{"id":34871,"date":"2022-10-30T09:04:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-30T13:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34871"},"modified":"2022-10-30T09:04:08","modified_gmt":"2022-10-30T13:04:08","slug":"1137580_the-gran-turismo-collection-rm-sotheby-s-november-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=34871","title":{"rendered":"Automotive best hits for sale as a one-owner car collection all at once"},"content":{"rendered":"

Some people painstakingly assemble car collections over decades, but RM Sotheby’s is offering the opportunity to do it in one fell swoop with a group of 18 cars offered as one lot in a London auction that’s scheduled for Nov. 5.<\/p>\n

Dubbed The Gran Turismo Collection<\/a> by the auction house, the collection was started 25 years ago with the acquisition of a Ferrari F40, according to the auction listing. It now includes several other rare supercars from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Bugatti, and Jaguar\u2014with some Group B rally cars thrown in for good measure.<\/p>\n

\"1991<\/p>\n

1991 Ferrari F40 from The Gran Turismo Collection (photo via RM Sotheby’s)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

In addition to the F40, the collection includes that car’s 288 GTO predecessor, as well as the successor F50, Enzo, and LaFerrari. This collector also had a penchant for front-engine Ferrari convertibles; a 550 Barchetta, 575M Superamerica, and 599 SA Aperta\u2014all in matching yellow\u2014are among the lots as well.<\/p>\n

Lamborghini is also represented with a 1971 Miura SV and 1984 Countach LP5000 S. The collection also includes two versions of the Bugatti EB110<\/a>\u2014a 1993 EB110 GT and a 1996 Super Sport\u2014plus a fresh Chiron Super Sport 300+<\/a>. That’s the production version of the car that hit\u00a0300-mph<\/a>, which the first two were delivered both in the U.S.<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"1985<\/p>\n

1985 Audi Sport Quattro S1 from The Gran Turismo Collection (photo via RM Sotheby’s)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Switching from Italian to British machinery, the collection also boasts a 1993 Jaguar XJ220 S, a homologation special of Jaguar’s 1990s supercar built to qualify it for the 24 Hours of Le Mans. It’s accompanied by an example of the lesser-known XJR-15<\/a>. This car immediately preceded the more famous XJ220, and like the XJ220 it was a joint effort between Jaguar and Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR). Only in this case, Jaguar and TWR used the underpinnings from the Le Mans-winning XJR-9 race car as a starting point.<\/p>\n

Speaking of race cars, the collection also includes some of the greatest hits from rallying’s Group B era. An Audi Sport Quattro S1, Lancia 037, and Lancia Delta S4 represent some of the most iconic cars from that era. These three cars alone would likely bring a high hammer price, so expect the whole collection to sell for small-nation-GDP money.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Some people painstakingly assemble car collections over decades, but RM Sotheby’s is offering the opportunity to do it in one fell swoop with a group of 18 cars offered as one lot in a London auction that’s scheduled for Nov. 5. Dubbed The Gran Turismo Collection by the auction house, the collection was started 25 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":34872,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34871","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/34872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}