The Daily Vroom

Good morning Vroomers!

Some days the bids just don’t meet the moment. Yesterday was one of those for Hagerty, who’ve been on a strong run lately but sold only one out of thirteen cars from their Raleigh Classic Collection lineup. The others? Solid bids, but not solid enough to meet the sellers’ reserves.

It’s a reminder that “market value” isn’t always a single number. These cars likely would’ve traded higher in other contexts, but yesterday, the right bidders simply weren’t in the room. The good news for Hagerty is that momentum resets fast in this business. Fourteen more cars from the same collection end today, and the next round could look very different.

MARKET LEADERBOARD

💰 The figures shared below don’t count any other sales such as car seats, memorabilia etc… All online auction sites are analyzed to put this leaderboard together.

I only include websites that have sold 5+ vehicles in the chart below.

YESTERDAY’S TOP 5 SALES

Congrats to SBX Cars who had the highest sale of the day.

Also interesting to note that the 911 Turbo S below sold for pretty much the same price as it sold for 5 months ago except it had done an extra 500 miles.

Want to dive deeper into any of these listings? Just click on the car to take you directly to the listing.

Sale of the Day - A Must Read

Some results feel bigger than the number. Yesterday a 2012 Ferrari FF in Nero sold on Cars & Bids for $105k and the win went to a buyer whose story the community knows well. Earlier this year he bought another FF and loved it. He drove it. He shared it. Then tragedy. A close friend lost his life while borrowing the car. Gut wrenching to read. Hard to even type.

Which is why this win hits different. Same model. Same wild concept. A V12 that sings and a cabin that fits a family. This time it is a clean, warm climate car with the right boxes checked. Carbon ceramics. Sport exhaust. Front lifter. Fresh rubber. Recent service. Paint correction and full PPF. The spec is understated. The price sits a touch below where comparable FFs have been trading lately. Call it well bought.

What I loved most was the tone in the thread. Supportive. Human. The car community is the best. He said it himself. He felt like he stole it. I am glad he did. Sometimes the right car at the right price shows up when someone needs it. Not to replace what was lost. To make room for joy again.

In terms of the market angle, FF values continue to reward drivers who buy with eyes open and service records in hand. A cared for example under 25k miles at just over a hundred grand is slightly below the curve, especially given the recent maintenance and tasteful upgrades.

If you want the human angle, it is even cleaner. A car guy who took a hit got back up. He bought another FF. He gets to turn the key, hear that V12 wake up, and write new memories. That is the whole point.

No Reserve Auctions To Keep An Eye On

Longtime readers know I’ve got a soft spot for wagons, and this one checks every nostalgic box. The 1985 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park is pure Americana on four whitewalls, woodgrain panels, folding third row, and a power rear window that probably still hums like a VHS rewinder. It’s the kind of car that looks ready to haul kids, luggage, and half of suburbia in air-conditioned comfort while doing it with more class than a minivan ever could.

This example is an honest survivor. Ninety-four thousand miles, clean title, unmodified, and loaded with charm. The seller’s gone through the mechanicals too, new brakes, shocks, tires, alternator, starter, and fresh A/C service, even the woodgrain has been replaced. It’s the definition of buy, drive, and smile.

At no reserve, bidding just past seven grand feels like a gift. The Colony Park was the last of an era when wagons ruled the road before SUVs took over. You can’t scroll past this and not feel something, the memories, the road trips, the summer heat shimmering off the faux wood.

If you know, you know. And if you don’t, well, just imagine pulling up to Cars & Coffee in this big beige time capsule, V8 burbling quietly, tailgate glass down, third row folded flat. Tell me that’s not cool.

A 25-years-owned, 383-powered 1960 Corvette is the kind of listing that reminds you why people fall in love with cars in the first place. The seller bought it after retiring and set out to fix everything he thought Chevrolet got wrong in 1960. What followed is a full reimagining of the C1 built not for trophies but for the joy of driving.

It wears Chrysler Crossfire yellow, a color you can’t miss and shouldn’t want to. Beneath the hood is a ZZ4 crate motor transformed into a 383 stroker with forged internals, upgraded heads, and a custom cooling system designed to handle the Arizona heat. A heavy-duty TH400 automatic and Ford 9-inch rear end make sure all that power hits the pavement without drama, while the custom-built air conditioning system is said to blow colder than anything from this century.

Every upgrade has purpose. The seller built it to be reliable, to be driven, and to be enjoyed. You can tell by the little touches, like the relay-controlled fans and the dashboard switches that let you monitor and control oil temps and cooling systems manually. It’s engineering done by someone who knows these cars inside out.

The paint has a few cracks and the interior shows wear, but that’s the point. It’s a driver, not a museum piece. With both tops included, full documentation, and just 2,000 miles since the build, this Corvette is ready for its next caretaker.

No reserve, decades of passion behind it, and a story baked into every turn of that stroker V8.

Every car person has one they wish they never sold. ( I have a few! Now I don’t sell any!!) For the longtime owner of this 1972 Mercedes 350SL, that car has resurfaced and he’s back in the comments trying to buy it again.

It’s easy to see why. Early R107. Small bumpers. Manual windows. White over red that looks untouched since the Nixon years. The car was built in the first months of production and preserved like a reference piece. He owned it for more than two decades, kept it in a climate-controlled garage, and passed it along through a top Mercedes broker. Now he’s bidding to take it back. That says more than any inspection sheet ever could.

This SL has been properly recommissioned with fresh fluids, new tires, suspension refresh, and documented compression numbers. Thirteen thousand miles, matching-number drivetrain, and an interior that feels more like a time capsule than upholstery.

But the real story isn’t mechanical, it’s emotional. Cars carry memory in their paint and fingerprints on their steering wheels. For some owners, that connection never fades. This one has pulled its past caretaker right back in, and you can feel the nostalgia in every comment.

Not every car gets a second chance with the person who loved it most. This one just might.

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