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Chad Nasir has a collection of 24 Land Cruisers

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Toyota Land Cruiser is one of the best-selling cars in the world with almost half a million units sold annually, so it is to be expected that there are those who are obsessed with this model of the Japanese brand. One of them is Chad Nasir from Michigan who bought 24 Land Cruisers in less than a year and a half.

Nasir was born in a part of the world (Libya) where Land Cruisers had a high status and only wealthy people owned them. As a boy, he dreamed that one day he would be able to afford such a car. This happened after he moved to the USA with his family as a refugee.

In the beginning, his plan was not to own so many cars. But after buying the first two examples (2013 and 2015 Land Cruiser, with American specifications) Nasir wanted more. Today, Nasir has a Series 70 pickup from Saudi Arabia in his collection, as well as a host of Series 80 models. The collector has been buying one to two Land Cruisers a month for the past 15 months and has no plans to stop. On some examples, the odometer shows more than 320,000 kilometers, while on some it shows “only” 100,000 kilometers.

Of course, this number of cars requires a lot of money, but also a large garage, which Nasir has. He is the owner of Midnight Protective Films, which provides services for applying ceramic protection to cars, as well as window and body films.

Source: Road and Track

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Chad Nasir has a collection of 24 Land Cruisers
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A collection of 14 cars worth over €29 million is up for sale

RM Sotheby’s has announced the auction sale of the “Aurora Collection” of 14 cars valued at over €29 million. The cars are located in Sweden and the collection has 12 Ferraris and 2 Mercedes cars.

The collection was “hidden” from the public and was never on display, and the photos were taken in the snow in Sweden. It features a mix of classic and modern Ferrari cars including 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello (€100,000 – €150,000 EUR), 1973 Ferrari 365 GTS/4 Daytona Spider (€2,500,000 – €3,000,000 EUR), 1965 Ferrari 275 GTS by Pininfarina (€1,300,000 – €1,700,000 EUR), 1956 Ferrari 500 TR Spider (€4,000,000 – €4,500,000 EUR), 2002 Ferrari 360 Spider (€75,000 – €125,000 EUR), 2011 Ferrari SA Aperta (€1,000,000 – €1,400,000 EUR), 2001 Ferrari 550 Barchetta Pininfarina (€250,000 – €320,000 EUR), 1961 Ferrari 250 GT Cabriolet Series II (€1,000,000 – €1,400,000 EUR), 1986 Ferrari Testarossa (€150,000 – €200,000 EUR), 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta (€7,500,000 – €8,500,000 EUR ), 2019 Ferrari Monza SP1 (€2,500,000 – €3,000,000 EUR) and 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4 (€2,800,000 – €3,300,000 EUR).

There are also two Mercedes cars, a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing (€1,200,000 – €1,500,000 EUR) and a 1956 Mercedes-Benz 300 Sc Roadster (€600,000 – €800,000 EUR).

Among these beautiful cars, the stars are the 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB Berlinetta and the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing (one of 17 examples delivered new to Sweden).

The auction will be held on May 20, and each car will be sold individually.

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A collection of 14 cars worth over €29 million is up for sale

Source: RM Sotheby’s

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The collection of 230 cars was hidden for 40 years

A large collection of classic cars from a professional dealer of rare and special cars from the 1960s was recently discovered. It contains 230 cars that the owner has been collecting for four decades.

It all started in the 80s of the last century when Palmen bought a yellow Lancia B20. After that, the collection was expanded with Italian models from Alfa Romeo, Lancia, Maserati and Ferrari, as well as German brands BMW, Mercedes and NSU. Of course, there are also British representatives: Jaguar, Aston Martin and Rolls-Royce, as well as American Chevrolet, Cadillac and Ford. The French Facel Vega is also part of the collection. The collection also includes the brands Tatra, Monica, Moretti, Matra, Alvis, Imperia and Villard.

Cars were stored in one church and two warehouses. All are well preserved and are proof of Palmen’s refined taste and impressive knowledge of rare and special cars.

The owner rarely showed his collection so it became one of the best kept “secret collections” in Europe. He kept the cars in original condition, and maintained them himself and started them regularly. Unfortunately, due to the owner’s age and other circumstances, the collection will be sold.

The auction will take place in May and the cars are currently stored in a facility in Dordrecht.

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The collection of 230 cars was hidden for 40 years

Source: The Times