A 1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow possessed by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is heading to public auction with RM Sotheby’s on November 5, with proceeds from the sale going to the Superhumans Center, a charity giving help to Ukraine.
While the Silver Chalice-painted sedan was registered in the United Kingdom when it was brand-new, it didn’t go into Mercury’s orbit till 1979, when it was purchased by the rock celebrity’s production company, Goos Productions Ltd., the listing states. While Mercury was most likely chauffered in the Rolls, he most likely never drove it himself because he apparently never ever obtained a certificate.
Power is given by the common Rolls-Royce/Bentley L-Series V-8, which started at 6.3 litres when the Silver Shadow introduced, but was later enlarged to 6.8 litres (this automobile has the larger-displacement version). Models of this engine– with digital fuel injection and turbocharging– proceeded in production until 2020. 1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow owned by Freddie Mercury (photo by means of RM Sotheby’s) After Mercury’s fatality in November 1991, the Silver Shadow was driven by the late rock celebrity’s sister Kashmira Cooke, who bought the auto from the Freddie Mercury Estate in 2003. It was then auctioned off in 2013, when it was purchased by the current proprietor. The listing notes that the vehicle has been saved for awhile, and should be checked prior to being driven. RM Sotheby’s expects the Silver Shadow to sell for in between 20,000 as well as 30,000 British extra pounds, equal to $22,539 to $33,808 at current exchange
rates. Even those reasonably reduced price quotes most likely mirror this automobile’s star connection. The Silver Shadow’s long production run makes it relatively typical for a Rolls-Royce, so worths have actually never ever been particularly high. This write-up was originally published by Motor Authority, a content partner of ClassicCars.com.
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The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Viper describes the car as “before its time” even though most consider Dodge’s monster a throwback. Let’s see if its condition and price make it worth throwing down some cash.
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While the future of the automobile may be electric, the limited-range models of the past decade or so certainly did seem to have an extremely short half-life. At an EPA-rated 124 miles, the 2018 Hyundai Ioniq EV we looked at yesterday had more range than most of its competitors, but not enough to quell the creeping dread of range anxiety. That, combined with an uncertain future for its battery and a $20,500 price tag, earned the electric Hyundai a 78 percent No Dice loss.
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We’ve all been told that opposites attract, and you probably won’t find two cars more antipodal than yesterday’s Ioniq and the 1995 Dodge Viper RT/10 that’s coming under our scrutiny today.
The Viper is, after all, god’s gift to OPEC and a brutal ode to snarling sports cars of the past rather than our cat-paw-quiet plug-in future. And there’s a lot to like about the experience the badass Dodge brings. There’s also potentially a lot of death as the Viper is one car you don’t mess around with if you are feeling anything less than confident in your driving talent.
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This clean-title Viper comes with 25,000 miles on the ticker and wears a coat of Emerald Green metallic paint. That’s a fairly rare color for the first-generation Viper as out of 6,709 cars produced only 440 of those left the factory in this leprechan-loved hue.
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The seller rightfully calls the car a “beast” and says it’s “an absolute rocket ship.” That makes sense considering it’s powered by an 8.0-liter all-alloy V10 making 400 horsepower and 465 lb-ft of twist, all wrapped in sexy plastic bodywork that helps keep the car’s weight under 3,500 pounds.
According to the ad, this one-owner car is coming out of a collection where it was well maintained since new. Along with the unique color, the roadster wears its factory alloys and side pipes, all in silver. The seller says it comes with the targa top but doesn’t mention if it has the side curtains as well.
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The interior exhibits modest wear with most of the car’s age showing in the surface corrosion on the many exposed fasteners in the cabin. An aftermarket stereo in the dash offers another eyesore, but that’s a fairly simple fix. Also, having driven one of these, I can attest that the stereo is fairly useless.
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Under the enormous clamshell hood, the engine bay presents as clean and unsullied by any aftermarket gimmickry. That hood, by the by, seems to fit fairly well. That’s often a pain point on these cars.
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Another pain point is the fuel economy as the big V10 does like to drink. That shouldn’t come as a shock to anyone drawn to the car so we’ll just leave it at that.
What we won’t ignore, however, is this Viper’s $39,500 price. That’s a lot of lettuce and there are any number of competent and less compromised sports cars that could be had for this much. None of those, however, will offer the same experience as the Dodge. Plus, what a cool color!
