From a 1939 Porsche to two ferocious Ferraris from the '50s to a 1995 Vector M12, these are the best vehicles up for auction at Monterey Car Week 2019:
, the largest celebration of the automobile in the Western Hemisphere, is under way in Northern California. The festivities, which take place all over the Monterey Peninsula, from Carmel-by-the-Sea to Pebble Beach, start this afternoon and culminate on Sunday at the famed Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.
In addition to ogling some of the rarest, most expensive two- and four-wheeled machines ever built, some of the more affluent antique car enthusiasts and collectors will have their eyes on the rare and vintage automobiles up for sale. Most of the world's largest auction houses will be on hand to sell hundreds of millions of dollars worth of cars—ranging from a 1939 Porsche Type 64 to a 1995 Vector M12.
When asked to build the perfect production sports car in the early 1990s, one without any compromises, McLaren turned to its revered car designer Gordon Murray. He created the F1. Limited to just 106 examples between 1994 and 1997, only 64 of which were road-legal, it is not only one of the most celebrated modern supercars but one of the rarest as well.
“The McLaren F1 is the ultimate supercar and has long been regarded as the benchmark by which all others are compared,” RM Sotheby’s Car Specialist Alexander Weaver said in a statement. This specific model was delivered new to Japan in 1994 and later upgraded in two phases. It was outfitted with an unrestricted 680-horsepower GTR racing engine in 2000 and a High-Downforce Kit in 2001, which saw the nose of the car revised and the addition of front-fender vents and an enormous rear wing.
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