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Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
This Range Rover sold in September. The buyer never paid.

Nov 4, 2026

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8 min read

This Range Rover sold in September. The buyer never paid.

Plus: Ford put a 1,200-hp V8 in a Bronco, and a flying machine built to weigh nine pounds less than a pilot's license.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
A $300,000 Nissan, and a stolen Bugatti that phoned home

Nov 2, 2026

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8 min read

A $300,000 Nissan, and a stolen Bugatti that phoned home

Plus: how your car reports where it is, and the parts store I've used for more than a decade.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
A 575M V12 in a hand-built 250 GTO body. No reserve, £205,000.

Oct 30, 2026

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8 min read

A 575M V12 in a hand-built 250 GTO body. No reserve, £205,000.

Plus: why Ferrari keeps fighting over a 1962 shape, and Stellantis' half-billion-dollar "better" quarter.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
This DeLorean sold for $72K in April. It's back, bid to $70,088.

Oct 28, 2026

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8 min read

This DeLorean sold for $72K in April. It's back, bid to $70,088.

Plus: the £77 million factory behind it, and why its doors open on their own.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
$3.28 million in 2021. $1.97 million in February. Same Speedtail.

Oct 26, 2026

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7 min read

$3.28 million in 2021. $1.97 million in February. Same Speedtail.

Number 90 of 106 closes today with 157 miles and a $1.5M bid. Plus: Volvo's China math, and GM walks away from a magnet plant.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
This 850-hp GT40 is bidding at $85,000. Its rebuilt title is part of why.

Oct 21, 2026

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8 min read

This 850-hp GT40 is bidding at $85,000. Its rebuilt title is part of why.

Plus: GM's best quarter in a while sank its stock, how a sequential gearbox actually shifts, and what a rebuilt title really costs you.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
The Roadster can fly. Bring a stopwatch, not a pilot's license.

Oct 19, 2026

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9 min read

The Roadster can fly. Bring a stopwatch, not a pilot's license.

Plus: a zero-mile Aston Martin motorcycle with no reserve, no title, and a Samsung phone for a dashboard.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Porsche stopped building these a year ago. This one closes today.

Oct 16, 2026

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8 min read

Porsche stopped building these a year ago. This one closes today.

A 6,500-mile manual Cayman GTS 4.0, Porsche's new supercar above the 911, and why no engine dyno has ever measured horsepower.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
A 12,000-mile Diablo is at $205,000. It closes this afternoon.

Oct 14, 2026

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7 min read

A 12,000-mile Diablo is at $205,000. It closes this afternoon.

Europe narrows its hybrid loophole, and where the money goes in a $1 million NSX.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
An $85,000 restoration, a $51,000 bid, and no reserve.

Oct 12, 2026

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9 min read

An $85,000 restoration, a $51,000 bid, and no reserve.

Plus: what the 918 Spyder still teaches the next Porsche hypercar, and the one-off 963 that Porsche built for Roger Penske.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
A 1956 Porsche 356A is bidding at $35,600. It has a reserve.

Oct 9, 2026

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7 min read

A 1956 Porsche 356A is bidding at $35,600. It has a reserve.

Plus: how Porsche cooled engines for 50 years without a radiator, and what a $23,000 Polestar discount really buys.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
A $450,000 SL, and Jaguar finally shows its hand

Oct 7, 2026

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10 min read

A $450,000 SL, and Jaguar finally shows its hand

Plus a Japan-import 964 that can't be sold to a Californian, and why 800 volts matters.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
A 7.4-liter V12 at $100,000, with premium at $5.29

Oct 5, 2026

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9 min read

A 7.4-liter V12 at $100,000, with premium at $5.29

Plus: why diesel now costs more than premium, what octane measures, and who pays for $100 oil.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
A $497,875 Rolls-Royce is bidding at $200,000. The interior is turquoise.

Oct 2, 2026

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8 min read

A $497,875 Rolls-Royce is bidding at $200,000. The interior is turquoise.

Plus: Hyundai may have just outsold Ford, and the Canadian company that actually builds the Ford GT.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
This year's Dakars sold for $395K and up. This one is at $301K.

Sep 30, 2026

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7 min read

This year's Dakars sold for $395K and up. This one is at $301K.

Plus: GM shrinks the Bolt's run by 75%, and CarMax sells more cars for less.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
738 lb-ft of torque, capped on purpose, bidding at $25,000

Sep 28, 2026

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10 min read

738 lb-ft of torque, capped on purpose, bidding at $25,000

Plus: the mpg rule landing today (the fine has been $0 since last July), why race cars use Kevlar to stop carbon, and the village garage that became a carmaker.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
A 37-mile Ford GT is currently bidding for $1.13 million. Its sticker was $630,500.

Sep 25, 2026

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9 min read

A 37-mile Ford GT is currently bidding for $1.13 million. Its sticker was $630,500.

Plus: Bentley's cheapest car is electric, VW hits a drag coefficient of 0.158, and GM is machining missile parts.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
One owner, 38 years, 51,000 miles. This E30 M3 is at $70,000.

Sep 23, 2026

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9 min read

One owner, 38 years, 51,000 miles. This E30 M3 is at $70,000.

Plus: Jaguar's October 6 reckoning, why an F1 car fills a terabyte every weekend, and Saudi Arabia's first car.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
$91,600 wasn't enough for this Testarossa in 2020. Today it's at $200,000.

Sep 21, 2026

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10 min read

$91,600 wasn't enough for this Testarossa in 2020. Today it's at $200,000.

Plus: Tesla wants $50,000 for a Roadster nobody has seen, and the Ferrari everyone hates is sold out.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
One engine, three badges: BMW, Toyota, and a British 4x4

Sep 18, 2026

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10 min read

One engine, three badges: BMW, Toyota, and a British 4x4

GM builds an all-new 350 V8, and Brampton's contract expires Sunday night.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
An M3 engine, a 1973 widebody, and $60k so far

Sep 16, 2026

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8 min read

An M3 engine, a 1973 widebody, and $60k so far

Plus: BYD applies for European citizenship, and Le Mans works out how to pump a liquid at minus 253 degrees.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
A $167k BMW is bidding at $51k. That's not a typo.

Sep 14, 2026

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8 min read

A $167k BMW is bidding at $51k. That's not a typo.

Plus Ford's $1 billion paint shop, and what a Porsche race car costs after you buy it.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
The government wrote Ford a letter. Ford wrote back.

Sep 11, 2026

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8 min read

The government wrote Ford a letter. Ford wrote back.

Plus: a near-twin of the M5 I drive every day is on Cars & Bids, and Gordon Murray's new investors want him to build fewer cars.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Tesla graded its own homework. NHTSA wants to see the work.

Sep 9, 2026

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8 min read

Tesla graded its own homework. NHTSA wants to see the work.

A 540-hp Alpina in my home state, a 600-kg Elise with one seat, and a robotaxi with no pedals and one federal audit.

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj
The union voted for the layoffs. Happy Labor Day.

Sep 7, 2026

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7 min read

The union voted for the layoffs. Happy Labor Day.

100,000 VW jobs and one unanimous vote. Plus a $200K Aston with a birth certificate, and the car that drives upside

Marsel Gjergjindreaj
Marsel Gjergjindreaj

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