumer Affairs Commission (CAC).
A date for the signing has not been finalised but the Association says it is making final preparations to enter into the […]
The diesel-fueled BlueTec bandwagon continues to roll through the Mercedes-Benz lineup, lately with some vehicles Mercedes calls “concepts,” but they are too fully realized to stay that way for long. At the Detroit auto show, we saw the Vision GL420 BlueTec, a seven-passenger SUV with a 290-hp diesel V-8 that Mercedes says should get 24 […]
Brabus will sell you a variety of 600-plus-hp twin-turbo V-12s wrapped in virtually any Mercedes-Benz product, including the G-class military-grade SUV and the Rocket, a CLS that’s electronically limited to 217 mph.
Or Brabus will sell you an itty-bitty Smart Fortwo packing a whopping 98 horsepower that will go nowhere near 217 mph unless you shoot […]
Hyunda is fetching new C-segment hatchback, the i30, is yet another cool hatchback that we won’t be getting here. But that’s okay, we pretty much already have it in sedan form as the Elantra. Like its sister vehicle, the Kia Cee’d, however, the i30 was designed in Europe for Europe—and good for them, since it […]
