The 9X8 hits the track and Bonhams Scottsdale preview ...

The recently published full-season entry list of the FIA World Endurance Championship featured the highly anticipated Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar. Testing has commenced and looking at the teaser images released this week, it still seems that the radical Le Mans racer will still not sport a rear wing. Peugeot have already announced that the car will sit out the Sebring season opener but should race at Le Mans.
The international auction season is due to kick off in Scottsdale next week. Among the auctioneers that will be represented in the Phoenix suburb is Bonhams with a sale on Thursday. Today we have picked three of the most interesting cars on the roster. Offering a great basis for a complete restoration is this Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster. Originally sold to Europe and later also stationed in Venezuela, it was eventually in the long term custodianship of an American enthusiast. He owned it for 49 years from the early 1970s. Bar a respray and a re-upholstered interior, it is in very original and complete condition. Having been stored for several decades, the 300 S Roadster does require some work.
From the same collector, Bonhams consigned a pair of iconic early 1990s supercars. Among them is one of the very first Ferrari 512 TRs built and one of just two pre-production prototypes sold to the United States. It is joined by a black-over-black Lamborghini Diablo VT. Both cars have been meticulously maintained and have around 20,000 miles on their respective odometers.

Enjoy the links:

[URL="https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/chassis/4163/Ferrari-512-TR-86815.html"]1992 Ferrari 512 TR (86815)[/URL]

[URL="https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/chassis/4164/Lamborghini-Diablo-VT-ZA9DU07PXRLA12203.html"]1994 Lamborghini Diablo VT (ZA9DU07PXRLA12203)[/URL]

[URL="https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/chassis/4162/Mercedes-Benz-300-S-Roadster-188.012.00167-53.html"]1953 Mercedes-Benz 300 S Roadster (188.012.00167/53)[/URL]

[URL="https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/car/7776/Peugeot-9X8-Hypercar.html"]2022 Peugeot 9X8 Hypercar[/URL]