RM Sotheby’s London 2026 sale takes place at The Peninsula London in Belgravia on October 31, returning to the hotel for a third consecutive year. Held in partnership with the Royal Automobile Club as part of London Motor Week, the auction falls on the eve of the London to Brighton Veteran Car Run.
Bidding begins at 4:00pm, with a public preview from 10:00am to 2:00pm. Veteran entries include a 1901 Milwaukee 7 HP Steam Racer and a 1903 Clément AC4R 12/16 HP Rear-Entrance Tonneau, both eligible for the following day’s run. However, it is a Honda NSX with Ayrton Senna connections that has taken a lot of interest, at least online.
Last year’s sale grossed £23,703,910, led by a 2015 Ferrari FXX-K Evo at £4,730,000, a 1937 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900 B Spider at £2,817,500 and a 2024 Aston Martin Valkyrie Coupé at £2,226,875. However, let’s take a look at the 2026 highlights…
Chassis SCF4KRB45PGS70098 was supplied new to its sole owner in Japan in 2023, in left-hand-drive specification. One of 150 road-going Aston Martin Valkyrie coupés, it displayed 300km, approximately 186 miles, at cataloguing for the RM Sotheby’s London 2026 sale. Although catalogued as a 2023 car, it is titled as being from 2024.
The owner selected nearly £235,000 of options above the £2.5m list price before taxes, through the Ultimate Personalisation programme and Q by Aston Martin. Zenith White bodywork contrasts with blue satin carbonfibre twill on the lower aerodynamic surfaces, Midnight Blue accents plus blue-tinted gloss carbonfibre on the roof, cantrail, clam veins and wiper mount. The engine air intake’s finish fades from Midnight Blue to Zenith White, referencing Mount Fuji. Options include £40,000 Matte Black Magnesium Performance wheels with Satin Blue centre graphics, black Alcon billet-aluminium brake calipers, a gloss carbonfibre engine plenum and Zircotec Black exhaust finish. Factory paint-protection film covers the exterior.
Dark Knight Alcantara trims the dashboard, lower cockpit and steering-wheel rim, with Bespoke Blue Alcantara on the large driver and passenger seat pads, armrest and door pocket. Contrast stitching, silver-embroidered headrest logos, exposed carbonfibre twill interior hardware and machined titanium steering-wheel toggles complete the cabin. The Valkyrie is estimated at £1,800,000 to £2,400,000.
Built on February 17, 2004, Porsche Carrera GT chassis WP0ZZZ98Z4L000097, serial number 0047, was configured for the German market. Delivered through Porsche Centre Munich on April 8 that year, it was specified in GT Silver Metallic over Dark Grey leather, with XT driver and passenger bucket seats, air-conditioning and a Porsche Online Pro CD radio.
Exported to Japan by September 2004, it was maintained by Porsche Centre Aoyama Setagaya, with eight visits recorded, before Muraoka Motor Company in Warabi City took over its maintenance. The accompanying service book contains 13 stamps. Registered in the UK in October 2021, the car underwent an engine-out major service at Porsche Group Operations Centre Reading that December; the vendor acquired it in June 2022. Porsche Centre Reading performed a minor service in April 2025, replacing two nearside front rod ball-joint boots and the tyre-pressure-monitoring sensors, fitting four new tyres and completing the APA3 recall procedure. The Carrera GT is estimated at £2,000,000 to £2,500,000 at the RM Sotheby’s London 2026 sale.
The 61st of 200 examples of the Ferrari 275 GTS built, and the seventh of 19 in right-hand drive, chassis 07293 was imported by Maranello Concessionaires in July 1965. Delivered to Charles Lucas the following month, it was registered GGO 491C and is offered in its factory-correct Rosso Cina over Pelle Beige Connolly leather colour combination. Its documented ownership history records RG Bond of Cheshire from 1967, R Hands of London from 1972 and Bernard Kain from 1974 to 1985. Collector Adrian Liddell owned the car between 1985 and 1990, before it passed to Hong Kong-based Joseph Fung.
Fung commissioned a full restoration by European Auto Restoration of Costa Mesa, California, during 1994 and 1995. The Ferrari subsequently went to Hong Kong, where it carried registration FR 275, before returning to the UK for permanent storage. A further restoration was undertaken by Brick Kiln Group of Wantage, with an engine rebuild by Chris Holley and the Light Car Company during the 2000s. Ferrari Classiche certification followed in April 2010, and the car retains its matching-numbers engine, no. 07293, and gearbox, no. 563. Owned by the vendor since 2012, it has covered around 1000 miles in their care. It is estimated at £1,000,000 to £1,500,000.
Completed on September 1, 1993, chassis WP0ZZZ96ZPS497077 is one of 55 Porsche 964 Carrera RS 3.8s built and is believed to be the only example finished in paint-to-sample Zermatt Silver Metallic. Its interior is trimmed in black leather. Configured for Spain under Porsche country code C27, it was delivered to a customer described in period correspondence as a Porsche VIP and has remained with that owner since new. The odometer displayed 10,210km, approximately 6344 miles, at cataloguing. RM suggests inspection and mechanical recommissioning before the car is driven on the road. It is estimated at £800,000 to £1,000,000 at the RM Sotheby’s London 2026 sale.
Factory records identify 1914 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost London-to-Edinburgh Skiff in the style of Labourdette, chassis 23UB, engine 30S, as a London-to-Edinburgh-specification ‘parallel bonnet’ Silver Ghost with high-compression pistons. Originally carrying a Barker limousine body, it entered British military service during World War One and remained in use until at least 1919.
Lars de Jounge rediscovered the car in 1960 following its commercial use on a British farm, and Silver Ghost specialist Fred Buess acquired it in 1998 and completed a restoration in 2001. Its new wooden skiff body replicated Labourdette coachwork fitted to chassis 2EB, illustrated in John Fasal’s The Edwardian Rolls-Royce. The body uses transverse wooden ribs and steam-bent timber strips secured with brass rivets, with a sanded and varnished finish. Mechanical work included changes to compression, porting and valves, billet connecting rods and 3.06:1 differential gearing.
It won Most Elegant Open Car at Pebble Beach in 2001 and appeared in the Petersen Automotive Museum’s Million Dollar Cars exhibition in 2002. A Dutch enthusiast bought it in 2008, subsequently commissioning an engine rebuild by Glew Ltd and fitting a 12-volt starter. During that ownership it covered around 20,000 miles on international tours and rallies, including 20 Ghost Club events, and won First Prize at the RREC Annual Rally at Rockingham Castle in 2014. It is estimated at £600,000 to £900,000.
Completed on February 7, 1963, chassis 198.042.10.003257 was the penultimate Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Roadster built. Initially offered through a Salzburg dealership, it returned to Stuttgart for conversion to North American specification, retaining its European 3.64 rear axle. Delivered in the US on February 14, 1964, it was one of three Roadsters invoiced that year and is titled as 1964. Documented ownership begins with Robert Lindsay in 1967. A replacement engine block and pistons were fitted in January 1968. Subsequent owners included Bill Sutherland, Phil Smart Sr, Gordon Apker, David Brice, Thomas Taffet and a German collector. Around 2000, Phil Smart Jr bought back his father’s former car. He commissioned a bare-metal respray by Rudi & Company in 2001 before returning it to Smart Sr.
The seller imported it to the UK in 2020. Work exceeding £20,000 by Martin Cushway in 2024 included a new timing chain and rear-axle refurbishment. His inspection recorded the original chassis, body, gearbox, rear axle and kingpins. The unstamped replacement alloy block carries a tag bearing the original engine number, 198.982.10.000218; the cylinder head and camshaft appear original. The 300 SL comes with a factory hard-top, fitted luggage and an April 2007 Mercedes-Benz Classic Certificate. It is estimated at £1,100,000 to £1,300,000.
