Hello, friends—welcome to the premiere edition of the Monday Dose of Motive. Before the dust even settles from the eye-popping figures brought at Mecum Kissimmee, the auction caravan is already sprinting into Arizona Car Week, with Barrett-Jackson leading and RM Sotheby’s and Bonhams close behind. On the Block, our Bring a Trailer picks run from industrial scale German engineering to rally-bred hardware, plus an ex-NASCAR that’s proudly not road legal. We’re Watching a few films to inspire some upcoming projects and on the representation front, show off our latest vehicle up on Bring a Trailer, and preview a refurbished 1962 Corvette in our Auction Representation queue.

We're excited to present this 1970 Oldsmobile 442 W-30 convertible, now live on Bring a Trailer, in Matador Red and featuring fresh Pearl White interior. Powered by an Olds 455 with factory aluminum W-30 intake and Ka heads, it pairs an original M21 4-speed with a TM-coded 3.42 rear and Ram-Air hood induction. Rocket Rally Pac gauges, Super Stock I wheels, and Flowmaster exhaust round out a well-detailed Matador Red, black-top convertible presentation. Bidding is live on Bring a Trailer; keep an eye on the listing as the action unfolds.

The Ferrari fireworks at Mecum Kissimmee were real—and has created a heightened air of anticipation as Arizona Car Week begins. RM Sotheby's Greg Stanley frame the Bachman Collection as an almost unrepeatable convergence of ultra-low mileage, polarizing Tailor Made specs, disciplined long-term ownership, and no-reserve theater, producing record resets that speak more to provenance, cohesion, and buyer intent than to a wholesale market shift; even the white 250 GTO at roughly $35–38.5M reflected clear ceiling constraints tied to RHD configuration, engine history, and bidder fatigue late in the sale. Other analysts note that while unicorn examples (Enzo, F50, LaFerrari Aperta, F40, 360 Challenge Stradale) achieved extraordinary numbers, higher-mileage comparables often stalled or went unsold, reinforcing that this was not a broad repricing of “driver” cars. More meaningful signal will come quickly, as upcoming auctions test whether these Kissimmee prices establish true new benchmarks—or resolve back into outliers once normal supply returns.

With Mecum's Kissimmee residency wrapped, Arizona Car Week is getting underway with Barrett-Jackson setting the pace, followed by the Biltmore week anchors—RM Sotheby’s and Bonhams. And for global events with a local connection, endurance racing season kicks off with the Rolex 24 at Daytona, where we’ll be cheering on the AO Racing team with fellow Porsche enthusiasts at Napleton's Westmont dealership.

Our friends at Checkeditout Chicago are kicking off their “Off The Map” road run with Map Pin #1 on January 24 at Napleton Westmont Porsche, positioning it as a live, in-person launch around their deep dive into Chicago’s Porsche scene . The plan is simple: books for sale with authors/photographers signing, a few CIO cars on display, and the early hours of the Rolex 24 at Daytona playing onsite, with a follow-up stop already teased for Indianapolis on June 27 hosted by Graham Rahal Performance. We were happy to lend creative support to Off the Map, shooting their history of shirts at our studio in Batavia, which are featured throughout the book.

On Bring a Trailer, the week’s high-gloss indulgence is a 2014 Mercedes-Benz G63 AMG 6×6 Brabus B63S-700—one of about 100, on “show or display” paperwork, with Brabus B63–700 spec claiming 700 hp and the full three-portal-axle, five-locker circus ; . For rally-bred credibility without the cosplay, the homologation twin-shot lands hard: 1997 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution, “one of approximately 2,700,” Dakar-minded with dual-range and triple diffs , and a 1993 Ford Escort RS Cosworth Lux from the “initial 2,500” Group A run with recent driveline and head work . JDM purists get their clean-room fix in the 12k-kilometer 1999 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VI RS Tommi Mäkinen Edition, believed “one of 300,” still wearing the RS weight-cut ethos . And if you want your nostalgia loud and your receipts louder, the LS3-powered 2000 Mazda MX-5 Miata comes with a build said to cost over $88k in parts and paint—subtle as a sledgehammer, but done like someone meant it . Finally, the insider’s oddball is the Ex–Ricky Rudd Ford Taurus NASCAR race car—Robert Yates Racing provenance claimed, a 2011 dyno sheet showing 619 hp, and it’s explicitly “not legal for road use,” which is exactly the point.

