Tom LaPointe's Exotic Car Lifestyle Notebook

Ramblings on exotic cars, the car market, and things with wheels overall. We especially love Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Lamborghini and Porsche, and all the events where you find them.

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I currently publish iParent Magazine in the Tampa Bay area and work as a freelance writer for Affluent Page Index, in NYC. I grew up in Michigan near the Motor City and finished high school in Fernley NV. After attending the University of Nevada as a music major, I joined the Marine Corps as a combat correspondent. As a writer and editor, I won many publishing awards for photography, writing and editing. What led me to the auto industry is simply this: I love cars. I have raced stock cars and sports cars and competed in Land Rover off-road competitions in Vermont and Colorado. I have been a pit official for the 24 Hours of Daytona and 12 Hours of Sebring, and a pit crewman for Indy and a Hooters Pro Cup races. I've served as a manager of both sales and service for one the largest luxury car groups in the world. I'm still active as an off-road instructor for Land Rover and HUMMER dealers and owners. I enjoy crawling an off-road vehicle through the most severe obstacles as much as heel-toeing sports cars into hairpin turns! I am also a freelance writer for several automotive publications.

May 20, 2009

RM Auctions' Ferrari sale blasts price record

According to a release from RM:
RM Auctions, in association with Sotheby’s, made history this past weekend at Maranello, as the sale of a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa set a new world record for the highest price achieved by a motor car at auction. One of just 22 pontoon-fendered Testa Rossas produced, this wonderful example of one of the most significant racing cars in history attracted global media attention and spirited bidding. When the gavel fell, 0714 TR sold for €9,020,000 or approximately USD $12.2 million, surpassing the previous world record set by RM in 2008 for a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder.

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