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World’s biggest classic car auction sells Simon Cowell’s Bugatti!

Ever heard of the Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction? No, we hadn’t either, but it’s been dubbed the ‘world's greatest collector car auction’, with the last sale resulting in 1,400 vehicles sold for a total sum exceeding a cool $113 million. The Scottsdale auction is a mecca for classic car nuts and celebrity spotters alike, with six days of live, high-definition auction action played on Fox TV.

The case of the disappearing Lambos

Now this should have rung an alarm bell or two at the time, but it seems it didn’t. Back in November the world’s largest Lamborghini dealership – Lamborghini Orange County – turned up its toes and closed the doors, apparently a victim of the downturn in car sales. Not the oddest story in these times admittedly, but a bit odd when you consider that Lamborghini OC was reckoned to be responsible for 10% of Lamborghini’s sales worldwide, shifting around 240 cars a year.

Lotus C-01 superbike leaked images

Our friends at Motorcycle News (MCN) have acquired world exclusive images of a new Lotus C-01 superbike – and have kindly let us reproduce them here. The images, which come directly from a source inside the factory, show that the kind of original thinking that has made the Norfolk-based sportscar marque such a legend on the four wheels could equally turn it into a two-wheeled force to be reckoned with. The Lotus Motorcycles C-01 superbike looks utterly wild.