Last night's Art of the Automobile sale, hosted by RM Auctions in association with Sotheby's in New York, was very successful with a very nice Ferrari 250 LM grabbing the headlines, after selling for a startling $14.3 million. You can find the full results here.
European rivals Bonhams and Artcurial are also gearing up for major auctions; The London Sale and the Retromobile Sale respectively. In London, Bonhams will offer the complete collection of Ecurie Ecosse cars and matching truck owned by Dick Skipworth. One of our favourites is the one-off Tojeiro Jaguar. It was raced only briefly in period but in more recent years it has been extensively campaigned, predominantly with Barrie 'Whizzo' Williams behind the wheel. Amazingly, the car has not missed a Goodwood Revival meeting and it is pictured in our 35 shot gallery at every Revival we have attended.
Artcurial meanwhile will host a two-day sale at Retromobile early in February, which will include the unique Ferrari 166 MM/53 Oblin Barchetta. Originally fitted with a Vignale Berlinetta body, it was extensively raced by its first, Belgian owner. He had the body replaced by local coach-builder Martial Oblin with the striking Barchetta body it still wears today. Beautifully restored in recent years, it has only seen very few outings.
Among the new cars revealed in Los Angeles we missed on Wednesday are the Subaru WRX and the Mercedes-Benz Concept GLA 45. While the latter is a near production ready show car, the all-new WRX is ready to hit the streets. Replacing the 2.5 litre engine, it features a 268 bhp, turbocharged flat four. It comes standard with a six-speed manual gearbox and a CVT automatic is available as an option.

Enjoy the links:

1953 Ferrari 166 MM/53 Oblin Barchetta - Images, Specifications and Information

1959 Tojeiro Jaguar - Images, Specifications and Information

1963 - 1966 Ferrari 250 LM - Images, Specifications and Information

2013 Mercedes-Benz Concept GLA 45 AMG - Images, Specifications and Information

2014 Subaru WRX - Images, Specifications and Information