What: 2020 Ferrari 488 Pista Color: Grass Green (grassgreen; non-metallic uni; 296; Ferrari) VIN: ZFF90HLA9L0253897 Mileage: 1,015 miles Price at Time of this Writing: Estimated $650,000 to $700,000 CarFax: N/A Original MSRP: N/A Location: Broad Arrow 2024 Monterey Jet Center Auction Auction listing:Link
Why we love it:
Paging Jay Kay. We’ve loved primary green on Ferraris ever since Jamiroquai’s lead singer raised eyebrows at Goodwood with his LaFerrari. Perhaps inspired by that car, this 488 Pista that’s turned up in the catalogue of Broad Arrow’s upcoming 2024 Monterey Jet Center Auction will make you green with envy. The paint color is Extra Campionario (special order) Grass Green that may be identical to Viper Green according to some accounts. That’s paired with muted Nero stripes and black brakes so as to tone down the in-your-face green just a bit, while the interior continues the green theme with special Matte Green Carbon Fiber.
It’s a very distinct thing, and not for the feint of heart. Check it out in the Broad Arrow Monterey Jet Center Auction during the 2024 Monterey Car Week activities.
There’s something about a primary-ish blue Audi Avant that just seems right. You can thank the original Audi RS2 for starting that theme… or at least sending it into icon status, but every medium blue Avant since definitely hits this note in some capacity. And while the car you see here isn’t a rare 1 of 25 Audi RS 6 RS Tribute Edition, it is a C8 long roof in a color you’d be forgiven for mistaking as Nogaro Blue.
It’s not Nogaro Blue though, and how we know this deserves calling out. Yes, this blue is unlike any of the conservative and forgettable factory A6 allroad colors, so we already knew it’s an Audi exclusive build. Such cars are easy enough to find on classified sites, but knowing whether it’s any number of medium blues depending on lighting for the photography can be a real challenge. Even Audi dealers, more often than not, don’t include the name of the Audi exclusive color in an online listing. So, when a Ford dealership in Tennessee lists it, we don’t exactly have high hopes. Or, more accurately, when Ford of Franklin confirms the color in the listing, Firmament Blue to be exact, it’s worth calling out and offering a golf clap.
The car in question (VIN# WAU92BF23MN037703) is also a nice spec beyond just the color. It’s a 2021 Prestige package car (Audi’s Best on the Good, Better, Best scale), and includes full body paint over the fender flares for a sportier appearance. This fresh trade has also covered 26,909 miles. Listed at $55,382 it’s roughly half the price of the equivalent RS 6, getting you a fair degree of the big body Audi long roof experience at a fraction of the RS 6 price.
In the grand scheme of things, 2010 isn’t exactly the age of classic car we’ve come to expect from major auction house sales at concours weeks such as Monterey. So, when a newer car makes a showing, it’s usually very special or very tailored. In that vein, this green-on-green DBS Volante (chassis # SCFFDCCD2AGE11881) breathed on by in-house Aston Martin tailoring department Q definitely qualifies.
In this case, the car’s exterior is referred to as California Sage, while the interior is Absynthe Green. With only about 845 Volantes believed to have been produced, the drop-top DBS is already rare. However, green-on-green is a whole other level of rare… even from a British marque.
This car will be up for sale as part of RM Sotheby’s Monterey auction. We’re going to go ahead and share the full model description from RM below, but make sure to follow the link HERE in order to see the full photo gallery and learn information on where and when to bid.
Lot #208: 2010 Aston Martin DBS Volante
Aston Martin’s luxurious open-top flagship; timeless styling meets modern performance
Finished in Q-specification California Sage over an Absynthe Green leather interior
Thrilling 5.9-liter naturally aspirated V-12 producing 510 hp
Driven a modest 16,172 miles at cataloguing; carefully maintained and accompanied by service invoices
One of only 845 DBS Volantes believed to have been produced in total
When it debuted at the 2009 Geneva Motor Show, the DBS Volante brought together two legendary names from Aston Martin’s past that, to devotees of the marque, needed no introduction.
First, DBS. The inaugural DBS arrived in 1967, toward the tail end of Aston Martin’s crucial David Brown era, as a muscular yet elegant tourer. The DBS nameplate was revived in 2007; true to form, it was an imposing machine wrapped in instant-classic styling. Motivation came from a 510-horsepower version of the company’s 5.9-liter V-12, which could be paired with either six-speed manual or six-speed automatic gearboxes.
