The Daily Vroom
Good Morning Vroomers,
Yesterday was a strong day across the board with more than $10.1 million in total sales, one of the healthiest single day totals this month. All the major platforms performed well, with both Bonhams Online and SOMO posting strong sales and helping round out an active Thursday market. Below is a quick breakdown of the top ten makes sold yesterday, led by Chevrolet, BMW, and Ford. (percentage of total sales)
Further down in the newsletter, we’re spotlighting four listings that didn’t dominate headlines but deserve attention. These are the kinds of cars most people scroll right past, the overlooked, the underpriced, and the ones that quietly define what smart buying looks like in this market.
Let’s get into it.
And before we get into it, the top sale of the day came from Jerry Seinfeld’s collection. If you’re a fan, the listing is worth a click – nearly every comment turns into a Seinfeld reference. If not, just enjoy the car itself.
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Yesterday’s Top 5 Sales
Jerry Seinfeld’s RUF-Modified 1971 Porsche 911S Coupe $657,000 (2,300 miles on build)
1965 Ferrari 330 GT $520,000 (7,311 miles)
2017 Ford F-550 Super Duty EarthRoamer XV-LTS $313,000 (39k miles)
2023 Mercedes-AMG G63 4×4² $300,000 (2,800 miles)
2022 Porsche 911 GT3 Touring 6-Speed $258,008 (6k miles)
Auctions To Keep An Eye On
Ferrari engine. Lancia badge. Leather by Poltrona Frau. It sounds like a punchline until you drive one.
This 1990 Thema 8.32 is a second-series car in Winner Red with the right details still intact, retractable rear spoiler, five-speed manual, and a full Emblem Sportscars service history going back years. The V8 was rebuilt in 2004, the belts and gaskets done again in 2017, and the car’s been kept in use but never abused since.
The Thema 8.32 sits in that perfect space between curiosity and collectable. It’s too sophisticated to be a meme car, too rare to be common, and too complex to ever build again. For anyone tired of the usual E28s and 190Es, this is what the real connoisseurs are watching.
This is the one serious collectors look for. Last-year production, 36,000 miles, Grand Prix White over burgundy, and owned by the same careful keeper for nearly three decades. The best version of the 944 Turbo, and arguably the most complete expression of Porsche’s transaxle era.
Everything about it reads right. Original paint, unmodified aside from color-matched wheels and a period CD unit (factory radio included). Clutch and belts done, clean CarFax, and stored under a cover for most of its life.
It’s listed on GuysWithRides, which means it won’t get the Bring a Trailer frenzy, and that’s exactly the point. If you know what this car is, you don’t need the crowd to tell you.
A rare chance to buy the right 944 Turbo without paying for the noise.
Every once in a while a clean SLC surfaces that reminds you how undervalued these coupes still are. This one’s Astral Silver over blue leather, lightly restored, and being used exactly the way Mercedes intended. Daily driven and maintained without pretense.
Originally auctioned on The MB Market last year, it went through a twisty path. Donated to charity, raffled off, gifted, then sold again to its current owner, who’s since put a few thousand solid miles on it. The car’s been repainted, the rocker repaired, and the fuel system completely overhauled. Tank, pump, lines, accumulator, relay, the works.
The look is right, the stance is right, and the presentation’s honest. It’s not chasing perfection, just showing what a sorted, usable SLC feels like when it’s kept alive by someone who actually drives it.
At a time when the R107s are creeping up in value, the fixed roof C107 is still hiding in plain sight. Longer wheelbase, proper four seater, same V8 warmth. For anyone watching where the next smart Mercedes buy lives, this one deserves a closer look.
Some restorations aim for perfection, others for presence. This one nails both.
The Rampside was Chevrolet’s strangest and smartest truck idea of the 1960s, a rear engine, side loading pickup designed for practicality decades ahead of its time. Most people still don’t know what they’re looking at. That’s what makes this one so good.
Rebuilt from the metal up, this truck has been stripped, resprayed, and mechanically renewed. The flat six and four speed were both rebuilt, the suspension and brakes overhauled, and the bed floor refinished in textured steel. Every detail feels considered, from the turquoise and white paint to the subtle two inch drop on KYBs.
The seller calls it a fun truck to cruise around town, and that’s exactly the point. It’s a real driver with the polish of a showpiece. If you want a vehicle that gets more genuine reactions than anything ten times the price, this is it.
There are few American designs that still look futuristic sixty years later. The Rampside is one of them.