The Daily Vroom

Good morning Vroomers!

As you can see lower down in this newsletter there were some standout sales in terms of dollars yesterday, but overall it was a lowish Monday with just over $4.7M in total sales. One that came close to selling and surprisingly didn’t was the 1968 Bizzarrini 5300 GT America. Bidding hit just over $1m before the reserve held, and while that’s strong money, this market is still sorting out what perfection looks like for these cars.

The car had everything you’d want on paper, fiberglass body, independent rear suspension, Pebble Beach history, but the small stuff may have cooled the crowd: a mileage brand on the title, a few non-period details, and the usual “how correct is correct” debate that follows every Bizzarrini. When that chatter mixes with a firm reserve, the result is what we saw here: enthusiasm without commitment.

Below is a breakdown of all sales yesterday. Generally speaking if the $100k+ is 10% or more it is above average day, which yesterday wasn’t.

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

Yesterday I mentioned the Ferrari that DuPont Live sold for a surprisingly good price. Looking at this one, it’s the same story again - another serious car that landed well for the buyer.

This 2018 Mercedes-Maybach G650 Landaulet is one of only 99 ever built, a rolling contradiction that somehow makes total sense. It’s powered by a 6.0-liter twin-turbo V12 making over 600 horsepower, yet it rides on portal axles with enough ground clearance to wade through rivers. The rear cabin opens completely to the sky, with first-class Maybach lounge seats, privacy glass that turns opaque at the touch of a button, a refrigerator, and champagne flutes tucked neatly in the console. It’s the kind of vehicle that could show up at Monaco one day and cross the Serengeti the next.

Finished in Mystic White Pearl with just 17,000 miles, this one looked flawless inside and out. The sale price once again came in favorably for the buyer, a reminder that DuPont Live is quietly building momentum as a place where even the highest-end listings are still trading at a level that seems to be below market price, how long that will last, we shall see. And if you have the ability, there are several other listings there right now that look equally well-priced - genuine opportunities in a segment that rarely offers them.

Auctions To Keep An Eye On

If you want a one-of-one, a car that’ll turn up at the school gate and make every SUV there look like background noise, this is it. The Ex–Sultan of Brunei 1986 Lamborghini LM002 Wagon by Diomante is peak excess with a backstory that borders on myth. Originally commissioned by the Sultan himself, later owned by BMW’s former CEO, and eventually used by a mom in Sweden for the school run, this thing has lived a full cinematic life.

Diomante took Lamborghini’s already absurd LM002 and decided it needed more. A higher roof, limousine-style cabin, wraparound rear seating, a sunroof, even a TV. It’s part luxury bunker, part military experiment, and somehow still perfectly Lamborghini, a carbureted Countach V12, 4WD, and the attitude of something that was never supposed to exist.

This isn’t just rare, it’s impossible. A 6,000-pound V12 safari limo that started in Brunei, passed through corporate royalty, and ended up idling in a Stockholm parking lot while kids climbed in with backpacks. It’s the kind of story that makes you wonder whether cars like this will ever be built again or whether they even could be.

If you’ve got the ability, this is one of those once-in-a-lifetime buys that feels like owning a piece of automotive folklore. There are collector cars, there are conversation starters, and then there’s this, a rolling story that sounds made up until it rumbles past you.

If the Sultan’s one-off LM002 Wagon was built for royalty, this next one couldn’t be more different but still a great potential buy.

A 1995 Oldsmobile Aurora, selling at no reserve over on Cars & Bids. Two owners, California from new, completely unmodified. It’s the kind of car most people forgot about, but enthusiasts haven’t. Oldsmobile built it to reinvent itself, with smooth, futuristic lines and a 4.0-liter V8 derived from Cadillac’s Northstar.

It was meant to compete with European luxury sedans and for a short while, it actually did. Nearly thirty years later, it still looks sleek, subtle, and surprisingly modern.

No flash, no hype, just a clean, well-kept car that reminds you how much effort went into design and engineering in the ‘90s. If you’re looking for something interesting to drive without spending much, this might quietly be one of the smarter buys of the week.

If the Sultan’s Maybach and the Aurora show two very different kinds of luxury, this next one rewinds the clock completely.

A 1919 Locomobile Model 48 Series 6 Town Car by Demarest is a true artifact from the dawn of American luxury motoring. This was the car that carried presidents, industrialists, and the people who built the country’s wealth in the early 1900s. Known back then as “The Best Built Car in America,” the Locomobile combined absurd build quality with elegance that feels more Rolls-Royce than Ford.

This particular car was once owned by author and collector Clive Cussler, who reportedly chased it for years after seeing one as a kid. His collection was filled with rare prewar machinery, and this Town Car still carries that aura of provenance and care. It’s been maintained, runs smoothly, and was even shown at concours events.

It’s beautifully old-fashioned in the best way possible, with a 525 cubic inch inline-six, formal Demarest coachwork, wood trim everywhere, and that proper mechanical feel you only get from the earliest luxury cars.

What makes it interesting right now is that cars like this rarely come up for public sale. They sit in collections, trade quietly, or end up in museums. So when one like this shows up online, it’s a rare chance to see prewar craftsmanship compete for modern attention.

This isn’t a car you buy to daily or flip. It’s one you own because it represents where luxury began.

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