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What do you say? Is this emerald Viper worth that $39,500 asking as it sits? Or, is that just too much green?
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Bruce McLaren, pictured here, was a relative unknown when he took victory at Sebring.Photo: Keystone (Getty Images)
As Formula 1 neared its first decade of existence, promoters in America began to look at the World Championship and wonder just what it would take to actually bring the globe’s greatest racing stars to United States. Unfortunately, the first-ever United States Grand Prix at Sebring was a little bit of a disaster. Despite a stunning finish, small crowds killed the Florida race — but Alec Ulmann, who set up the event, was willing to try again.
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This blog is part of a series on Formula 1’s presence in America. The sport has had a storied — but not particularly successful — history in the country. As F1 grows in America, and as we approach the 2022 United States Grand Prix, Jalopnik is taking a look back at the venues left in the dust and what ultimately led to their abandonment.
The 1959 United States Grand Prix is generally considered the “first” F1 race in America; for the first 10 years of F1’s existence, the Indianapolis 500 technically counted toward the World Championship, but no one was exactly thrilled at the prospect of developing an entirely new car for a one-off oval race — or at the idea of traveling from Europe to America, a problem that plagued the the 1959 US GP as well.
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The US GP at Sebring was the final race of the 1959 F1 season and took place on December 12, a full three months after the previous race in Italy, but it was an important one: Heading into the event, three drivers were competing for the Championship: Jack Brabham, Stirling Moss, and Tony Brooks. It was organized by promoter Alec Ulmann, who was one of the first members of the SCCA and who, after seeing his first 24 Hours of Le Mans, developed the 12 Hours of Sebring at home in America.
Notably, the field for the 1959 United States Grand Prix also featured six American drivers, a rarity for F1. Five came with European outfits: Harry Schell with Cooper-Climax, Phil Hill with Ferrari, Bob Said with Connaught-Alta, George Constantine with Cooper-Climax, Harry Blanchard with Porsche and Phil Cade with Maserati. There was also one single machine from Indianapolis: Roger Ward’s Kurtis Kraft-Offenhauser.
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The race itself was a stunner. Brabham led Moss by 5.5 points and Brooks by eight, which meant all three were still in the running for a World Championship. Qualifying saw Moss, Brabham, and Brooks sharing the front row, but overnight, American Harry Schell was given third place because it appeared that no one had counted his final lap, since it came near the end of the session.
That kicked off one hell of a Sunday morning, as Ferrari (and many other teams) loudly protested the move — going so far as to engage in a shouting match with promoters even while the Star-Spangled Banner played to start the race. Promoters maintained their position, and Schell started from third. It was, unfortunately, later discovered that Schell had cut the track, which is what gave him such a fast time.
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When the green flag flew, things got spicy. Brooks was rammed from behind by Wolfgang von Trips in the very first turn, and his two-minute pit stop to repair damage killed his pursuit of the title. Moss led from the start and built a 10-second gap over Brabham, only to retire five laps into the event and effectively ending his Championship hopes.
Brabham then inherited the lead, followed closely by his teammate Bruce McLaren, and the two kept an easy pace due to the fact that the race had, by its halfway point, knocked half the field out of contention. Meanwhile, Maurice Trintignant’s crew kept egging him on, hoping he would be able to slice the gap from third to first by the end of the race.
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Then, as the final lap neared its conclusion, Jack Brabham’s car began to sputter. Just 400 yards from the finish line, he had run out of gas due to his own insistence that the Cooper team start him with an only partially fueled tank in order to maintain a quicker pace.
Teammate McLaren slowed behind Brabham, leaving the Australian frantically waving his Kiwi teammate by and praying that Trintignant wouldn’t bypass both drivers on the final lap.
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Thankfully, McLaren was able to resume speed, crossing the finish line to become the youngest Grand Prix winner at age 22 years and 104 days. Along with his $6,000 prize, he also received several acres of land.
Trintignant and Brooks flew by in second and third, but only three other cars remained — all multiple laps down. So, Brabham leaped from his car and pushed it up the hill and across the finish line. He took fourth place and with it a World Championship.
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To say that the race was both exacting and exciting would be something of an understatement; conditions had aligned perfectly to give Sebring one hell of an event. But the on-track show was forgotten in the wake of some disastrous media coverage.
