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• 2012 Keeneland Concours d'Elegance Features Packard Automobiles
• Inaugural Concours d'Elegance of Texas deemed a massive success
• Faces of the future: the concept cars at the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este 2012
• The British Are Coming!
• Rare 1940 Graham Hollywood Convertible Will Emerge at St. John's
• Million Dollar Motorcars meet Military Machines at the Concours d'Elegance of Texas this weekend
• Third Annual Sonoma Historic Motorsports Festival to Feature Moments in Time

• 8th Grand Prix de Monaco Historique
  The annual Monaco Grand Prix Formula One event, held on the Circuit de Monaco, began in 1929 and has become one of the most prestigious automobile races in the world. The narrow streets of Monaco serve as the temporary 2.075 mile track, featuring tight corners, elevation changes, and even a tunnel. Today, drivers still navigate the uphill climb to Casino Square, before turning down to Mirabeau and the Loews Hairpin, before entering the famous tunnel that runs into the harbor-side chicane, a notorious spot for accidents. From there, drivers sprint past many of the harbor's large yachts toward La Piscine and the swimming pool that the corner is named after. This is followed by a quick right turn into La Rascasse before a run down into the Boulevard Albert and to the finish line. This demanding course requires drivers to change gears 54 times per lap, or 4,200 times over the course of the 78-lap race.
  In 1997, a one-off Monaco Historic Grand Prix (Grand Prix de Monaco Historique) was held, later becoming a bi-annual event beginning in 2000. This year, the event once again paid tribute to its past, with the 8th Monaco Historic Grand Prix. Organized by the Automobile Club de Monaco, the 7-race program was filled with drivers from 20 difference countries. 87 British drivers and 31 Americans had the strongest presence, following by 23 French, 19 Italian, and 10 German drivers. 14 Monegasque drivers defended the colours of the Principality throughout the various races.
  Six of the seven races were won by drivers from Great Britain, with United States driver, Duncan Dayton winning the Pre-1973 Formula 1 group. Drivers from Great Britain were certainly the most successful of the weekend, earning 14 of the 21 podium finishes. Italian drivers captured 3 podium finishes followed by two USA podium spots.
  
• DTM at Hockenheim
  Gary Paffett (THOMAS SABO Mercedes AMG C-Coupé) won the 2012 DTM season opener at Hockenheim from sixth place on the grid with a 4.7- second lead on Jamie Green (Mercedes AMG C-Coupé). It was Paffett's 18th Victory in the DTM and his fourth at Hockenheim. It was the British driver's 26th podium in the 82nd DTM race of his career and his seventh in a DTM race at Hockenheim. With 18 wins and a winning rate of 22%, Paffett has achieved the greatest number of victories among those drivers currently contesting the DTM. Paffett and Green secured the 100th one-two victory for Mercedes-Benz in the DTM since 1988.
  It was the sixth consecutive Mercedes victory at their home race in Hockenheim (opener and finale), and their third win in a row at a DTM season opener (Paffett 2010 and 2012, and Bruno Spengler, 2011). Overall since 1988, Mercedes-Benz has won 32 of 65 DTM races at the Hockenheimring. During the same period, Mercedes-Benz drivers were victorious 166 times in 343 DTM races.
  Paffett's victory was the first success in the new DTM era in the three-way battle between the three premium brands Audi, BMW and Mercedes-Benz and the first victory for the new DTM Mercedes AMG C Coupé, the successor to the AMG Mercedes C-Class, which is the most successful vehicle in the history of the DTM with 85 victories in 159 races.
  
• Sebring 12 Hours
  On the R18 TDI's farewell performance Audi managed a brilliant start into the new FIA World Endurance Championship (WEC). With victory by Dindo Capello/Tom Kristensen/Allan McNish the brand celebrated its tenth overall success in total at the famous Sebring 12 Hours in the U.S. state of Florida. New signing Loïc Duval completed Audi's one-two victory together with his team-mates Timo Bernhard and Romain Dumas.
  Suspense through to the end: In a race that was interrupted by a total of eleven caution periods, Capello/Kristensen/McNish in the Audi R18 TDI designated as car number '2' had to work hard for their victory. Their rivals from their own team in car number '3' consistently remained within a striking distance with gaps of a few seconds in the first ten of the race's 12 hours. The safety car repeatedly reduced the gaps of the trio at the front but Bernhard/Dumas/Duval lost four laps shortly before the end of the race due to body contact with a competitor.
  At the same time, Audi Sport Team Joest kept its opponents at bay with perfect tactics. The squad set alternating pit stop intervals for its two best Audi R18 TDI cars which consistently kept their quickest rivals from HPD-Honda one lap behind the two diesel-powered sports cars. The race was dominated by heavy traffic and a large number of accidents in the field of 63 entrants but thanks to the precision-work of the drivers the victorious R18 TDI managed to cover the whole distance without any body damage.
  
