By james art 
1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing
Sold for $ 1.4 million ($ 1.1 million) including premium
Mercedes-Benz Gullwing is a car that does not need an introduction. In addition to those distinctive doors that occupy their car nicknames, it has a famous story that it has put in stone, its place in the automotive sphere. With its space chassis, the Leicht sport was successful on the track.
This example of 1956 was delivered to a German owner when he was new but was in long -term US property. This is a matching machine for numbers in its original Blue Color silver silver scheme, which everyone added enough to see it reached nearly $ 1.5 million.
1992 Porsche 911 Turbo
Sold for $ 257,000 (£ 205,000), including taxi
Continuing to a large extent the German topic of this top five is a 964 generation Porsche 911 Turbo. There is something in its essence correctly in the way this generation of sports cars in the back of the engine sits, and this is only emphasized by the shiny Guards Red Paint of this example.
It is estimated that 17,600 miles per watch are accurate and is soon owned by a collector of cars based in Arizona. While 911 Turbo occupies a prominent place in the psyche of car enthusiasts, it is sold in very low volumes – in 1992, only 289 were delivered to the United States.
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1971 Mercedes-Benz 280 SE
Sold for $ 250,000 (200,000 pounds) including fees
Since the 1960s and in the early 1970s, the W111 has been on the top of the Mercedes-Benz tree for a luxury motorcyclist. It was sold in the forms Coupé, Cabriolet and Saloon and, anyway, was finished by hand to a high standard at the Sindelfingen factory. Later in the life of the W111, the introduction of the 3.5-liter M116 V8 engine with Bosch D-Jetronic Injection Inprection gave it a noticeable increase in productivity.
Few of his rivals from the time – including those with much higher price labels – could match the driving experience it offers. This example was bought a new one from Los Angeles Resident Maxin Dukworth, who brought the car from Stuttgart before hugging a European tour, after which the car is sent to the United States. It remains in the property of the same family until 2004.
1987 Nissan Skyline type HR31 GTS-R
Sold for 201 600 dollars (£ 161,000), including fees
It may not be GTR, but this Nissan Skyline GTS-R is close to royalty among the model. It was the first silhouette to compete in Kalson Livrea and is thought to be the only known survivor. In 1988, this car, prepared for impulse, achieved two top-five finishes and three less remarkable DNFs.
For the past 30 years, he has been part of the sender’s collection and has had a complete update last year before gathering with one of his three drivers, Kazuyoshi Hoshino in Fuji Speedway. Now in the specification of the AS-A-Raced, this is a significant part of the history of Japanese motorcycle and the only non-German in this top five.
1961 Mercedes-Benz 190sl Roadster
Sold for $ 156,800 (125,000 British pounds) including taxi
The second Mercedes-Benz SL, to turn it into the top five of Scottsdale, is available in the more affordable Roadster form. It was American importer Maz Hoffman that suggested to the Mercedes-Benz that a convertible version of 300SL Gullwing would be popular with buyers on his Atlantic Ocean, and so it turned out.
This example retains the horizontal blue body and light cream skin, which left the factory in 1961 and is the subject of an older restoration. The authentic details helped him on the way to win 190sl Group Concours.
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