Hopes for a second round of F1 at Sebring, however, seemed doomed. Here’s a quick excerpt from Caesars Palace Grand Prix by Randall Cannon that really puts it into perspective:
Press notes from the 1959 Sebring Grand Prix of the United States were still rattling when motorsports pundits began to predict the demise of Sebring as the 1960 venue for a U.S. round of the Formula One world championship. “This obsolete World War II airstrip has outgrown its usefulness and should be abandoned,” read one of the blasts from the West Coast. […] The pundits also leaned in on Alec Ulmann, the Sebring promoter: “Last December’s U.S. Grand Prix, when only a handful of spectators showed up,” continued the opinion piece, “should have proved to promoter Alec Ulmann that his track has had it.”
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Attendance for the 1959 Sebring Grand Prix of the United States had been announced at 15,000. By contrast, Sebring was pulling a reported 40,000 spectators for its spring 12-Hour endurance race.
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The book reports that Stirling Moss was particularly displeased with the track, largely because the locals used the international event as an excuse to jack up prices of things like hotels and food.
Further, the exciting race almost ended in financial despair. Ulmann only just managed to break even due to the small crowd, which was partially due to the fact that the event’s purse was a whopping $15,000, including a $6,000 prize for the winner. (Adjusted for inflation, that would be $152,665 and $61,066 in today’s money. Those may not be huge sums compared to the average multi-million dollar F1 budget now, but in 1959, F1 was still a smaller operation that relied upon race promoters to generate and distribute funds, which were often pretty small.)
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It wasn’t until after the 1960 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring that Ulmann finally confirmed F1 wouldn’t be returning to his track. Instead, he suggested that he’d be interested in bringing the event to southern California, where there was a burgeoning motorsport scene. There, Ulmann thought, he could attract a large, internationally-minded crowd to watch Europe’s greatest drivers compete for a Championship. Unfortunately for him, the 1960 event was set to be an even greater failure.
A 14-year-old in Michigan dropped 25 to 30 feet (7.6 to 9.1 meters) while being chased after by authorities in a Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 that was allegedly taken from Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant in Michigan.
Body cam video footage acquired by Fox, show a policeman coming close to the automobile with his weapon drawn, telling the boy to leave the lorry. According to authorities, the 14-year-old exited from the passenger side of the vehicle, jumped over the keeping wall surface on the side of the freeway, fell under a vacant backyard below.
The young boy’s injuries were major enough to cripple him, and he was required to hospital. Authorities from the municipality of Brownstown claim, in a declaration, that none of the injuries seemed deadly.
The incident occurred on October 12, 2022, quickly after 7:00 p.m., adhering to a record that 3 Mustangs had actually been stolen from the Ford Flat Rock Assembly Plant’s storage lot. Brownstown Police say they located three Mustangs Shelby GT500s going northbound on I-75.
They assert they attempted to quit the cars, however none did. Police officers had the ability to track among the automobiles, which showed up to lack gas. Following a variety of thefts from Ford’s Flat Rock Assembly Plant, and others in the Detroit location, car manufacturers have actually supposedly begun limiting the amount of fuel they put in the automobiles to dissuade thieves.
According to an officer who talked with Fox 2 Detroit, the price tag of the Mustang Shelby GT500 that they recouped was $113,000. Incidents like this are, unfortunately, anything yet unusual.
Ford has been the particular target of burglars lately, with records becoming just recently as September of similar burglaries. In that instance, greater than a lots vehicles, including Mustangs as well as Jeep Wagoneers from the close-by Stellantis plant, were stolen.
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“Need for Speed Unbound,” the initial new access in the “Need for Speed” video-game franchise considering that 2019, will release on Dec. 2, publisher Electronic Arts has actually announced.
A trailer reveals the very same focus on road racing, modifying autos, and eluding the polices as previous “Need for Speed” video games, however with a new art style that looks more like computer animation. The storyline is a little bit extra conventional for the franchise business, however. Players will certainly contend to win a street-racing obstacle called The Grand in the fictional city of Lakeshore.
Unbound will likewise be the very first”Need for Speed” game established for 4K resolution at 60 fps. Its author likewise promises a greater emphasis on design, consisting of a vast variety of modification choices for automobiles, as well as accredited items from fashion brands for gamer characters. Players can likewise earn Burst Nitrous based on driving design– a literal version of design factors. The trailer features rapper A$ AP Rocky in a changed Mercedes-Benz 190E, as well as a tuned S14 Nissan 240SX– so it looks like “Unbound” will certainly concentrate on 1990s-era modern-day standards, not unlike earlier “Need for Speed” street-racing titles like “Underground.”
