GM to auction off concept cars!
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GM to auction off concept cars!
Barrett-Jackson To Auction GM Concepts
Nearly 200 concept vehicles, pace cars, race cars, and other vehicles from the General Motors Historical Collection will be hitting the auction block. In a rare move, the automaker intends to pare back a collection that is now approaching 1000 vehicles by teaming up with the Phoenix-based Barrett-Jackson Auction. The first public offering will take place in Palm Beach this coming March, where 60 vehicles will be gaveled off. Another 120 will roll across the stage in January at Barrett-Jackson's flagship auction in Scottsdale. While in years past some concept vehicles and race cars did make it out onto the market, automakers have kept tight control over the last few decades. The rare public sale took place in June 2002, when Ford Motor Co. raised $4 million for charity with the sale of 51 of its own concept vehicles. -Paul A. Eisenstein
Nearly 200 concept vehicles, pace cars, race cars, and other vehicles from the General Motors Historical Collection will be hitting the auction block. In a rare move, the automaker intends to pare back a collection that is now approaching 1000 vehicles by teaming up with the Phoenix-based Barrett-Jackson Auction. The first public offering will take place in Palm Beach this coming March, where 60 vehicles will be gaveled off. Another 120 will roll across the stage in January at Barrett-Jackson's flagship auction in Scottsdale. While in years past some concept vehicles and race cars did make it out onto the market, automakers have kept tight control over the last few decades. The rare public sale took place in June 2002, when Ford Motor Co. raised $4 million for charity with the sale of 51 of its own concept vehicles. -Paul A. Eisenstein
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Holy crap, I wish i had a lot of money because i would certainly purchase one of those. Maybe the Corvette "Tiger Shark" or the ZL1 or one of the big block Impala SS's....................there is just too many, although I bet they will still keep most of the really nice ones.
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Originally posted by SNEAKY NEIL
Damn, i forgot about that one.
Damn, i forgot about that one.
Could you imagine driving around in that car?!?!
I'd probably cause 4 or 5 wrecks just driving around the block from all the rubbernecking!!!
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Originally posted by Z28Wilson
Hands-off that big-block Aztek we saw here a while back...she's all mine!
Hands-off that big-block Aztek we saw here a while back...she's all mine!
I call dibs on the Rageous concept, I always loved that car!
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Originally posted by detltu
When and where will we find out what they will be auctioning.
When and where will we find out what they will be auctioning.
It says "in March" in the original quote...
Here is Barrett-Jackson's site:
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/
I didn't see anything regarding this, though.
