FX.co ★ Noteworthy cars

Last Friday, May 5, the tenders by the Stanislas Machoir auction house were launched in a small town of France near Toulouse, Montastruk-la-Conveyor. Amazing and rare automobiles were presented there. We suggest to have a look at these vehicles.

One of the vintage cars, which it was difficult to ignore, turned out to be Alfa Romeo Spider 1600 Junior of the 1974 production year. The iconic Italian roadster with a removable roof drew the attention of everyone. It was completely renovated. The model' price ranged from 18 to 24 thousand euro.

Marcos GT V6 3.ОL, produced in 1984, can be considered a model of elegance and understated charm. The sports coupe's main feature from the British Marcos Engineering firm was the fact that the automobile was sold as a kit car, or a set for self-assembly. The bigging price for the car was 40-50 thousand euro.

Venturi 600 LM of the 1994 production year was admitted as an exclusive model. The car exists in a unique copy. It was created by the French Venturi firm. In 1994, the car came first in the race "1000 kilometers of Paris". At the auction the vehicle was estimated at 0.8-1.0 million euros.

Shelby Cobra Daytona of 1965 — a replicar of “cobra" taking part in "24 hours Daytona" of the same year — was best remembered by the auction's visitors for an impressive design and unusual form. The amazing car price ranged from 118 to 154 thousand euro.

Ferrari 250 GTE, produced in 1960 and owned by the company founder Enzo Ferrari, could boast of rich history. A prototype model of the car was presented at the auction. Experts estimated it at 0.8-1.0 million euros.

The car was designed in a minimalist style — a classic postwar British roadster with renovated leather interior. The vehicle was fitted with a three-speed overdrive manual gearbox, has special spoked wheel disks. Its bigging cost amounted to 65-80 thousand euro.