What's moving in the collector, exotic, and luxury vehicle market, and what it means for the cost and availability of enclosed transport. Every post is anchored to a dated, cited source.
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Brabus revealed a 900-hp open-top Mercedes-AMG G 63 on September 23 and will build ten. The donor truck already weighs 5,842 lb, and the conversion trades a steel roof for a two-piece soft top.
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Market
Classic.com puts August collector car auction sales at $1.01 billion, up 51% year over year, while the number of cars sold slipped 1.2%. The money is concentrating faster than the metal is moving.
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Industry
C.H. Robinson took its case for a national carrier-selection standard to Capitol Hill this week. The bill it backs checks liability insurance, not cargo coverage, which is the part that protects your car.
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Auctions
Broad Arrow's second Las Vegas sale runs October 31 at Wynn Las Vegas with about 70 cars, led by a 2003 Ferrari Enzo estimated at $6.5 to $8.5 million. SEMA arrives in town three days later.
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Auctions
RM Sotheby's 20th Hershey sale runs October 7 and 8 at the Hershey Lodge, led by a Duesenberg Model J estimated at $900,000 to $1.2 million. Most of that field does not load like a modern car.
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Market
Chassis 047 of 100 has never been driven outside factory testing. It is in London, the estimate runs to £4.6 million, and whoever buys it inherits a delivery-mileage problem alongside a V12.
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Models
Ferrari revealed a 720 hp, 2,932 lb track car with no racing rulebook to answer to. It also has no plates, no road tires, and a splitter that rules out every ramp on the market.
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Industry
Two numbers landed the same morning: diesel at $6.23 a gallon and August truckload linehaul rates up 11.3% year over year. Both feed straight into what an enclosed carrier quotes you this fall.
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Collector auction previews, results, and what they mean for transport demand.
Collector and exotic values, sales data, and where the money is moving.
Carrier capacity, fuel costs, regulation, and the economics behind a shipping quote.
New and notable vehicles, and the handling requirements that come with them.
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