The Daily Vroom

Good Morning Vroomers,

Online collector-car sales topped $43 million last week across the major platforms, with activity spread across everything from modern exotics to classic muscle.

Porsche 911s once again dominated both by volume and value, while Corvettes and Mustangs continued to prove that mainstream icons can keep pace with the high-end crowd. Ford’s trucks found their way back into the top ten, joined by a few Pontiac Firebirds that stirred some nostalgia among bidders. It was a well-balanced week, strong prices at the top, steady movement through the middle, and plenty of variety to keep the market lively heading into November.

Auctions To Keep An Eye On

Every once in a while, something lands that reminds you why Mercedes still builds cars people whisper about. This 2013 SLS Roadster is one of just 74 UK examples, and it’s hit its reserve with hours to go. The numbers say 9,460 miles, but the condition says factory fresh.

This was the last true AMG to come out before the touchscreens and the safety sensors took over. The SLS wasn’t designed to flatter you. It was designed to move you. The hand-built 6.2-liter V8 under that long nose still stands as one of the all-time great engines, built by a single man, signed with pride, and tuned to sound like thunder in a tunnel.

Obsidian Black over red leather is the right call here. Subtle enough to look serious, loud enough to feel expensive. And in roadster form, you don’t need gullwing doors to announce yourself, the soundtrack does it for you. Every start-up is an event, every downshift a reminder that AMG once built cars for the soul, not the software.

This example has been coddled by main dealers since day one, just serviced again, and carries a paper trail cleaner than a lab report. It’s the kind of car that’ll make collectors scroll twice, not because it’s the rarest thing in the world, but because it’s the right one, low miles, right color, no stories.

With the reserve already met, this SLS Roadster is proof that analog AMG power still carries weight in a digital market. Whoever wins today isn’t buying a 12-year-old car. They’re buying the last breath of an era when noise, drama, and hand-built madness still mattered.

This one’s special. Don’t blink.

Some cars fade quietly into nostalgia. Others age like the sound of a V12 bouncing off a tunnel wall. This SL600 Silver Arrow is the latter. One of just 100 ever made for the U.S., it’s the rarest and most desirable version of the R129, the end of an era before Mercedes went fully digital and forgot how to make cars this solid.

Finished in Silver Arrow Metallic over black leather, this one’s showing just under 40,000 miles and looks the part. It comes with both tops, the factory briefcase, and a service record that reads like a doctor’s logbook. The front bumper’s been repainted for rock chips, but the rest is exactly what you want to see, unmodified, unmolested, and running the 6.0-liter V12 that made the SL600 the gentleman’s sledgehammer of its time.

This was a $120,000 car when new. You got cross-drilled brakes, panoramic hardtop, illuminated sills, and wheels that still look expensive today. More importantly, you got power that arrived without drama, just twelve cylinders of effortless shove. The newer SLs might be faster, but none feel quite this over-engineered.

Collectors know how hard these are to find, especially in clean, well-maintained condition. The Silver Arrow badge isn’t just a trim package, it’s the full stop at the end of the analog Mercedes story.

The SL600 Silver Arrow isn’t loud about its rarity. It doesn’t need to be. The badge says enough.

Blue that stops a room. Camel that sets the tone. Manual that seals the deal. This late NA2 checks the boxes the market actually rewards. Long Beach Blue Pearl over Camel with three pedals is the unicorn spec, and this one has the miles and the paper to keep collectors calm.

The car lived an easy life. Timing belt in 2024. Fresh tires in 2025. Clean Carfax. Front bumper resprayed after film removal, the rest reads original and honest. The presentation is dialed which matters on a car like this. When the photos look this good you are not buying hope. You are buying proof.

Remember what this is. Aluminum body. C32B with VTEC that feels silk at the top and iron in the middle. A chassis that still makes modern stuff feel busy. Roof off when the sun shows up. Roof on when you want the quiet hero commute. Nothing here tries to impress you with menus. It just works.

Rarity matters. Long Beach Blue over Camel with a six-speed sits at the top of the NSX food chain. Day one bidding already cleared six figures for a reason. There are lower mile cars out there but very few that present this clean with the right service and the right history.

If you want the one people remember this is it. Color. Spec. Care. The late run sweet spot. The number will move. The story is already written.

PCarMarket always has a few heavy hitters on the board, and this week’s no different. A PTS Nato Olive GT3 RS caught my eye first, the kind of modern art Porsche collectors obsess over. It’s beautiful, no question. But allocation flips don’t tell much of a story. The one that really grabbed me was something else entirely. A 1952 Porsche 356 Pre-A Split-Window Cabriolet. Silver, simple, and built when Porsche was still proving it belonged on the same stage as anyone.

This one matters. Chassis 10266. The fourth-to-last split-window cab ever built and one of only forty that came to the United States through Max Hoffman. Fewer than ten are known to exist today. It’s rare enough to stop you in your tracks, but what makes it special is how honest it feels. California plates since the sixties. Original floors still intact. A lifetime of careful ownership rather than a parade of restorations.

The car started life in Sand Grey over red leather, now finished in silver with freshly reupholstered seats that match the tone of the original hides. The top has been redone in the proper brown canvas with period-correct materials, the gauges were restored by North Hollywood Speedometer, and the little details were handled with the right hands. The mirror and dome light? Restored by Victor Miles and mounted exactly as they were seventy years ago.

Underneath, it runs a 1500 Super engine paired with an upgraded four-speed synchromesh gearbox, rebuilt about 5,000 miles ago. It’s still very much a driver’s car. No garage queen pretending to be original, no over-polished concours clone. It feels alive, which is exactly what you want from something that was engineered for the open road long before anyone thought of the term “heritage.”

The market always rewards authenticity, but cars like this play in their own league. It has history, character, and just enough patina to show it’s lived. When you see a split-window cab that still carries its original metal and a file of paperwork going back decades, you know it’s the real thing.

There will always be newer cars with wilder specs and bigger numbers. But every now and then, a listing like this reminds you why Porsche became Porsche in the first place. A little 1500 flat-four, a split windshield, and the courage to build something the world hadn’t seen before.