Cars and motorcycles
Rare Machines is an editorial desk for the machines that almost never come up: original history, a rarity score, price context, then a plain link to the auction house or dealer. We do not take bids. We do not scrape listings. We write, then we point.
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Editors choose what is worth a dossier. Nothing is ingested from auction feeds, and nothing is ranked by paid placement.
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History, provenance, and price context are original. We do not republish seller copy or hotlink gallery photographs.
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The live offering stays with the auctioneer or dealer. Our job ends at a clearly attributed outbound URL.
Live picks
Car
1950
Healey
Silverstone D18
Warwick built about a hundred five of these cycle-fendered racers. Chassis D18 spent six decades proving a Silverstone is a register car with a Mid-Ohio past — not another pretty Healey.
Rarity 80/September 9, 2026
Car
1952
Lazzarino
Sports Racing Prototipo
Most “specials” on auction sites are clever recreations. This one is the opposite problem: a single Buenos Aires coachbuilt sports-racer, commissioned when Ford Argentina could not buy the European weapon it wanted, then raced, altered, shown, and somehow still intact as a one-of.
Rarity 87/September 9, 2026
Car
1957
Fiat-Abarth
750 Record Monza Zagato
Zagato aluminum on a Fiat 600 derivative is already a small club. The Record Monza name marks the chapter where Abarth turned Monza endurance glory into a badged GT — and this example clears Rare Machines barely, with year and engine both needing adult supervision.
Rarity 71/September 9, 2026
Motorcycle
1966
Honda
RC173 Ex-Mike Hailwood
Honda built this 350 four for Mike Hailwood. He took the 1966 title on it. Public coverage says it is the only RC173 left — that is Path C, not another pretty race replica.
Rarity 95/September 9, 2026
Car
1967
All American Racers
Eagle Mk I Gurney-Weslake #103
Four Mk I Eagles. Three Weslake twelves. Chassis 103 is the American GP car with Ginther, Gurney, and Scarfiotti in the book — and a Mosport podium in the rain.
Rarity 94/September 9, 2026
Car
1992
Alpina
B12 5.0 Coupe (#54/97)
An E31 850i is a grand tourer. An Alpina B12 5.0 is a different product with a different VIN language and a production total you can count on two hands of tens. Ninety-seven cars. No U.S. factory allocation.
Rarity 72/September 9, 2026
Car
2004
Ferrari
Enzo Matte Nero Opaco
Every Enzo is rare. This one left Maranello in Matte Nero Opaco — the only factory matte Enzo — for a Brunei royal brief, then spent two decades proving paint can be provenance.
Rarity 92/September 9, 2026
Motorcycle
2006
MV Agusta
F4CC #76/100
Volume superbikes teach you how loud a four-cylinder can be. The F4CC was built to teach something else: what happens when a marque boss puts his initials on a hundred-unit run and empties the racing closet to do it.
Rarity 77/September 9, 2026
Motorcycle
2025
MV Agusta
Superveloce 1000 Serie Oro #004/500
Serie Oro is how MV still opens a serious chapter — five hundred numbered Superveloce 1000s, carbon everywhere, early plate #004. That is motorcycle scarcity with a factory contract, not another pretty naked.
Rarity 72/September 9, 2026
Two wheels and four
A Guzzi V8 is not a lesser object than a 33 Stradale. We cover both because serious collectors already do — and because rarity does not respect a showroom category.
Newsletter
A few machines worth knowing, when they appear. No feed, no scrape, no daily noise.