• RM Auctions at Amelia Island, Fla
  RM Auctions, the official auction house of the Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, continued its strong track record in Northern Florida this weekend, generating more than $23 million in sales before a packed house at its well-established sale at the Ritz-Carlton. The 88 percent sell through rate saw 92 of the 106 pre- and post-war motor cars changing hands, with six automobiles achieving million-dollar-plus results and spirited bidding leading to the establishment of numerous new auction records.
  Top honors went to a stunning 1929 Cord L-29 Special Coupe by The Hayes Body Corporation – a stunning, one-off design statement by Count Alexis de Sakhnoffsky, widely recognized as the most significant L-29 in existence. An outstanding example of Classic Era styling, the ‘Hayes Coupe' garnered strong attention from bidders in the room and on the phones, selling for an impressive $2,420,000 to applause from the crowd.
  'This year's Amelia Island weekend was once again a great success for the RM team with over $23 million in sales and more accolades for RM Auto Restoration. We're very pleased with the results achieved both in the auction room and on the show field, as well as the strong global interest in the sale - bidders hailed from 16 countries around the world,' said Rob Myers, Chairman & Founder, RM Auctions.
  
• 17th Annual Amelia Island concours d'Elegance
  The 1938 Bugatti Type 57 and the 1962 Ferrari 330 LM took home the Best In Show honors on Sunday, March 11, 2012 at the 17th annual Amelia Island Concours d'Elegance, which attracted about 23,000 spectators and 295 vehicles.
  The coveted Concours d'Elegance award went to the stunning 1938 Bugatti Type 57, owned by the Off Brothers Collection from Richland, Mich. One of only three surviving Aravis Drophead Coupes bodied by Gangloff, this green Type 57 arrived in the U.S. in 1961 and was fully restored in 2009. Bugatti produced the Type 57 between 1934 and 1939, ceasing production of the world's fastest stock production car shortly after the beginning of WWII.
  The rare 1962 Ferrari 330 LM, or '3765' GTO, owned by Jim Jaeger from Indian Hill, Ohio took home the Concours de Sport award. The 330 GTOs were Ferrari's in-house hot rods: prototype Grand Touring cars with four-liter V-12 engines instead of the GTO's traditional 3-liter V-12. Just two were built – a cross between a pure prototype and a road-going Grand Touring car. Assigned to Ferrari Engineer and racer Mike Parkes and factory F1 and sports car ace Lorenzo Bandini, Jim Jaeger's 4-liter GTO appears as it did on June 23, 1962 when gridded seventh at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
  
• Gooding & Company, Amelia Island, Fl
  Gooding & Company, the acclaimed auction house celebrated for selling the world's most significant and valuable collector cars, is thrilled to announce more than $36 million in sales from 70 out of 77 lots sold at its Amelia Island Auction yesterday, more than doubling its results from 2010 and establishing a new auction record for Amelia Island. Led by many extraordinary Porsche racing cars that were part of the Drendel Family Collection, 11 world records were achieved. The top-selling lot of the weekend in Amelia Island, the 1973 Porsche 917/30 Can-Am Spyder sold for $4.4 million and is now the most valuable Porsche ever sold at auction in the world.
  President and founder David Gooding and Auctioneer Charlie Ross entertained guests throughout the day's many auction highlights, which included lively bidding wars, more than ten individual sales over a million dollars and a surprise stage appearance by Derek Bell. The renowned race car driver introduced the significant 1984 Porsche 962, which he piloted in one of the most competitive races in Daytona history.
  In addition to the exceptional 17 Drendel Family Collection Porsches that sold for more than $17.7 million, Gooding & Company auctioned off a wide variety of unique collector cars, such as the 1955 Porsche 550/1500 RS Spyder that sold for $3.685, the 1951 Ferrari 212 Inter Coupe that sold for $1.375 million and the 1948 Tucker 48 that sold for $1.32 million.
  