” Need for Speed Unbound”trailer The series has gotten on a respite considering that the release of” Need for Speed Heat “in 2019. Since then, developer Ghost Games was removed the “Need for Speed “franchise by EA and developed into a support studio called EA Gothenburg. “Unbound” was created by Criterion, which dealt with some previous “Need for Speed” video games, in addition to the “Burnout” series.
“Need for Speed Unbound” is available for pre-order via Nov. 29, which nets gamers some unique modification items as well as $150,000 of in-game cash. A Palace Edition, with add-ons influenced by Palace Skateboards, will be available. The standard video game expenses $69.99, while the Palace Edition is $79.99. The game will be offered for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X and also S, and PC.
Traditional ‘donk’ vehicles are classic Chevrolet Caprice and also Impala versions and also while this Lexus SC 430 is neither of those, it is just as captivating as any type of other donk car we’ve stumbled upon.
This specific Lexus has been listed up for sale with Facebook Marketplace in Kansas City, Missouri with an $11,000 asking price. While the alterations made to it definitely will not be to everyone’s preference, that’s not an unreasonable price, specifically when thinking about how costly massive wheels and tires like these can be.
enormous collection of gold-colored wheels. While we don’t know exactly just how big these wheels are, they significantly increase the trip elevation of the auto and give it that timeless donk appearance. Only one interior shot has actually been provided in the listing. We can see that it has actually been geared up with 2 aftermarket head devices and also the vendor says the back seats have actually been eliminated as well as replaced with audio speakers. PICTURE GALLERY much more photos …
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Maserati will certainly introduce the latest-generation GranCabrio exchangeable in 2023 and also provide it with the same powertrains as the new GranTurismo.
When it arrives, the GranCabrio will inhabit a tiny segment of the market, particularly when equipped with the available electric powertrain. Maserati’s head of international items Massimo Capaldi described its positioning as “really special” in an interview with Autocar.
Much like its predecessor, the new GranCabrio will be positioned above the GranTurismo in the car manufacturer’s range as well as come at a rate costs. In the UK, it will set back consumers more than ₤ 200,000 ($227,900).
The entry-level variation of the GranTurismo, called the Modena, is powered by Maserati’s twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6 Nettuno engine, detuned from the MC20 and also pumping out 490 hp and 443 lb-ft (600 Nm) of torque. These figures suffice to send the cars and truck to 62 miles per hour (100 km/h) in 3.9 secs as well as through to a 188 miles per hour (302 km/h) top speed.
Those looking for more efficiency can opt for the GranTurismo Trofeo, shaking a tuned version of the same engine with 550 hp and also 479 lb-ft (650 Nm) of torque. Finally is the GranTurismo Folgore with an 800-volt architecture, three electric motors, a 92.5 kWh battery pack, and also supplying a mixed 751 hp as well as 996 lb-ft (1,350 Nm) of torque.
The 2023 Maserati GranCabrio is tipped to be supplied in the very same number of configurations but its performance times may endure as it will likely evaluate a little bit a lot more. The Folgore version should be able to hit 62 miles per hour (100 km/h) in much less than 3.0 seconds as well as top out close to the 199 mph (320 km/h) attainable in the GranTurismo.
The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice S4 says no test drives without cold hard cash or certified funds in hand. Let’s see if this Audi is priced to make it worth waving a wad to get behind the wheel.
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Much like the Taurus before it, the Ford Explorer SUV took the country by storm only to see its initial success whittled away by competitors. The 1992 Ford Explorer we looked at last Friday was a handsome reminder of what made that original version such a hit. While parsimoniously equipped, it was clean and came with a five-speed stick, something unheard of in pretty much all competitively-sized SUVs today. That, however, couldn’t counter a $6,900 price tag which was way too much for the majority of you, as it was sent packing with a 69 percent No Dice loss.
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Friday’s Ford may have been clean and unpretentious, but it wasn’t all that stimulating outside of its three-pedal layout and cocktail party conversation starter survivor status. On the other hand, today’s 2001 Audi S4 Avant should prove to be a lot of fun, and that history of fun shows in the substantial odometer reading and a few chips and dings scarring the bodywork.
The B5 S4 debuted in 1998, with U.S. sales commencing the following year. At the time, the twin-turbo V6-powered S4 was the quickest sedan in Audi’s stable.