By Design’s first installment is a short film follows Alfa Romeo’s ultra-rare TZ being brought back to life after years off the road–a multi-generational project between automotive legend Alain de Cadenet and his son Aidan de Cadenet, who insists the car “was not an option” to leave sitting still. This is one that left us both emotionally and creatively inspired.

DK Engineering took a McLaren P1 back to Dunsfold for a clear nod to that classic Top Gear vibe, leaning into the drama of the car in slippery conditions and treating it like the icon it is; the driver calls it a “pinch me moment” and ends up “absolutely in love,” while noting this particular P1 is the only factory satin black example and has recently been serviced so it can be properly exercised again.

Praemio follows Benton Performance campaigning a 1962 Porsche 356B in La Carrera Panamericana, framing the 2,000-mile run across Mexico as equal parts endurance race and cultural travelogue, from Veracruz through big cities and small towns. One team member calls it a “vision quest,” and the mix of landscapes, people, and high-stress roadside fixes is exactly the kind of thing that inspires us to travel

In the latest episode of Tom Talks, Tom Hartley Jr. explores the storied history of the McLaren F1, specifically chassis F1-009, with Michael Wrigley, the heritage manager at McLaren Special Operations. Filmed at the McLaren Technology Center, they discuss the car's unique specifications and its first owner, Dean Wills, who was notable for being the only individual to receive an F1 delivered new to Australia. The episode emphasizes the meticulous care the car has received over the years, highlighting its low mileage and the extensive documentation that accompanies it, including the original build record signed by Gordon Murray. Hartley expresses excitement about the car's legacy and the attention to detail that has kept it in pristine condition, noting that it remains a benchmark in automotive history.

RM Sotheby’s tees up Ferrari’s 250 GT “Tour de France” as a blue-chip “one of one” kind of opportunity, framing the whole pitch around the difference between owning a great collectible and owning the reference example. The narration leans on the collector-car canon to make the point—“You may own a Paul Newman Daytona, but it’s not the Paul Newman Daytona”—before landing the reveal: “It’s our honor to introduce the Ferrari 250 TDIF.”

The Petersen Automotive Museum’s deep dive has Shervin Nakhchivani unpacking why two of pop culture’s most memorable “Ferraris” are actually period replicas with serious collector intrigue: the 1983 Mardekian 350 GTS Turbo that played a Ferrari 365 GTS4 Daytona in Miami Vice, and the 1985 Modena Spyder California that stood in for a Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off . Nakhchivani ties the whole thing back to rising values making real classics harder for productions to risk, then gets specific on the hardware-and-Hollywood realities—from the Mardekian’s Corvette underpinnings and telltale replica cues to the studio legal détente where Ferrari pushed back and Universal ultimately swapped the fake Daytona out for factory Testarossas . Of course, we love the Chicago connection here: the Ferris Bueller car is framed as the “too special, too expensive” garage centerpiece that powers the movie’s Chicago-area fantasy, with Nakhchivani noting the production chaos behind that illusion and leaning on Matthew Broderick’s recollection that it “often didn’t start” .

Next in our auction representation is a refurbished 1962 Chevrolet Corvette, acquired by the current owner in 2010 and finished in silver over red vinyl, powered by a 327ci V8 with a two-speed automatic, and equipped with both a removable hardtop and black soft top. Want to be first to know when these go live? Subscribe to the Motive Archive Newsletter.