Supplied by Honda for Ayrton Senna’s personal use in Portugal, NSX chassis JHMNA11500T000233 is finished in Formula Red with a black roof and black leather interior. Imported by Honda Automobil de Portugal, it was registered SX-25-59 on March 22, 1991, stored in Lisbon and made available whenever Senna visited the country. Senna drove it to the 1991 Portuguese Grand Prix at Estoril. It appears in the 1992 documentary Ayrton Senna: Racing Is In My Blood and is the car photographed being washed by him with a hosepipe.
Registration records list Laboa Etablissement in February 1995, while Honda’s Nipomotor dealership was caring for it by September 1997. The owner of Faro-based MSCAR Comércio de Automóveis bought it in November 2009, followed by Robert McFagan in 2013. UK registration followed in May 2016. Giancarlo Minardi drove it at Imola in 2019, marking 25 years since Senna’s death. The Nagoya-based vendor acquired it in 2024, returning the car to Japan before its subsequent arrival in the UK for the RM Sotheby’s London 2026 sale. It is estimated at £500,000 to £800,000.
Ordered new by the royal family of Brunei, chassis ZA9DE22A0RLA12122 is one of nine UK-supplied right-hand-drive Lamborghini Diablo SE30s from the 150-car production run. Catalogued as a 1994 car, it was completed on June 26, 1995, in Bianco Impacto over Bleu Alcantara. Four SE30s received this colour combination, with this being the only right-hand-drive example. Delivered through Lamborghini GB on July 28 and collected on August 1, 1995, it soon left for Brunei. Sir Colin Giltrap subsequently purchased it and brought it to New Zealand, where it was registered in September 2002. The vendor acquired it through Lamborghini Auckland in March 2006, with approximately 2890km recorded.
Initially used on the road and later placed in storage, the car continued to receive servicing at Lamborghini Auckland. Work included servicing the rear brakes in June 2017, replacing the front-left wheel bearing in April 2024 and renewing the engine oil, filter and brake fluid in March 2026. A Momo steering wheel was fitted to preserve the original, which is supplied with the car. It’s covered 12,396km and is estimated at £1,200,000 to £1,600,000.
Among the earliest right-hand-drive E34 M5s, chassis WBSHD92030GA25003 was delivered new to BMW’s UK headquarters in Bracknell, Berkshire and initially retained there. It carries the S904A ‘Special Control – Test Car’ option code and is catalogued as a pre-production example; it is believed to be the only right-hand-drive E34 M5 with this designation.
Finished in Black over Champagne Nappa leather, it is listed as one of three E34 M5s in this colour combination. Factory equipment includes a lift-and-slide sunroof, rear spoiler, heated seats, automatic air-conditioning, cruise control and rear sun blind. A subsequent owner was a personal bodyguard to film director Steven Spielberg, and the car later moved to Spain, where it was acquired by the seller. Sitting on 93,979 miles and offered without reserve at the RM Sotheby’s London 2026 sale, it is estimated at £45,000 to £55,000.
This European-market Ferrari F40, chassis 78623, was completed on December 13, 1988, and delivered through Sa Mo Car in Rome. It subsequently moved to Japan, where it was registered in April 1994. Modified before current ownership to resemble an F40 LM, it retains matching-numbers engine 13490 and five-speed transaxle N57. A July 2026 GTO Engineering inspection identifies replacement LM-style clamshells not made by Michelotto, alongside non-original doors and floor sections. The Lexan sliding windows, Kevlar bulkhead and roof appear to be factory items.
The road-specification suspension with rubber bushings remains. Changes include air jacks, non-standard brakes, radiator fans and water-oil cooler, plus altered fuel delivery, intercooler, wastegate and engine heat shielding. The car retains a standard radiator and wears OZ LM wheels. An LM-style digital dashboard and MoTeC ECU are fitted, with the Marelli control units still present. Red OMP seats have Momo harnesses, while the carbonfibre gearknob and rear-view mirror are F50 items. Its digital odometer showed 30,398km, approximately 18,900 miles, at cataloguing; the original instrument is absent and no records substantiate the reading. It is estimated at £1,800,000 to £2,400,000.
Further details
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