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This one’s an Avant and comes in Imola Yellow, named for the famous race track in Italy. Presently mounted to that is a set of alloys with summer tires. The ad says the car also comes with a quartet of Avus 17-inch wheels wrapped in studded winter meats.
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The positives for this wagon is the paint holds a shine. It also carries its headlamp washer covers, which is laudable. I can’t tell you how many old Audis I see running around with those missing. I mean, it’s been like two or three!
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On the downside, there are a number of chips and dips in the bodywork, as well as a sizable dent in the hatch which the seller says is the result of a parking lot hit and run. That’s all pretty much par for the course when you have a car of such age that has made its way to a 245,000-mile odometer reading. Yes, that’s a lot on the clock. To mitigate that somewhat, the seller claims the car has been well maintained over the course of its life and will offer maintenance records to substantiate that assertion.
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The cabin appears equally serviceable and proves that if there’s one thing Audi knows how to do well, it’s interiors. The dash and center stack may lack the huge screens that are common today, but aside from that, it all comes across as both contemporary and classic. That’s no mean feat.
The center display in the instrument cluster shows the typical failure. That’ll cost a couple hundred bucks to have repaired, and usually means sending the cluster halfway across the country to get serviced, leaving the rest of the car out of service.
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The driver’s seat also shows some wear from the miles of smiles the car obviously produced, but other than that the leather all looks good.
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All those smiles come from the 2,671cc V6 and six-speed manual, which along with the Torsen center diff Quattro AWD, offers up a pretty potent drivetrain package. The 251 horsepower 30-valve six comes with a turbo for each bank along with a companion intercooler. No, these are not the simplest nor cheapest engines to work on—you pretty much have to remove the entire nose of the car just to replace the thermostat—but then anyone interested in buying this car should already know that.
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According to the seller, this S4’s bi-turbo has received synthetic lube every 5K and saw its timing belt replaced at 226K. Other consumables, such as wheel bearings and brakes, are claimed to have been only replaced with Audi parts. Now it’s said to still “pull like crazy” and without any weird instrument readings or a CEL. It comes with a clean title and the seller’s claim that a home purchase is dictating the sale, not any sort of wish to be rid of the car.
Towards that end, the seller asks $13,500 for the S4 and we now all need to decide if that’s a fair price for a hot Audi of such age and mileage. What do you say? Should an interested party go $13,500 for this S4 Avant? Or, should either the price of the mileage be lower?
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Rear seat suggestions have actually verified to be beneficial, as in some cases children or animals can be failed to remember inside an automobile. Now, Volvo has revealed the initial system in the world that collaborates with radar and which will certainly be used on the brand name’s upcoming EX90 front runner electrical SUV.
U.S. data show that considering that 1998, 900 youngsters have died as an outcome of being left in a hot automobile and also, in the majority of instances, they were merely forgotten. Volvo will, consequently, set up 60 GHz sensors into the roof-mounted analysis lights in order to get as broad and also complete sight over the inside as possible.
This is by no means the first rear-seat suggestion innovation, it is one of the most innovative. The system has been made to be able to measure with sub-millimeter accuracy, which implies that it will certainly be delicate enough to discover the mild breathing of a sleeping baby.
“No one chooses to be distracted or tired, but we understand it can happen,”said Lotta Jakobsson, Volvo’s senior technological specialist in injury avoidance.”We’re all human and also interruption is a truth of life. With the aid of sophisticated modern technology, we’ll sustain you when you’re not at your ideal and assist you stay clear of leaving relative or animals behind by accident.”
In order to avoid the system from being as well sensitive as well as creating “reminder fatigue,” it has actually been developed to just advise motorists that a living being is in the cars and truck when they try to secure it.
If someone is still inside, the doors will certainly not lock, and the car will display a pointer to check the cabin for residents. The car’s climate control system can likewise stay on to improve comfort.
The system will come standard in the upcoming Volvo EX90 and also various other upcoming designs in all markets where 60 GHz regularity is approved by regulators.
“We’ve always been a leader in safety and security, as well as we wish to continue protecting lives by establishing brand-new criteria in auto safety,” said Jakobsson. “That also indicates making you feel risk-free and also providing you satisfaction. That sort of emotional safety and security will assist you appreciate life to the greatest, while at the very same time assisting you to prevent catastrophes from happening.”
2024 Volvo EX90 rendering by Carscoops musician Josh Byrnes