Second is Volante. Italian for “flying,” it has—since the introduction of the DB Short-Wheelbase Volante in 1965—been used to denote convertible versions of Aston Martin’s exquisite tourers. More than that, the word instantly conjures the carefree thrills and romance that one can only experience behind the wheel of a fine open-top automobile.
Of course, one need not be a student of Aston Martin history to recognize that the DBS Volante is something special. Luxurious features abound, including a power fabric top that can stow away in as little in 15 seconds at speeds of up to 30 mph. Adaptive driving modes and carbon-ceramic brakes provide confident handling and secure stopping no matter how spirited one decides to get behind the wheel.
With only 845 examples believed to have been built in total, the DBS Volante is an undoubtedly rare beast. The car offered here further distinguishes itself with its stunning color combination: Q-specification California Sage over an Absynthe Green leather interior. Further options include the six-speed automatic transmission, 10-spoke diamond-turned Silver wheels, Magnum Silver meshes and Silver fascia trim inlays, and seatbelts in Warm Charcoal.
Enhancing its desirability, this DBS Volante has enjoyed a life of modest use and diligent care. After its acquisition by the consignor in 2019, it has been treated to regular maintenance as well as close attention to cosmetic condition, with further service to ensure proper operation of its convertible top; invoices on file detail the work performed. At the time of cataloguing, the car displayed only 16,272 miles.
Positioned as Aston Martin’s flagship convertible tourer when new, and every bit as impressive today, the DBS Volante seems destined to age as finely as the British marque’s great historical offerings. With its striking specification and history of limited use, this is an example worthy of careful consideration by the discriminating collector.
If you’re looking for an F82 Comp that checks most boxes, this one could be it. Clean title, low mileage, BMW Individual color and, clean CarFax. It’s slightly modded, but this could be the ONE for a proper enthusiast.
Here is a BMW Individual Grigio Telesto 2018 BMW M4 Competition with about 34,000 miles on it. Some mods include Active Autowerks Equal Length Resonated Midpipe, KW Has Lowering Springs, and Paint Protection Film on Front Bumper, Hood, Front Fenders, and Rear Quarter Panels. Bonus points for PPF, gotta protect that paint!
Seller states: “All service has been done on time. Oil changes, brake fluid flushes, brake pads, etc. Tires all have 8/32 or more of tread, zero leaks, and zero curb rash on any of the wheels. The car is bone stock engine-wise, has never been tuned, etc. It has been a weekend driver and garage kept for its entire life.” They even mention taking it to a shop in Costa Mesa for a pre-purchase inspection.
This definitely feels enthusiast-owned and you can tell the car was looked after. This is a win in our book. You can check out the Craigslist Ad HERE for more information. More photos below.
There’s a fairly fine line between tasteful and outlandish in the Tailored Driver world, but for me, this straddles it perfectly.
Featuring a relatively tame Paint to Sample Polar Silver exterior juxtaposed spectacularly by the Agave Green leather interior, this Targa 4 GTS demands a second, third, and potentially fourth look from passers by. The longer you stare, the more the claimed $249k sticker price makes sense.
If you’re looking to hit a home run in the secondhand bespoke world, look no further than Ferrari of San Diego, where this Targa 4 GTS currently is for sale at an undisclosed sum.
An Audi exclusive 2004 Audi S4 Avant is a rare find. You see the exclusive program from Audi wasn’t as popular in the early 2000s as it is today. So finding a custom build from that era is truly exclusive. Here we have a Goodwood Green Pearl Effect (goodwoodgrün; pearl effect UNI; Z6X; Audi) over “Panda” two-tone interior B6 S4 Avant from Lafayette, IN. The car has about 144,000 miles and the seller states: “The timing chains were done around 130k by the previous owner. Mechanically in good condition runs and drives with no issue, cosmetically could use some love like any 20-year-old car. Originally a West Coast car, no rust, mostly just rock chips, and no bubbling or peeling paint.
The only modification is lowered on lowering springs and B7 S4 wheels, also done by the previous owner. Selling it because this is my second wagon and I just don’t drive it enough and don’t have the time to make it return to its original glory.”
In the original post, the seller also attached a video of a cold start to showcase there is no chain rattle and the engine has a clean bill of health. Below are more photos and the original post can be found on Facebook Marketplace.
