Thursday on Bring a Trailer is serving up a proper feast for the obsessed — we’re talking a no-reserve Ferrari F355 Spider with a six-speed gated manual, one of the most revered air-cooled Porsches ever built, and a 911 Anniversary Edition with barely enough miles to scuff the floor mats. Oh, and there’s an Alfa, an Audi wagon unicorn, and a Pontiac GTO thrown in for good measure. Grab your coffee and buckle up.
1996 Ferrari F355 Spider 6-Speed at No Reserve
A gated six-speed F355 Spider going to auction with no reserve is the kind of sentence that makes grown adults refresh their browser every forty-five seconds. The F355 is widely considered the last truly raw, analog Ferrari — a rev-happy 3.5-liter V8 screaming to the redline with a soundtrack that embarrasses cars costing twice as much today. No reserve means it sells to the highest bidder, full stop, which is either a gift or a trap depending on how many other people showed up. Bid on the 1996 Ferrari F355 Spider 6-Speed at Bring a Trailer before it gets away.
1998 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4WD at No Reserve
The third-generation 4Runner has gone from overlooked daily driver to legitimate collector truck in the span of about three years, and the market hasn’t slowed down yet. The SR5 trim was the sweet spot — more features than the base, none of the softness that crept in later — and a no-reserve tag means the market will speak honestly. These are getting genuinely hard to find in solid, unmodified condition, so expect some interest once the bidding wakes up. Check out the 1998 Toyota 4Runner SR5 4WD on Bring a Trailer if you’ve been hunting for a clean one.
One-Owner, 5k-Mile 2014 Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition 7-Speed
One owner, five thousand miles, and a 50th Anniversary badge — this is the kind of listing that makes purists argue about whether to drive it or display it. Porsche built the 991-generation 50th Anniversary Edition as a deliberate throwback to Carrera heritage, with a distinct color scheme and specification that makes it immediately identifiable to anyone who knows their 911 history. At five thousand miles, it’s essentially a time capsule, and those typically command serious money from serious collectors. See the one-owner 2014 Porsche 911 50th Anniversary Edition at Bring a Trailer while it’s still up.
1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS Lightweight
There’s really not a lot to editorialize here — a genuine 1973 Carrera RS Lightweight is simply one of the most important and desirable air-cooled Porsches ever to exist, full stop. Built to homologate Porsche’s racing program, the RS Lightweight is the stripped-out, focused version of an already legendary car, and correct examples regularly trade for stratospheric figures. Whether this is a numbers-matching survivor or a recreation is the question every serious bidder will be asking first. Dig into the 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RS Lightweight listing on Bring a Trailer and do your homework before the gavel falls.
1971 Alfa Romeo GTV 1750
The Bertone-designed GTV 1750 is one of those cars that makes you question every rational decision you’ve ever made in the automotive hobby — it’s gorgeous, it sounds brilliant, and it will remind you regularly that Italian electrics were not engineered with your sanity in mind. The 1750 designation means the twin-cam four-cylinder engine, which is the sweet spot of the GTV lineup: responsive, tuneable, and genuinely enjoyable to wring out on a backroad. These have been climbing steadily in value as the market wakes up to how special they are. Take a closer look at the 1971 Alfa Romeo GTV 1750 on Bring a Trailer if Italian drama appeals to you.
One-Owner, 3,700-Mile 2008 Audi S4 Avant 6-Speed
A B7 S4 Avant with a six-speed manual and 3,700 miles from a single owner is the kind of listing that makes wagon enthusiasts lose their minds, and justifiably so. The B7 generation S4 paired the glorious 4.2-liter V8 with one of the best-sorted Audi chassis ever built, and the Avant body turned it into a genuinely practical sports car — though finding one with a manual gearbox in wagon form was never easy. At this mileage, it’s practically a museum piece, and the overlap of Audi obsessives, wagon lovers, and manual transmission holdouts means the bidder pool is highly motivated. Don’t miss the one-owner 2008 Audi S4 Avant 6-Speed at Bring a Trailer — these don’t come up like this.
18×8.5″ and 18×10.5″ Speedline Wheels for Ferrari 550 Maranello
Parts listings on BaT don’t get a ton of love in the roundups, but Ferrari Speedline wheels are a legitimate collectible in their own right — these are the OEM-spec staggered fitment rollers designed for the 550 Maranello, and finding a correct set in decent shape is genuinely difficult. If you’re restoring or preserving a 550 and the wheels are wrong, this is exactly the kind of listing you set a calendar alert for. View the Ferrari 550 Maranello Speedline wheel set on Bring a Trailer before a restorer snaps them up.
2006 Pontiac GTO at No Reserve
The LS2-powered GTO is one of the most underrated American performance cars of the 2000s — Holden-built, genuinely fast, and hamstrung at launch mostly by a name that conjured expectations the styling couldn’t quite meet. The market has been slowly, quietly correcting that undervaluation, especially for clean examples with the manual gearbox. No reserve means the bidding will find the true market price, wherever that lands. Place your bid on the 2006 Pontiac GTO at Bring a Trailer before the muscle car crowd figures out what these are worth.
120ci Ultima El Bruto-Powered Custom Sport Bagger at No Reserve
Not everything on BaT has four wheels, and today’s wildcard is a custom sport bagger motivated by an Ultima El Bruto big-inch V-twin — which, if you know anything about that motor, means this thing makes more torque than most sports cars and sounds like a thunder god stubbed his toe. Custom baggers are a niche within a niche, but the no-reserve format means the right buyer sets the price. If you’ve ever wanted a motorcycle that looks like it belongs in an action movie and runs like it means it, this one deserves a look. See the 120ci Ultima El Bruto-powered Custom Sport Bagger at Bring a Trailer — there’s genuinely nothing else like it in today’s lineup.
That’s your Thursday digest — nine listings ranging from air-cooled German royalty to American muscle to Italian heartbreak, with a set of Ferrari wheels and a custom motorcycle thrown in to keep things weird. Bidding is just getting started across the board, so check back often as the comment sections heat up and the numbers start moving. As always, do your due diligence, ask the hard questions in the comments, and good luck out there.
