At the start of 2025 we previewed the Mecum’s sale of the celebrated Essex Wire Shelby Cobra that the auction house described as “arguably the winningest Cobra of them all”. In the event, bidding stal

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Renault will offer 100 cars from its heritage collection for sale via Artcurial on 7 December. Ranging from early examples to modern-classic concepts, the lots due to go under the hammer include a var