Sep 17
Many expensive cars are simply no longer worth it

it’s a truism to say that car technology is improving. What is really happening is that the level of base car technology has dramatically improved in the last five years – especially here in Australia – as the trickle-down of features previously available only on prestige cars now greets the masses. Lots of airbags, stability control, ABS, sophisticated engines – even sat navigation – were once things that you had to pay a huge amount for. But, wonderfully, not any more.So what happens when you now step into an AUD$80,000 car? Well, the short answer is that you don’t see a helluva lot for your money. Even in Noise Vibration Harshness (NVH), the differences are now minimal between an $80K car and one that costs half that. When analysed in terms of the engine, suspension, in-cabin features, NVH, handling, safety, comfort and space, the advantages of these more expensive cars simply aren’t there any more.

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Sep 14
Worlds Most Expensive Cars

On the Internet…Anything is possible….Imagine this…

I bet you are thinking…”I could never afford a car like that!”… or maybe…”Who cares? Fast cars are a waste of money?”…or maybe…”I already own one of those!”…

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Sep 12
The Ten Most Expensive Cars

In conjunction with the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, six auction companies will put about seven hundred cars on the block from August 15th to August 17th. Last year, the combined sales were almost $135 million selling 519 automobiles - Gooding & Company bringing in $61 million of that number. What we’ll be watching for is the car that brings in the highest bid, and will it be high enough to make the distinguished list of the “Ten Most Expensive Cars”. The favorites for top dollar could be Bonhams & Butterfields’ 1960 Jaguar E2A Prototype - The “missing link” between the factory’s D-Type and E-Type, RM Auction’s 1958 Chrysler concept car – The Diablo Convertible Coupe or Gooding and Company’s 1914 Stutz Series E Bearcat.

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