• 2012 Rolex 24 at Daytona
  Michael Shank Racing Captures Historic 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona
  On his ninth attempt, team owner Michael Shank finally captured America's most prestigious sports car race – the 50th Anniversary Rolex 24 At Daytona.
  The team of Oswaldo Negri, John Pew, AJ Allmendinger and Justin Wilson in the No. 60 Michael Shank Racing with Curb-Agajanian Ford Riley survived a tight battle for the lead in the final hours to take home the grueling twice-around-the-clock challenge by a 5.198-second margin of victory.
  
• Barrett-Jackson at Scottsdale, Arizona
  Barrett-Jackson Auction Company, The World's Greatest Collector Car Auctions, announced today that it generated more than $92 million in gross sales of rare, high-end collectible vehicles, exotics, customs, classics, hot rods and resto-mods during its 41st annual Arizona auction at West World of Scottsdale, Jan 15-22, 2012.
  Additionally, a record number of ecstatic attendees including buyers, consignors and enthusiasts totaling more than 270,000 were on hand to partake in the excitement. This represents a 32 percent increase in sales and a 16 percent increase in attendance versus 2011.
  An astonishing 1948 Tucker Torpedo (Lot #5008) from the Ron Pratte Collection, one of only 51 ever made, was the top selling vehicle, garnering $2.915 million; a world record for the sale of a Tucker. Following the Tucker in top sales was an ethereal 1947 Bentley Mark VI Coachworks by Franay (Lot #5005) with a sale price of $2.75 million. Rounding out the top three was a breathtaking 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL Gullwing with only 4,159 original miles—the lowest mileage model known to exist. This exceptional Mercedes also represents a world-record for the highest-selling price for a steel-bodied 300SL Gullwing model. All three vehicles sold on Saturday, Jan. 21 and were part of the new Barrett-Jackson Salon Offering Collection, a selection of ultra-rare and highly-sought classic cars.
  
• Gooding and Company - The Scottsdale Auction
  Gooding & Company, the acclaimed auction house celebrated for selling the world's most significant and valuable collector cars, is pleased to announce $39.8 million in sales for 116 out of 118 lots sold, its most successful Scottsdale Auction results to date. The Gooding & Company team soared through its Friday and Saturday auctions, selling lot after lot as guests cheered 13 world record-breaking cars, the immense bidding excitement in the room and Auctioneer Charlie Ross' joyful entertainment.
  For the fifth consecutive year, Gooding & Company sold the most valuable car of all the auction houses during Arizona Auction Week, with an exceptionally-rare $4.62 million 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing. An extraordinary matching-numbers example, this iconic sports car is among the most coveted of all 300 SLs and one of only 29 alloy bodied models in existence.
  'Thirteen of our cars broke world records and our top lot, the $4.62 million sale of the Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Alloy Gullwing, showed us that collectors continue to seek rarity and provenance,' says David Gooding, President and founder of Gooding & Company. 'I am thrilled with the overwhelming enthusiasm and increased attendance of our guests this year in Scottsdale, as well as the exuberance our new and returning bidders demonstrated.'
  Over its Friday and Saturday auctions, Gooding & Company sold more than seven extraordinary cars for $1 million each, including the notable 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider that sold for $3.905 million, a $2.64 million 1930 Duesenberg Model J Disappearing-Top Convertible Coupe, and a $2.145 million 1929 Bentley 4 ½ Litre Dual Cowl Sports Tourer, all of which created much excitement and chatter among enthusiasts watching in attendance at the auction or online via webcast.
  
• RM-Automobiles of Arizona
  RM Auctions kicked off its 2012 calendar on a positive note in Arizona last week, posting over $25.5 million* in sales with a strong 89 percent sell-through at its annual Arizona Biltmore sale in Phoenix.
  Now in its 13th year, the well-established auction presented a magnificent roster of 140 blue-chip motor cars – spanning the spectrum of the collector car market – before a standing-room only crowd. Illustrating RM's global clientele, bidders represented 21 countries around the world, with a strong showing of European enthusiasts.
  'Our Arizona sale proved to be a great kick start to what is shaping up as another terrific auction year. We are very pleased with the results of the sale and were delighted to welcome the world's premiere collectors back to the Arizona Biltmore,' said Rob Myers, Chairman & Founder, RM Auctions.