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Your wallet will definitely go lighter if you are a dedicated collector and if you happend to stop by Shelby’s to have a dekko at the new CSX 9000 Daytona Cobra Coupe MKII. But we are told that this roadster at $89K is far cheaper than the other six original Daytona Coupes which are expected to bring in $7million at an auction to be held at the end of this month. Please understand that this modernized version of the legendary Coupe can never be the actual car it tries to imitate but it undeniably has it own identity of a cool, sporty car. The car also gets the CSX 9000 series chassis number and place in the esteemed Shelby World Registry. The performance is good too. It includes improved cooling, modified air intakes behind the rear windows and an improved suspension to give you an extra smooth ride. The touch of the modern is evident with the larger interior, exterior door handles and power windows. So far, Shelby has thought of manufacturing only two of thes...

  1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio is certainly the star of the show Auction house Gooding &Co. certainly has some goodies to sell this August at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance this August---including a 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio, a Maserati A6G and a 1966 Shelby Cobra 427. Follow link to see the top 10 most expensive vehicles ever auctioned! 1938 Bugatti Type 57C Stelvio is certainly the star of the show The 1938 Bugatti was supercharged from new, and owned by Louis Napoleon, grandson of the nephew of Emperor Napoleon I of France. The prince was especially fond of Bugatti. Gooding & Co. said he owned dozens of them during his lifetime. The Bugatti boasts a special gearbox known as a preselector, which allows drivers to change gears without engaging the clutch pedal (while in motion). The preselector is perhaps an ancestor of semiautomatics like Porsche’s Tiptronic, made by the Cotal company. This 1955 Maserati A6G/54 berlinetta, with coachwork by F...