One car amidst the gaggle of Monterey Car Week auctions must certainly be this 1993 Ferrari 512 TR, one of just two Spyder conversions produced by Pininfarina in period for the royal family of Brunei. Finished in triple blue (Blue Cobalto paint, Blue Scar Connolly leather and blue soft top), the car marks a highly unique specification for an even more unique car.
We’ll post the full description from RM Sotheby’s below, while you can find more photos, documentation, details on the sale and more over on RM Sotheby’s website.
Monterey 2024: 1993 Ferrari 512 TR Spyder by Pininfarina
One of only two 512 TR conversions commissioned from Pininfarina by Ferrari, intended for the Royal Family of Brunei
The sole example finished in this stunning “triple blue” color combination
Powered by its matching-numbers 4.9-liter flat-12 engine and five-speed gearbox
Currently indicates fewer than 575 km (~360 miles) at time of cataloguing
Recently treated to $65,000 of cosmetic recommissioning by the eight-time Pebble Beach Concours-winning team at RM Auto Restoration; refinished in its original color and fitted with a new convertible top
Addendum: Please note that an import duty of 2.5% of the purchase price is payable on this lot if the buyer is a resident of the United States.
If asked to close your eyes and conjure the image of an 1980s Maranello model, your mind is likely to produce a visage of side-straked majesty in the form of a Ferrari Testarossa. It is a model intrinsically wedded to the decade of its introduction. Everyone from teenagers lusting over bedroom-wall posters, to captains of industry catching a glimpse of their reflection in glass-fronted offices—none could help fawning over this most Ferrari of Ferraris.
Arguably Ferrari’s hit car of the 1980s, the Testarossa was approaching its sixth year of production in 1990, and Maranello’s design team sought to update the iconic model for the coming decade. Returning to numeric nomenclature, its successor was dubbed the Ferrari 512 TR, with “5” representing the cubic capacity of the engine, “12” the number of cylinders, and “TR” standing for Testarossa. The 512 TR shared many similarities with its predecessor, but it was expertly tweaked by Ferrari both in terms of styling and engineering.
The marketing power of its 1980s dream machine had not diminished just because the decade rolled over, either. The initial design simply needed a few minor nips and tucks to keep it cutting edge. The most recognizable 512 TR addition was its front bumper, while other styling changes included a revised set of rear lights and new 18-inch alloy wheels. Numerous interior updates were needed to pass over the 1980s aesthetic baton to the 1990s, but the 512 TR’s most significant improvements were carried out upon its chassis and mechanicals.
The new model’s chassis was revised to allow both engine and transmission to sit 30 millimeters lower, improving the car’s center of gravity. While the displacement of the 512 TR’s inherited flat-12-cylinder engine remained the same as the Testarossa’s at 4,943 cubic centimeters, its power had been increased—due to a higher compression ratio, revised porting and inlets, bigger valves, as well as new Bosch Motronic M2.7 management—to a highly respectable 428 brake horsepower.
But perhaps the most warmly received of the 512 TR’s updates were those of its transmission—a prolonged complaint about the Testarossa—which was eased with a new single-plate clutch, sliding ball bearings, and better angle for the gearshift knob.
Yet despite all the improvements fitted to the iconic Testarossa model, some of Ferrari’s most discerning clients still required something more exclusive than the standard 512 TR.
‘APERTA, DUE POSTI, PER I REALI’
Given the right level of status—and the resources to back it up—Ferrari has always been willing to execute one-off coachbuilt commissions exclusively for its most important clients. This proud tradition goes back to the marque’s earliest days partnering with some of Italy’s finest carrozzerie and continues today with the Portfolio Coachbuilding Program at Ferrari’s Design Center. Behind doors which even the most astute of collectors may struggle to unlock, unique models considered too wild for mainstream manufacture are created; bespoke Ferrari projects straight from the imagination are brought to life.
But soaring high above even this rarified stratum of Ferrari VIPs exists the legendary domain of Brunei’s Royal Family, who commissioned not one or two custom Ferrari chassis, but multiple series of coachbuilt Ferrari models throughout the 1980s and 1990s. This outstanding 512 TR Spyder offered here is an exemplary specimen from one such series intended for Ferrari’s so-called “First Family.”
Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, Alfred Tan, the proprietor of Singapore’s Hong Seh Motors, handled orders and delivery of Ferraris for the Brunei Royal Family as the marque’s sole distributorship in Southeast Asia. Tan communicated specific orders directly to Maranello, and from Maranello to Grugliasco, where Pininfarina’s Special Projects Team turned dream into reality. According to Paolo Garella, the former Pininfarina Special Projects Manager, Pininfarina began taking orders from Brunei directly starting in 1994, making the 512 TR Spyder the last model commissioned through Hong Seh Motors.
Having previously completed a series of Testarossa Spyders for Brunei, a new 512 TR-based series seemed only a natural progression. Correspondence between Tan and Ferrari’s Maurizio Parlato (on file) confirms as much, and while Ferrari produced a scant 88 right-hand drive 512 TRs between 1992 and 1994, just two of them were forwarded to Pininfarina during the same period for conversion to the coachbuilt “aperta” design of an open-topped Spyder. To this end, Garella notes that the orders for these two 512 TR Spyders were indeed placed through Ferrari by Alfred Tan, and Ferrari then sent reinforced chassis to Pininfarina’s Special Projects team to finish the aperta conversion. Once the body conversion had been completed, these two special Spyder conversions were then shipped back to Ferrari in Maranello to fit the mechanical parts and interior tailoring.
An accompanying Ferrari Certificate of Origin and Production Data sheet confirms that this 512 Spyder was delivered new to Hong Seh Motors during June 1993 and clothed in the bespoke “triple blue” color combination of Blu Cobalto over Blu Scuro Connolly leather with matching carpets and power-operated soft top. It is the only such 512 TR Spyder executed in this color combination.
Interestingly, neither right-hand drive 512 TR Spyder was ever delivered to Brunei’s famous garages for unknown reasons, with this example retained by Alfred Tan in Singapore for his personal collection. In January 1997, Tan exhibited this 512 TR Spyder at Ferrari’s 50th Anniversary celebrations in Rome, and at that time the Scuderia Ferrari driver Gianni Morbidelli joined Tan’s son, Edward, in the car during their parade through the city.
Rarely displayed elsewhere during Tan’s 30 years of ownership, in November 2023 this special Pininfarina Spyder was purchased by the consignor and immediately submitted to more than $65,000 of cosmetic recommissioning by RM Auto Restorations. Invoices on file illustrate more than 500 man-hours were spent to bring this barely enjoyed coachbuilt Ferrari back to a perfect presentation. Notable line items include a full refinishing in its original Blu Cobalto paint, new Blu Scuro carpets, and new Blu Scuro power-operated soft top.
As presented today, this 512 TR Spyder indicates fewer than 575 kilometers (~360 miles) at cataloguing time. Chassis 97310 arguably presents the only opportunity to own a special limited-production aperta variant of the Ferrari 512 TR, with only two ordered by the Ferrari factory and this car’s sister chassis not currently available.
Long owned and cared-for by the man who helped create such a rare beauty, this coachbuilt Blu Cobalto example would be the centerpiece of any aficionado’s collection, sure to draw attention wherever it goes, be it concours lawns or open roads.
When an Audi exclusive Goodwood Green Pearl Effect (Z6X) R8 enters the market up during a certain Festival of Speed that goes by a similar name, we’d call it fate. But when that very car also happens to feature a Palomino Brown interior, we’ll call it dangerous.
Now for sale at the aptly named Sweet Cars in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, we can think of much worse ways to spend the $169,995 asking price.
Made famous in the Kills Bugs Fast adverts of the mid 90s, images of Arena Red 993 generation 911s were on the walls of many admirers around the world. With this Turbo S having covered a scant 7,400 miles since new, we’d assume more than a few of the aforementioned images have higher miles as well.
Does the color stand the test of time? Yeah, we’d say so. Being sold by a private individual in Michigan who’s managed just 3,000 (nearly half!) of those miles over the past eight years of ownership, this top-tier Tailored Driver can be found on AutoTrader for $144,000.
Our first formal Market Find is somewhat of an oddity, which we find quite fitting.
This 2004 BMW 325i convertible is not only a lower spec trim level within the E46 generation 3 series playbook, but the original tailor opted for the ever controversial shade of Phoenix Yellow from the range topping M3.
Life has happened to this example, and the disclosed Rebuilt title is proof of that. But we prefer dreams to be not just in the heads of our compatriots, but also on the road.
For the $5,500 asked at time of writing, this could just be the cheapest one way ticket to becoming a Tailored Driver.
