HSV VL SV88 + Corvette Z06 + R31 Skyline - Auction Action 463

By: Mark Higgins

Date: 14.03.2022

Recent auction highlights from around the world...

1988 Holden Commodore VL HSV SV88

Sold: $115,300
Grays (sold after auction)

Over at the newly established Holden Special Vehicles they were putting the finishing touches to the SV88, their first non-homologation special. All 150 wore Dorward blue over Jewel midnight paint and an understated body kit with a leather and velour interior. This is build #37 and in addition the Calais fixtures, has an auto gearbox attached to the enhanced V8 in its snout.

2023 Corvette Z06 VIN 001

Sold: $3.7M
Barrett Jackson

To raise money for charity GM donated the first production 2023 model also the first 70th anniversary edition ZO6, build number #001. The winning bid was US$3.7 million by Nascar team owner Rick Hendrick. The ZO6 will be a stablemate for the first production 2020 Corvette C8 Hendrick won at a previous auction for US$3 million. The ZO6 features a V8 670hp 5.5lt LT6 engine.

2007 Toyota Century V12

Sold: $48,000
Collecting Cars

This limo is Toyota’s first and only V12 production car. In addition to its 276hp its has air suspension for ultimate waftability. With just 33,614km on the clock, it's finished in Kamui Eternal Black paint with a grey wool interior and cherry wood trim. It also has soft-closing rear doors, power curtains, aircon, heated and cooled electrically adjustable seats, a rear leg rest and a separate rear entertainment system.

1988 Nissan Skyline Silhouette GTS R31

No sale: $32,200
Grays

This Nissan Skyline was once owned by touring car ace Jim Richards. In 1988 he helped Nissan develop this model, when he raced for the factory. Only 200 were made, all classic white, with five-speed manuals and despite their boxy looks, were brilliant to drive with lots of go-fast goodies. The GTS shared the Skylines 3.0lt, fuel injected SOHC engine but with a 14 per cent power boost over the standard model.

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1979 Pontiac Trans Am SE

Mecum
Glendale Auction
March 19th, 2022

I don't understand why you’d buy a car and not drive it. In the late 1970s Pontiac had established itself as the GM performance car division and here is a one-owner limited-edition Y84 code, 400 CI V8, 4-speed 1979 Trans Am 1979 Pontiac Trans Am SE. It has just 110 miles on the clock and is one of 1107 made. It comes with all purchase docs, build sheet, window sticker, sunvisor sleeve and Delco radio manual. Finished in Starlight Black with Camel Tan trim this car even has its original plastic floor protectors in place. It’s a genuine time-warp machine.

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Jaguar XJS

You can snaffle one for as little as $15k and a decent one for under forty grand. Yes, these two-door 5.0-5.3lt V12 monsters are complex and prone to throwing the odd tanti and refusing to budge. But when they are on song, they sound magnificent and waft along at a decent clip. Convertibles fetch more than coupes and if you go down this path, have someone knowledgeable about Jags with you. Someone who has worked on or owned one. Start at your local Jag club. It’s only a matter of time before one winds up in Guido’s shed.

From Unique Cars #463, Mar 2022

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