It’s a Saturday in mid-July and Bring a Trailer is serving up a lineup that runs the full gamut — from a pre-war Bentley grand tourer to a hybrid Ferrari hypercar, with a Paul Newman race car sitting right in the middle of it all like the coolest guy at the party. Bidding clocks are just getting started across the board, so now’s the time to get your eyes on these before the snipers show up. Grab a coffee and let’s walk the virtual lot.
1973 BMW 3.0 CSL
The Batmobile. The Art Car ancestor. The car that single-handedly convinced an entire generation that touring cars could be beautiful and terrifying at the same time. The 3.0 CSL is one of BMW’s all-time great homologation specials, and clean examples have been climbing steadily in value for years with no sign of stopping. Check out this 1973 BMW 3.0 CSL on Bring a Trailer before the bidding crowd wakes up.
Ex-Paul Newman 1989 Spice-Chevrolet SE89P IMSA GTP/Group C
This is the one. Paul Newman wasn’t just a Hollywood icon — the man could genuinely drive, and his Newman-Haas operation was a serious force in American motorsport. A Spice-Chevrolet GTP/Group C car with a direct Newman connection is the kind of thing that ends up in a museum or a very serious private collection, and whoever lands this is getting a piece of racing and cultural history in one package. Do not sleep on this ex-Paul Newman 1989 Spice SE89P IMSA GTP racer — there will never be another one exactly like it.
2023 Ferrari SF90 Spider
The SF90 Spider is Ferrari’s plug-in hybrid flagship in open-top form, and it is an absolute technical tour de force — over a thousand horsepower managed by a twin-turbo V8 and three electric motors. Values on early SF90s have been holding up well in the collector market as production winds down and the model matures into desirability. If you’ve been waiting for the right moment to get into the most capable Ferrari the road-car division has ever built, this 2023 Ferrari SF90 Spider on BaT is worth every second of your attention.
This Week’s Weird and Wonderful—July 17, 2026
BaT’s weekly Weird and Wonderful roundup is basically required reading if you enjoy cars that defy easy categorization — think kit cars, oddball imports, and machines that make you say “wait, what?” It’s a great palate cleanser between the blue-chip stuff, and honestly sometimes the weird ones are more interesting than the trophy pieces. Go fall down the rabbit hole with this week’s Weird and Wonderful BaT roundup from July 17, 2026.
2021 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Coupe 3LT Lingenfelter 427 Eliminator LT2 #001
The C8 Corvette already rewrote the performance-per-dollar rulebook, and then Lingenfelter went and rewrote it again. This is unit number 001 of the 427 Eliminator package, which means it carries the bragging rights of being the very first off the build sheet — and first-of-series cars always command a premium from serious collectors. Lingenfelter has been a respected name in American performance tuning for decades, so this isn’t a backyard stroker job. This Lingenfelter 427 Eliminator C8 Corvette #001 is a legitimate collector piece hiding inside a sports car.
1958 AC Aceca
Before AC became the platform for Carroll Shelby’s fever dream, the company was building genuinely lovely British GTs like the Aceca — a fastback coupe that combined hand-crafted coachwork with old-school sports car character in a way that feels rare and special today. These are under-the-radar classics that tend to reward buyers who do their homework, and 1958 puts this one right in the heart of the original production run. This 1958 AC Aceca on Bring a Trailer is a quiet knockout for the connoisseur crowd.
3,900-Mile 2018 Porsche 911 GT3
A naturally aspirated 991.2 GT3 with under 4,000 miles is essentially a time capsule of everything Porsche’s Motorsport department knows how to do with a road car — and that Mezger-lineage flat-six at full cry is one of the great automotive sounds of the modern era. Low-mile GT3s in this generation have proven to be smart investments, but more importantly they’re just incredible cars that beg to be used. This 3,900-mile 2018 Porsche 911 GT3 is the kind of listing that makes the comment section light up fast.
35-Years-Owned 1937 Bentley 4¼ Litre Special Four-Seat Tourer
Thirty-five years with a single owner is a statement of intent — somebody bought this pre-war Bentley and decided they weren’t letting go, which usually means it was either very good or very troublesome, and with a Bentley of this era you’re hoping hard for the former. The 4¼ Litre was the refined evolution of the legendary W.O.-era cars, blending genuine performance with proper grand touring manners for the late 1930s aristocracy. This 35-years-owned 1937 Bentley 4¼ Litre Four-Seat Tourer is the kind of provenance story that pre-war collectors dream about.
1962 Chevrolet Corvette 327/340 4-Speed
The C1 Corvette in its final year of production is a bona fide American classic, and the 327/340 with a four-speed is one of the configurations that gets serious collectors’ attention — it’s a real driver’s combination, not just a numbers game. Early Corvettes have held their value through every market cycle, and a solid 1962 represents a genuine entry point into the most iconic American sports car bloodline there is. This 1962 Chevrolet Corvette 327/340 4-Speed is the kind of thing you buy and never regret.
That’s the field for today — a lineup that stretches from 1937 pre-war elegance all the way to hybrid hypercar territory, with a genuine piece of motorsport legend parked right in the middle. Keep your BaT notifications on and your paddle ready. It’s going to be a fun week of watching.
