The One-Year Garage: 1997 You Should Know
In this latest installment of our popular One-Year Garage game, Alex, Beck, and podcast newcomer Cameron reveal their favorite cars, trucks, and wild cards of 1997, but not before explaining […]
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Understanding baT Auction Success Story: Graduating to a Wrangler
This Success Story comes from BaT member curlyjoe, who won this JK Wrangler Rubicon Hard Rock Edition from gb70 in a March 2025 BaT auction:
I recently won this 2016 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon Hard Rock Edition on Bring a Trailer, and the entire experience was fantastic. My 17-year-old daughter has always dreamed of owning a Jeep, so I decided to surprise her as a reward for her hard work in high school and her acceptance into a great college. This Jeep, with only 17,000 miles, finished in stunning Granite Crystal Metallic, was the perfect choice. -
Here’s this Week’s Weird and Wonderful—August 1, 2025
Welcome to this week’s Weird and Wonderful, wherein we highlight some of the strangest, coolest, and most unique vehicles to appear on the site within the last seven days. This list was curated from over 1,200(!) auctions, so it is by no means comprehensive; many more wonders await the curious on our live auctions page.
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Here’s baT Auction Success Story: Public Lands Rover
This Success Story comes to us from BaT member vplukas101, who won this 2008 Land Rover LR3 SE from Fwatraveler in a December 2024 BaT auction:
Where to begin? My wife and I volunteered to host an exchange student for the school year. California was the state she wanted to see the most, so we planned a trip. For 15 years I had wanted to buy a car from the West Coast and road trip home, but it had never happened until I had the good idea to bid on an LR3 and oops, I won the auction! -
BaT Success Story: Scotty_G2020’s Belated Road Trip Diaries: A Practical Look
BaT member Scotty_G2020 wasn’t able to make a planned fly-and-drive trip after winning this 1994 Volvo 850 Turbo from silverarrowcarsltd back in June 2020. In 2022 he was able to make good on his cross-country intentions, and now he’s here to tell us his story.
I bought my 1994 Volvo 850 Turbo on Bring a Trailer, and it eventually led to the road trip of a lifetime. I hope this story inspires more people to hit the road in the cars they love. The car has an incredible origin story: it was a one-owner daily driver that had spent nearly a decade tucked away in a garage in Blaine, Washington. The seller, @silverarrowcarsltd, carefully brought it back to life the way any car person would: replacing the fuel system, water pump, and other essential items to make it roadworthy again. -
Here’s event Coverage: BaT and ImageStreetClassics, Historic Grand Prix at Zandvoort, June 20-22
Event Coverage:
The BaT team returned to Zandvoort in 2025 with a prime spot in the lively paddock for the Historic Grand Prix. The weather was once again uncharacteristically hot for the Netherlands, but fans took it in stride to soak up the sun and racing in the dunes. -
A Look at question of the Week: What’s Your All-Time Favorite Engine with Nine or More Cylinders?—WINNER’S UPDATE
WINNER’S ANNOUNCEMENT:
Happy Monday! We’re back to announce the winner for our Question of the Week, where our victor will accept a $25 credit for a hat or T-shirt from the BaT Gear Store and the acclaim of their peers.
Our question was: What’s your all-time favorite engine with nine or more cylinders?
The discussion thread was certainly a diverse omnium gatherum of high-cylinder-count engines used in vehicles across land, air, and sea. This week, the Rolls-Royce Merlin engine was the most mentioned nomination, and BaT member @Lagunatich was the first to mention it, thereby making him the winner!
“Rolls-Royce Merlin aero engine from WWII. 27 litres. It won the war. ‘Nuf said.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Merlin“13
lagunatich commented on Question of the Week: What’s Your All-Time Favorite Engine with Nine or More Cylinders?—WINNER’S UPDATE
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Presenting the 2025 Mohr Imports Car Week Collection: Postcards from Monterey: A Practical Look
Welcome to the sixth edition of BaT Local Partner Mohr Imports’ Monterey Collection, hosted here each year in conjunction with Monterey Car Week. With this collection (entitled “Postcards from Monterey”), Mohr will crest 600 BaT auctions since they first came here in 2016, so let’s give them a hearty round of applause. This latest edition comprises 20 listings from three continents spanning 70 years of automotive history, from 1953-2023. The group is composed almost entirely of iconic two-door sports cars, save a one-door Jaguar, a zero-door Mini Moke, and a Moto GP-style Honda CB750 Sandcast, and includes a large cross-section of high-performance rear-engine Porsches.
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BaT Auction Success Story: gferg’s Winter Goose — Explained
Back in a February 2025 BaT auction, BaT member gferg won this 1990 Moto Guzzi Le Mans 1000 Mark V from Jayjaybay H.e recently wrote in to tell us about his first BaT win:
This was my first major long-distance bid-and-win purchase, and it was a very good experience! I originally registered online to get notifications on some key searches, and within a couple of weeks, this Le Mans V showed up in Michigan. I live in Oklahoma, and it was the middle of winter at the time. The communication tools were good for both seller and bidder and after a few questions, I determined the seller was a straight shooter. -
The Barn Find Viper Collection, Offered at No Reserve by Silver Arrow Cars: A Practical Look
This brood of delivery-mileage Dodge Vipers comes to us from Silver Arrow Cars, who recovered three of the four cars from a larger collection of Vipers left in long-term storage in a Victoria, BC, aircraft hangar. All four cars here were parked with under 100 miles or kilometers on their odometers, and were reconditioned by a Viper technician at a local Dodge dealer over the course of several months with fresh fluids, filters, and ignition components before being brought back to life. We’re excited to offer this quartet of special Vipers without reserves, and the auctions will begin going live on Tuesday, August 5. A preview of the individual cars in the collection continues below:
