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A rare, bright-red Ferrari 250 GTO that initially sold for $6,000 in 1964 could soon be auctioned for $60m. The record auction price for an automobile is the US$143 million (€135 million) paid for a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé at RM Sotheby’s last year. But there were only two of those cars built, and the other one is staying put at the company’s museum in Stuttgart, Germany. So, for stratospheric auction results in the near future, the Ferrari 250 GTO racer, of which 36 were made, is the firm focus.  A 1962 example of the 250 GTO is...

NASA ROLL CAGE # 011546“Clean Title in Hand” Can be converted to street, currently registered on NY historical plates.Description:240Z NASA ST2 Race Car (011546) Class Data:• Class: NASA ST2• Track: NOLA Motorsport Park with NASA/ Circuit Grand Bayou @ NPR with GCRSEngine:• Manufacturer: Chevy• Type: LS1 V-8• Dyno: Dynojet, chassis dyno• Displacement: 346CI• Horsepower: 317 Rwhp• Torque: 346 Rwtq• Rev Limiter: Set @ 6400/ Shifted at 6000• Balancer: SLP/ With Underdrive pulley• Camshaft: GM LS6• Timing set: SLP• Valves: Stock Ls1• Valve Train: Stock Roller• Valve Springs Comp Cam Hi Po .600” TravelFuel System:• Fuel Cell• Capacity: 15• Fuel Pump:...

In both miles per hour and kilometers per hour, you can see the US states and countries around the world that let you literally put the pedal to the metal. Floor it, baby! For my U.S. customers, If you like to live dangerously, and feel the wind blowing through your hair in a convertible cruising at 85 miles per hour, then you may want to move to Texas. The Middle East, Montana and Texas, most of Europe and Argentina are among the places you should consider driving in if you're a speed demon. Or you can just go to Germany for...

Not far from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway sits a collection of Ferraris hidden away for decades. The collection contains some of the most storied cars, including a 1956 250 GT, once owned by King Mohamed V of Morocco, and a “long-nose” 275 GTB that participated in the 1966 Targa Florio. While the location in Indiana may seem odd for this collection, how they arrived is even more unusual.  Hurricane Charley laid waste to many parts of south-central Florida in 2004, causing flooding and widespread damage. In its path sat a barn containing approximately 20 rare and vintage Ferraris. The collection includes cars...

In 1991, gentleman racer Franco de Paoli bought a new Range Rover and had it prepped for the Paris-Moscow-Bejing Rally taking place that same year. The event was canceled, leading to Paoli running Range Rover in the Pharaohs' Rally in Egypt that same year — and winning the T2 class.  The Pharaohs' Rally took place over 3,100 miles of Egyptian desert, pushing man and machine to their limits. The Range Rover ran the 1993 Paris-Dakar Rally, but didn't finish due to a mechanical failure. In 1995, the SUV would serve as a press vehicle for that year's Paris-Dakar Rally, following...