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Looking to buy a car that’ll make money? Skip cop sales and Craigslist and head to classic car auctions, where the bid blocks are free of Katrina clunkers. “Bargain investments, that you can drive, can be had at auction if you know what to look for,” says Keith Martin, publisher of Sports Car Market Magazine. His No. 1 rule: Buy a fixable ride (“You know many Lotus mechanics?”) that has collector’s cachet. Here’s a guide to cars that will rev your pulse and your bank account.
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Movie cars generally need to talk—or at least morph into robots—to become big screen icons. But in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder steals the show simply by having its mileage reversed. It’s been more than 40 years since a California last rolled off the Maranello line, so Ferrari is hoping next year’s revival of the name plate inspires the same level of lust. Not to say the newest prancing horse is a retro roadster, since it’s packed with Ferrari firsts and innovations cribbed from the brand’s F1 program. But its gorgeous Pininfarina-penned lines still hark back to the masterpiece Ferris’ buddy Cameron smashed into oblivion. |
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 How many RC toys do you have?
I’ve got about 40—at least 20 helicopters, a few airplanes, and a lot of cars.
What’s the most you’ve spent on one?
I have a custom-made miniature drag racer that cost $2,500. It goes 140 miles an hour. It’s got a fiberglass body and a working parachute that I haven’t deployed. Once I get it going that fast,
I hit one rock and the car’s gonna flip.
How did you get into this?
One of my old security guards told me about this stuff. When I was a kid, nobody in my family had a car. And I didn’t have many toys. The only toys I had were the ones I would steal.
Do you need a license to fly these?
Yeah, because they take off like real planes, and they go 120 miles an hour. They could kill somebody. If one of these planes comes down and hits you, it’s a wrap.
Any interest in getting a real pilot’s license?
No, because I don’t want to crash a plane. I just wanna do like normal people do: sit on my ass in the back of the plane and let the pilot fly the damn thing.
Are you the only rapper you know with this hobby?
I think I used to be, but I turned a lot of rap artists on to remote-control toys and actually bought them their first cars—Method Man, Redman, Ludacris, that girl from The Sopranos.
Meadow?
Yeah, she and I did a movie together, and I bought her a car. She enjoyed it, but she couldn’t drive the thing for shit. |
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Hummer H3T
Care more about good times than gas prices? Throw your gear in the bed of the H3T and hit the beach. Though Hummer’s first pickup still has the brutish styling of its battle-ready Humvee cousins, it’s actually smaller than a full size pickup. Hummer engineers can’t bend time and space, so that means the bed is a relatively modest five feet long. But still, that’s enough room for your surfboard, sand castle molds, and water wings for all your closest friends.
SPEC CHECK
Price: $32,000 (est.)
Engine: 3.7-liter, 242 hp I-5
Torque: 242 lb.-ft.
0–60 mph: Not available
Top speed: 99 mph |
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Jesse Burciaga was featured as our Hot Pic last week, but that wasn't enough. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I just thought you'd want to see more. Yeah, that's what I thought.
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