The Daily Vroom

Good morning Vroomers

Appreciate all the messages from those of you flagging the Cars & Bids event at Road America this weekend. Track-side Cars & Coffee with Kennan and Filippo during IMSA, great to see. Genuinely happy they’re doing it. And hopefully just the beginning. A. small section on their site with upcoming events would go a long way.

On another note, I was scrolling through the RNMs on Bring a Trailer and realized how rarely we actually see the follow-up sales. They quietly launched a smart little feature a while back to chase down those missed deals: if an auction ends RNM, the highest bidder can make one final offer to the seller.

But earlier this year, after a bit of user feedback, let’s call it that - BaT flipped the flow. Now it’s the seller who gets to lead with a post-auction offer. The bidder can accept or counter once. Much better setup. And credit to BaT for listening.

That said… I still rarely see those cars get marked as sold afterward. I might need to break out the detective hat and dig into how many RNMs actually convert with this tool. Gut feeling? Not many.

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

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Double Sale of the Day

Yesterday delivered a clean reminder that auctions aren’t about one side winning and the other losing. These kinds of outcomes play out every day across all platforms.

The Buyer Win: 1993 Acura NSX – $73,000
Red over black. Five-speed. 45,000 miles. No big story, no drama. Just a clean car, well presented. $73K is solid, but for the buyer, it’s one of those moments that feels like you got in at the right time and at a price that is extremely good for such a car.

The Seller Win: 2002 Porsche Boxster S – $13,500
This one had the IMS bearing upgrade and a manual, but also cold start smoke, prior accident damage, worn interior, and enough visible flaws to keep the nitpickers away. And yet it still did $13.5K. For the seller, that’s a win. Reserve met, car gone, no relist, no hassle.

Who got the better deal? Maybe both did.

Because at the end of the day, auctions aren’t judged by how cheap something went or how high it climbed. What matters is that someone bought what they wanted and someone else got what they needed. That’s the beauty of it. And when it lines up clean like this, everyone walks away happy.

The Holy Trinity

We’ve been harping on it for weeks. Collections matter. They raise the stakes. They command attention. And when done right, they deliver results that single listings just can’t match.

This is what that looks like.

Silver Arrow Cars one of the best sellers out there, has brought the Hypercar Holy Trinity to BaT. A LaFerrari. A McLaren P1. A Porsche 918. All live. All thoughtfully presented. And at the center of it is this 2014 Ferrari LaFerrari in Blu Elettrico. A one-of-one spec for the US and one of only three in the world in this color.

This isn’t just a striking car. It’s the best-presented LaFerrari we’ve seen on the platform. Fully serviced by Ferrari of Newport Beach. Battery warranty extended through 2026. Just over 3,200 miles. No wrap. No yellowed PPF. No distractions. The car looks like a sculpture and reads like a checklist for collectors who know what they’re doing.

Bidding has already passed $4.1 million with time still on the clock. The all-time Bring a Trailer record is $5.36 million for a 161-mile LaFerrari Aperta sold in 2022. This car has a shot at challenging it. Not because it's an Aperta but because it offers something else. A unique color. Provenance. And the weight of a listing put together by one of the best sellers in the space.

And the context matters. This LaF is not a standalone moonshot. It’s part of a coordinated multi-car release inspired by The Grand Tour Holy Trinity episode. Well worth a rewatch if you haven’t seen it in a while.

The Porsche 918 is a factory-unpainted Weissach Package car, finished in exposed carbon fiber with an original wrap applied by the factory. Magnesium wheels. Acid Green accents. One of the most desirable 918 specs and the version that broke the seven-minute barrier at the Nürburgring.

The McLaren P1 was number 002 off the line. Specified with over $100K in MSO upgrades and later sent back to the factory for a full exposed carbon fiber reskin. It’s aggressive and rare and shows just over 6,000 miles.

All three are documented. All three are thoughtfully prepared. None of them are throwaways. This is what collections do. They tell a bigger story. They build credibility for the seller. They create momentum for the platform. And they give buyers confidence in what they’re bidding on.

We’ll have more to say about collections later this week. But this one speaks for itself.

The LaFerrari is the headline. The collection is the story.