The Daily Vroom

Good Morning Vroomers!

Last week was wild. Just over $42 million in online auction sales, average price around $44K. SOMO had a breakout Friday—most cars they’ve ever sold in a single day. They would’ve made the leaderboard if there was one on Saturday. BaT had two monster results: the 1968 Ferrari Dino 206 GT at $1M and a 1990 AAR-Toyota Eagle HF89 that went for $1.4M over the weekend.

But the one that stopped me in my tracks?

A 688-mile GMC Typhoon that sold for $226,000.

Let’s get one thing straight—this wasn’t a fluke. It’s not a glitch in the matrix. It’s just what happens when the right buyer meets the truck they’ve been dreaming about for 30 years. Red on red. All stock. Basically still wrapped in plastic.

And yeah, it’s a crazy number. But the art world’s been doing this for years. A banana taped to a wall sells for $6 million and everyone’s like “makes sense.” But when a unicorn-spec Typhoon crosses $200K, half the internet starts glitching.

That’s the disconnect.

Price is just what someone’s willing to pay. Doesn’t mean every Ty is worth this much. But it does mean this one was. And honestly, who’s to say it won’t fetch half a million in a few years? Stranger things have happened.

This sale’s already pulling low-mile Syclones and Typhoons out of garages everywhere. But that’s the trap. Everyone thinks they have the next one. They don’t.

This one was the one.

You can debate whether it should’ve been driven. You can question the math. But what you can’t deny is this: the buyer saw something more than a truck. More than a memory. They saw theirs. And in a market driven by emotion, that’s what wins.

So yeah, it’s a wild number.

But it’s not a joke.

It’s the future peeking in.

On another note, we covered M5 values last week. I was speaking to one of our readers over the weekend who pointed me in the direction of the book ‘The Driver’ (not an affiliate link) which is about Alexander Roy's BMW M5 cross-country trip where he recounts his record-breaking 31-hour, 4-minute drive from Los Angeles to New York in 2006, navigating high speeds, police evasion, and meticulous planning in a heavily modified car. I’ve just ordered it.

Auctions To Keep An Eye On

This one's flying a little under the radar, but it shouldn’t be.

A 964 Speedster is already rare territory—only 400 made it to the U.S., and they didn’t exactly flood the market back then either. This one - Black on black. Five-speed. 45k miles. Long-term owner since 1998. Clean title. Mostly stock outside of a head unit and speakers, which is about as harmless as mods get.

It’s not a delivery-mile time capsule—and that’s exactly what I like about it.

It’s been driven. Not hard, not abused. Just used. The kind of car someone actually enjoyed, which is what these were built for in the first place. There’s character here. Chips, soft-top stitching, a cracked rear light bar—it’s got the kind of flaws that make it feel real, not delicate.

And that adds value in a different way. You could drive this without guilt. You should drive it. It’s still a head-turner, still one of the coolest open-air Porsches ever made, and it still pulls attention without needing to be bubble-wrapped.

Bidding’s at $93k with one day left. It might not hit crazy numbers, but that’s what makes it interesting. The $200k+ 964s get the headlines, but these well-kept drivers are where the smart money lives. It still looks like a million bucks parked next to anything modern—and unlike most moderns, this one’s only getting rarer.

If you're into collecting quietly significant cars—this is the one. The W221 S600 is probably the last of the “don’t ask what it costs, just build it perfect” S-Classes. Twin-turbo V12, active body control, massaging seats front and rear, Night Vision, rear entertainment, adaptive cruise. This thing had every button Benz could think of at the time—and the best part? It still looks understated. Regal, not loud.

Most people walk right past these at cars & coffee. And that’s the beauty of it.

This one isn’t just low-mile—it’s showroom spec. The color combo is rare and classy, the ownership history is dead simple, and it’s not one of the beat-on examples from Beverly Hills with a long warranty claim rap sheet. Someone bought this new, babied it, and now it’s just sitting here at $20k with hours to go.

That’s what makes it a sleeper. You can still pick up this 5,000-pound sledgehammer of silence for E-Class money. That won’t last forever. As modern AMGs chase lap times and ditch cylinders, this era of power-luxury excess will start to look more and more like the final chapter of the good stuff.

This one’s got a real story. Sold on BaT in 2020 for $45k by the same seller. Bought back in 2021. Now back again, freshly serviced, and climbing fast. It's like flipping through a time machine’s service history.

But this isn’t just another low-mile DeLorean (though it is—just 6k miles). It’s manual. Clean Carfax. Recommissioned with over $20k in work at DMC California. Even the fascias were refinished. It’s as sorted as these get.

Gullwings? Perfect. Interior? Clean. Tires? Not Goodyears, but who’s complaining when the glovebox is signed by Doc Brown himself!!

The market still hasn’t figured out what these should be worth. They’re not great to drive. They’re not fast. But they’re rolling cultural currency. And the good ones? They don’t come up often.

This one’s rising already, and for once, it actually deserves to.