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12CLASSIC71V-12 engine with 375 hp, a six-speed
manual gearbox, front and rear
spoilers, and a big brake and wheel
package. BMW built some 1,510 CSi
models (it sent only 225 to the U.S.
market), and most were thrashed
hard by third or fourth owners who
couldn’t afford to maintain them.
This car is an 11,000-mile, museum-
quality example and looks it. A
used-up, 160,000-mile, slushbox
840i is only worth about as much
as this car’s unique wheels cost.2013 Lotus T12 5
Sold, $4 1 7,500
You could call previous Lotus
CEO Dany Bahar a lot of things,
and ambitious should be one of
them. Among his plans to bring
Lotus back to glory was this T125
single-seat track car. Looking like
a Formula 1 entry, the T125 was
designed as a Lotus spec racer,
in which would-be drivers would
pony up a cool $1 million to race
their T125s against each other with
factory support and driver coaching
included. The car was inspired by
Lotus’ contemporary F1 experience
and weighed just more than
1,400 pounds with a carbon-fiber
monocoque. Although the engine
is a 3.0-liter Cosworth GP V-8 with
640 hp and an 11,000-rpm redline,
the car could be started sans
laptop at the push of a button and
was designed to run 3,000 miles
between major services. Try that
with your gin-u-wine F1 car. The
program folded along with CEO
Bahar’s tenure at Lotus after just
a handful of cars were built. The
car sold here had little use, a large
spares package, and undoubtedly
a new owner who’s not quite sure
what to do with his latest toy.1994 Toyota Supra Turbo
Sold, $ 1 73,600
The fourth-generation Toyota
Supra Turbo was a world-beating
Japanese sports car in its day. It
made 321 hp from its 3.0-liter
twin-turbo straight-six engine
and went from 0 to 60 mph in
5.6 seconds, which was enough to
bring the fight to the Porsche 911,
Chevrolet Corvette, and Acura NSX.It has also emerged as the most
valuable Japanese sports car of
its era, with its high bid nearly
quadrupling that of the low-
mileage 1993 Mazda RX-7 and
1996 Nissan 300 ZX Twin-Turbo
sold at the same auction. This
isn’t a world-record auction price
(set at $199,800 by an ex-“Fast
and Furious” movie car), but to
the best of our knowledge, this is
the second most expensive MkIV
Supra Turbo sold at auction.1985 De Tomaso
Pantera GT 5
Sold, $ 1 40,000
It wasn’t too long ago that if
you mentioned a hybrid vehicle
to a car enthusiast, you weren’t
talking about a gasoline/electric
drivetrain. You were talking
about a car like the De Tomaso
Pantera, which was designed and
built in Italy but carried a mid-
mounted, all-American Ford 351
Cleveland V-8 engine. Amid De
Tomaso’s financial struggles and
tightening emissions and safety
laws in the U.S., Ford stopped
distributing Panteras through
its Lincoln dealers in 1975. But
the car lived on in Europe, and
intrepid fans found ways to bring
examples Stateside. Such is the
story of this GT5 model, which
had sprouted a rear wing, huge
fender flares, and massively wide
Campagnolo wheels, all modeled
on the Group 5 racing Panteras.
The price was fair for the Pantera
buffs who prefer a wilder look
than the prettier early cars. AMTOP 5 SALES
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