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| Yes, You Do Want to Buy a Used <b>Car</b> From This Man! <b>Prices</b> are Down Posted: 15 Aug 2014 08:54 AM PDT Come on down! Used car prices are tumbling sharply and likely to slide through 2016, according to pricing trends. There are a few exceptions, such as pickup trucks, which have been in increasingly high demand as contractors and fleets rebound along with the economy. But there are deals to be had on "nearly new" luxury cars and a number of other models, according to Tom Webb, chief economist for Manheim, which runs used vehicle wholesale auctions. He said a typical midsize sedan that might have cost $15,000 in June was going for about 2 percent less in July, or around $14,700. The Black Book, which tracks vehicle values for dealers, estimates that values at the dealer level slumped from an average $22,863 in August 2013 to $20,463 by July this year, an 11.8 percent decline. Used car prices took what Webb called an "unprecedented" surge in 2008, hitting an all-time peak three years later and generally holding at above-trend numbers until now. The reason? A lack of supply. But the new car market has rebounded faster than anticipated, so there is a growing supply of used vehicles available, driving down prices.
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| Ferrari sells for $38.1 million at classic <b>car</b> auction | The Salt Lake <b>...</b> Posted: 18 Aug 2014 05:16 PM PDT FILE - In this March 13, 1990, file photo a landmark in racing car history, a 1962 Ferrari 250 Gran Turismo Berlinetta Competition "G.T.O.," is displayed in Bridgehampton, New York. A '62 Ferrari 250 GTO was sold during an auction on Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014, for more than $38 million at Monterey Car Week according to The Los Angeles Times. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani, File) Collectibles » Sales of vintage cars top $350 million in Carmel, Monterey, Pebble Beach. New York • A $38.1 million Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta led the annual parade of classic car auctions in California to a record tally of more than $350 million. The sales at Bonhams, Gooding & Co., RM Auctions were part of the six-day auto extravaganza, which ended Sunday, in the coastal towns of Carmel and Monterey and at the ocean-side Pebble Beach golf course. The values of vintage cars have risen along with other high-end collectibles, including art and wine, as wealthy individuals' appetite for alternative investments grows. The price for the red Ferrari 250 GTO smashed the previous global auction record of $29.7 million set a year ago. The new high is a 132 percent increase from 2011, when a 1957 Ferrari Testa Rossa prototype fetched $16.4 million at Gooding. "The market is the highest it's ever been," said McKeel Hagerty, chief executive officer of Hagerty, a Traverse City, Mich.-based insurer and classic car database. "There are new buyers from Europe, Asia, Latin America, some from the Middle East." By the end of Saturday, the auction houses sold 702 lots of the offered 1,192 lots, totaling $352.4 million, according to Hagerty. The results surpassed the previous year's record tally of $312 million, Hagerty said. The auctions continued through late Sunday evening at Gooding and final results weren't available. Ferraris were the most expensive and sought-after cars, taking most slots among the top 10 lots of the week, according to Hagerty. "The Ferrari market has changed drastically in the past three years," said Marcel Massini, a Swiss-based Ferrari historian who attended the events. "Prices for these models easily tripled since then." Massini spoke from the annual Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, where 20 of 250 Testa Rossa models were displayed, a group worth about $1 billion, he said. At the auctions, the $38.1 million Ferrari 250 GTO was the top lot. Estimated by Bonhams at $30 million to $40 million, the Ferrari was bought in 1965 by Fabrizio Violati, whose family made its money in agriculture and mineral water bottling and distribution, according to the auction house. The car placed second at the 1962 Tour de France Automobile race. Violati, who died in 2010, was the fourth and last owner of the Ferrari, Bonhams said. The record price for a car is held by a 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO racer, which sold for $52 million in a private transaction in October, Bloomberg News reported. The previous global auction record was achieved by a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R Formula 1 racing car that fetched $29.7 million at Bonhams last year. story continues below "It's a highly romanticized car," Hagerty said about the Ferrari 250 GTO model from 1962-63. "Only 39 of them were built. Every single one of them was known from the day it was built. It was the last of what you refer to as a dual purpose car: You can drive it on the street and race it." RM Auctions, based in Blenheim, Ontario, offered 32 Ferraris among the 129 cars this year. The sale was led by a 1964 Ferrari 275 GTB/C Speciale, only one of three ever made, that fetched $26.4 million. A 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 owned by the late actor Steve McQueen, estimated at $8 million to $12 million, sold for $10.2 million at RM Auctions. A red 1964 Ferrari 250 LM estimated at $8.5 million to $12.5 million sold for $11.5 million. Gooding, based in Santa Monica, Calif. had 121 cars for sale during two evening auctions. The first, on Aug. 16, tallied $60.4 million, with 17 cars selling for more than $1 million. The priciest of the 64 offered lots was a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider that fetched $15.2 million, against the estimate of $13 million to $15 million. "If this was the art world, these would be the Picassos, the great masterpieces," said Hagerty. One of few non-Ferraris that made it onto Hagerty's top 10 list of the week was a white 1965 Ford GT40 Roadster prototype. It sold for $6.9 million at RM Auctions, falling short of the low estimate of $8 million. |
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