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As a pristine example, of a limited edition, of a very exclusive sports car from an extremely small manufacturer, this 1974 Iso Rivolta Lele Sport represents a true find for the eBay Motors shopper. The exotic (and very 1970s) 2+2 styling and black on brilliant yellow paint may not be the right fit for every collector, but there’s little doubt that this eccentric Italian will attract eyeballs wherever it’s driven.

The heroic Iso offered muscle car shove in 1974, with something like 360 horsepower being wrung from its 5.7-liter, Ford-sourced V-8 engine, and a top speed that was claimed to be around 150 miles per hour. One of the last products that rolled out of the Iso doors, only 20 Lele Sports were known to have been produced. We’d guess then that the starting bid of $30,000 on this auction will have to move considerably before the seller’s reserve is met. Happy bidding.

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The 1950’s were a bizarre stretch for hot rodders it seems, golden era of the automobile or no. Witness this amazingly strange portion of an article from a 1959 issue of Rod & Custom magazine, with attendant comic strip, which manages to be cringingly funny, artistically compelling, and culturally inelegant all at once. Illustrations in the gallery above, excerpt from R&C below. 

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After more than 40 years spent shuffling from auto shows, to museums, to the often careless hands of private collectors, a stunning one-off Lamborghini Miura Spyder has surfaced for the edification of the classic car-loving public.

Created by Marcello Gandini as a design exercise assigned by Nuccio Bertone himself, this topless Miura was finished in 1967 and proceeded to spend the next decade touring the auto show circuit around the world. Originally finished in a light blue metallic paint with an off-white leather interior, the car was later shipped back to Sant’Agata in a deal with the International Lead and Zinc Research Organization, which was looking for a sort of test bed/show car for various zinc-based components. The ILZRO refinished the Miura in a fetching metallic green, adding a raft of bright work and experimental parts in the process.

The spyder spent three decades moving from collections in the U.S., Japan, and Europe, before being purchased in late 2006 by a New York property developer who recognized the Lamborghini for the historic piece that it was. Read the full story of the Miura Spyder in the press release below, and be sure to enjoy a few choice images of the stunning car in our gallery above.

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Despite being badged with the name “Lotec,” this Forgotten Supercar was anything but. Commissioned in the mid-nineties by a wealthy United Arab Emirates citizen, the C1000 featured carbon-fiber bodywork, IMSA-spec brakes, and a twin-turbo version of the 5.6-liter V-8 featured in the Mercedes-Benz 560 SEC.

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When car fans think of Yamaha, they tend to think of motorcycles, or perhaps the handful of car engine designs they have produced for Ford and Volvo. The 3.2-3.4L V-6 in the first- and second-generation Taurus SHOs are perhaps the most widely known, but Yamaha also designed the 3.4L unit that powered the less-loved third generation SHO. That same engine, incidentally, was renewed and revived for use in the Volvo XC90 and S80.

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Lewis Hamilton would seem to have just a bit more incentive than the rest of the Formula One field while fighting for the 2008 championship, as the McLaren driver has been promised a very special bonus if he can bring home the title.

While one would be hard pressed to call any BMW M1 “subtle,