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Good morning Vroomers!

We had a way above average day yesterday with nearly $9 million in vehicle sales across the major platforms. And the best part? It wasn’t all BaT. Big numbers came in from SBX, SOMO, Collecting Cars, Car & Classic, and yes—Bring a Trailer too. A great reminder that real money is moving across the whole ecosystem right now.

Let’s break it down.

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

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 & Flip of the Week

There are custom Ferraris, and then there’s this.

A one-of-one Onyx F2X Longtail, finished in satin silver over factory metallic and trimmed in holographic carbon fiber, just sold on Car & Classic for £180,000 (~$229,000). Not the platform you'd expect for a bespoke super GT like this—but it got the job done. Car & Classic doesn’t chase many six-figure modern exotics, but maybe they should.

This F12 started life in 2013 and was transformed by Onyx Concept—one of just 30 Longtails ever built, and the only one finished like this. Full-length carbon aero, vented quarter panels, titanium IPE exhaust, forged wheels, and a Ferrari service book to back it up. The spec reads like a concept car, but it’s fully road-ready and showed just 19,525 miles.

It’s rare to see this level of bespoke design outside of tailor-made or coachbuilt programs—and even rarer to see it land on a platform not known for ultra-premium modern cars. But it sold. And that says a lot.

Hadn’t had a chance to write up this one that sold Friday afternoon over at PCarMarket. A no-reserve Paint-to-Sample 911 S/T in X Blue more than doubled its value—sold for $738,888 after being bought earlier this year for $348K.

This one was pure allocation gold. Just 67 miles, full PPF, Heritage package, Cognac interior, and offered by a known VIP 918 buyer. No lease restriction. No drama. Just a perfect storm of spec, scarcity, and hype. The comments section exploded. Bids stacked in late. And it soared.

Two very different cars. Two big results. Both proof that when something special hits the right audience, price becomes a secondary detail.

Third Time Lucky!

Some cars just need to make the rounds.

This LS7-powered 1964 Corvette restomod finally sold on SOMO for $165k, after failing to get the job done twice—first on BaT, then two weeks ago on SBX. Third time around, and it stuck.

Just last week, we pointed out how often cars move between platforms before finding a buyer. And it’s not always BaT that saves the day. In fact on average around 25% of listings on BaT fail to sell on any given day, which amounts to 30–50 cars every single day (today was just 22!) that don’t cross the line. What happens next for them? In many cases, they reappear somewhere else—just like this one.

The takeaway from this is simple: we focus so much on what sells, but behind the scenes there are just as many stories in what doesn’t. And there are a multitude of reasons a car might not sell on a particular day. Sometimes it's timing. Sometimes the wrong audience. Sometimes the final bid just doesn't feel right to the seller. It doesn’t necessarily mean the market’s weak or the car’s wrong.

This particular build had everything going for it—an SRIII chassis, LS7 crate motor, Tremec 5-speed, Baer brakes, C4 suspension, and a full suite of power toys and retro-modern touches. But it still needed three platforms to get over the line.

Persistence matters. And so does platform fit. Not every sale is about the car. Sometimes, it’s about finding the right buyer at the right moment.

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