The Means AND the Ends

I’ve always had a soft spot for the Oddballs and the Ugly Ducklings of the collector car realm. Nice to see it get a little bit of love. ~jrs

In mid-May, Broad Arrow will offer more than 70 collector cars at its Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este Auction, held on the shores of Lake Como—possibly the most picturesque, Instagrammable place on Earth to sell an automobile.

Heavy hitters include Italian classics from Ferrari, Lamborghini, Lancia, Bizzarrini, even Pagani. There are R34 Skylines and Porsches galore, too. As always at a sale like this, though, there are some oddballs in the mix that range from

Source: 6 Amazing Oddballs up for Grabs at Broad Arrow’s Villa d’Este Auction – Hagerty Media

Thirteen point eight seconds, that’s how long it took one American car to reach from zero to 100 mph, and then to a dead stop. Not a 0-60 run, but zero to 100 and back to zero, in less time than an average TV commercial. That feat is sixty years old, and it still holds up today.

In 2026, with electric motors, active aerodynamics, and more computing power than NASA had in the Apollo era, most of the world’s most expensive performance cars only manage to match this American sports car from the 60s. Some are still chasing it.It was small, wicked, and so fast that it’s still the golden standard today.

Source: This Old-School American Car Is A Collectors’ Favorite And Still Humiliates Today’s Supercars