Last weekend marked the 75th annual members meeting at Goodwood racecourse, one of the most hotly anticipated racing events of the year yet still in the shadow of the festival of speed. Over the course of the weekend there was some top tier racing with rare and exotic cars of all ages. A particular highlight of the weekend was the GT1 class race which reunited several McLaren F1s, Porsche GT1s and Mercedes CLK GTRs. All of which competing in fine voice. Aside from the motoring madness on track Bonhams also held their most recent auction at the event featuring a range of exciting cars from across the decades. The perfect mirror to the track action. We’ve collated a list of our favourite cars from the Bonhams sale and how their prices relate to others sold at UK auctions.

 

SUBARU IMPREZA 2BB-STI LIMITED EDITION PROTOTYPE

The early Imprezas are fast becoming iconic and highly revered amongst 90’s racing fans, it is no surprise then that there was some excitement when Bonhams offered this car for auction. Based on the 1997 works team specification, this Subaru Impreza STI is the first prototype for the 1998 production WRC car (type 22B), and was displayed at the Tokyo Motor Show in 1997 ahead of the production version’s release in March 1998.

Being the genesis for a lot of what we know and love about Imprezas today this car also has the benefit of being in exemplary condition and only 51km from new. When the hammer fell the car sold for £113,500 including buyers premium. You can read more about the car HERE.

1961 ASTON MARTIN DP214 REPLICA GT COMPETITION COUPÉ

Aboust as painstaking and faithful as a restoration can become, this DP214 replica is more like the car that Aston forgot to make. This replica is the third replica in existence and was pioneered by a British Gentleman racer and built between 2010 – 2014. The build process was among the most thorough, with all original and faithful parts used, the only modifications made were to comply with modern racing safety standards and to ensure consistent fuel delivery. Aside from these features the car is as if it had just rolled off the production line. If you read anything today, read read the bio and restoration about this car, it is simply incredible.

This car sold for £551,666 and we urge you to read more on the Bonhams website HERE.

 

1972 ROLLS-ROYCE CORNICHE COUPÉ
Coachwork by H J Mulliner, Park Ward Ltd.

This one’s for the Top Gear fans, and you’ve probably already heard about this car! Featured on the very show it’s owner presented this fine Rolls Royce was a hotly anticipated lot at the Bonhams auction. When compared to Jeremy Clarkson’s Mercedes-Benz 600 Grosser James found the Corniche to be ‘Utterly superior in every way; technology, performance, style and acceptability, not least because the Grosser was favoured by tin-pot dictators. That would still seem to be the case.’

The sale comes as Mr May recently publicised that he is ‘slightly allergic’ to something within the car’s interior and thus the decision to sell. This gorgeous car sold for £41,400 and you can read more HERE and take a look at the graph below to see the rising prices of this high Roller.

1962 JAGUAR E-TYPE 3.8-LITRE ‘FLAT FLOOR’ ROADSTER

Known as the most desirable of the E-types this ‘flat floor’ model caused quite a stir within the E-Type community. One of some 400 right-hand drive ‘flat floor’ roadsters made, of which around 170 are estimated still to exist, this example was manufactured on 10th January 1962. The accompanying Jaguar Daimler Heritage Certificate records the original colour scheme as cream with red interior trim and black soft-top.

This effortlessly cool E-Type Benefits from a full restoration and is in near perfect running order, no surprise then that it fetched £180,700. Is 2017 the year of the £200,000 E-Type? it is starting to look like it. Read more about the flat floor Jag HERE.

 

2004 MERCEDES-BENZ SLR MCLAREN COUPÉ

Born in a time of unhinged Porsche Carrera GTs and bombastically fast Ferrari Enzos it is easy to dismiss the Mercedes-McLaren SLR as a docile beast. In reality this car was anything but docile, being the fastest automatic vehicle at a time when automatic gearboxes were about as smart and responsive as a box of crayons those who know about the SLR and its propensity for fishtailing are a quiet minority.

Fast forward ten years and SLR prices never really inspired much confidence or appreciation in the way it’s analogue companions did, until recently. This 2004 car was listed for sale at an uninspiring estimate, which it then proceeded to smash for a total sale price of £191,900. This price tag just south of £200,000 is about as high as the Coupé models are going at the moment, however this could be set to rise in the near future.

Click HERE to read more.