A 1964 Aston Martin DB5 was sold using Apple Pay and an app

Impulse purchases can be a pack of gum at the grocery store, bargain-bin DVDs at Target, or perhaps a vintage car. Wait, what?
That was clearly the case for the person who spotted a 1964 Aston Martin DB5 that was sitting in a booth at the Paris Motor Show earlier in the year. The car was listed for sale, and the buyer had to have it. The quickest way to achieve that goal? Apparently it's by shopping on an app and using Apple Pay...to spend over $1 million.

That's certainly his name on the badging and the Florida insurance card. Regardless, it's a V-12-powered Italian stunner with just 15,277 miles on the odometer, and it's up for sale on eBay Motors. The Blue Le Mans -coloured machine is an all-wheel-drive VT model with a 5-speed manual gearbox and 492 available horses.

When selling a car at auction, a little star power never hurts.
This 1997 Lamborghini Diablo VT Roadster is already pretty striking on its own, but it also has a notable former owner. When he wasn't selling grills, George Foreman was driving this Lambo from new. 

To understand why BMW created the M3, it is important to know something about the 2002, the model that created the template for the Ultimate Driving Machine. The late David E. Davis, famous for his colourful contributions to Car and Driver and later for founding Automobile magazine, wrote in January 1968: ‘…to hell with all of them. Let them stay in the automotive dark. I know about the BMW 2002.’

A man named Barnard wanted to give racing car enthusiasts and driving devotees the opportunity to own a car that was inspired by Le Mans Prototype 1 (LMP 1) racing cars. It had to be a good car but be available at a fraction of the price of an LMP 1. Not that LMPs are generally for sale, of course! In 2002 Barnard officially started design and construction. Five years later the Barnard 101 drove out of its incubator. These cars are designed to be driven enthusiastically and to appeal to the senses of the performance aficionado. It is meant to be enjoyed on the racetrack.

The South African version of the DGR was once again a huge success raising over R80, 000 for research into prostate cancer. There was a fantastic turnout again this year, with many interesting bikes and people. The Participants really got into the spirit of the event dressing in DAPPER for the occasion.

The inaugural Concours South Africa took place at Sun City from Friday 9 to Sunday 11 September 2016.The lawns of Sun City became the show piece for some of the most prized and collectible cars in South Africa. The setting and venue definitely did justice for the cars on display and the ones that had entered the Concours. It was with great excitement that we arrived Mid-Morning on Saturday, I was really looking forward to the Event which was last held back in the early 90’s at the Old Kyalami Race Track. I remember those days so clearly as my Dad entered an Austin Healy back then and won overall a couple of times when Stirling Moss was the guest of Honour.

The Festival of Motoring celebrated at the “new” Kyalami on the 31 August to September 4.From all the press releases it promised to be the country’s Premier new motoring show with an added new key element of 4,5km freshly laid new tarmac available for all the top SA brands to put their new models to the test on the high speed circuit. The Festival had been designed to emulate the Goodwood Festival in the UK.

We’re hitting that time of year again when every motorcycle manufacture is preparing or has just launched their latest creations for 2016.But I’m not feeling the usual sense of excitement!!
Perhaps it’s because I’m getting old (er), but back in the 90’s and even the 2000s the anticipation that accompanied the unveiling of every model was a bit like the run-up to Christmas was as a kid.