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Car auctions have made the digital transition far better than most industries, and while we may no longer have the rampant bull market of a few years ago, the collectible car industry looks in better shape than ever. Here's a selection of the more interesting lots that sold in Paris.

Three-time Formula One Champion Ayrton Senna continued to smash records 25 years after his death at Retromobile last weekend, setting new auction price records for a Formula One helmet ($184,340 | €162,000​) and race suit ($110,372 | €97,500​).

What's going to happen to F1 when it goes fully electric, and today's lack of overtaking joins tomorrow's lack of sound to create the fastest yawn-fest on wheels? McLaren's been thinking about how to save top-tier motorsport in the future, and has presented a vision for a 2050 electric Grand Prix.

As the fifth car to carry the Long Tail name for McLaren, the 600LT Spider joins the 600LT coupe introduced about a year ago. Adding the top-down option, though, didn’t change speed times, McLaren says. The 600LT Spider can accelerate to 60 mph in 2.8 seconds.

It's been 30 years now since Ayrton Senna won his first Formula One world championship, and that's all the excuse McLaren needs to foist another tarted-up P1 GTR onto its teetering pile of special editions.

Having only just launched the OnePlus 6T back in October, OnePlus isn't resting on its laurels as 2018 draws to a close – it just announced a special edition of the phone in partnership with McLaren, offering a new carbon fiber pattern, faster charging, more RAM, and more storage.

​One good McLaren deserves another, and the British supercar company has chosen to celebrate the silly season with a new hardtop convertible version of its gorgeous 720S, capable of giving just about anyone an Einstein hairdo with its 202 mph top-down top speed.

​The new top of the line "Hyper-GT" car from McLaren is here, ready to split opinions as efficiently as it splits the air. With an odd three-seat arrangement and a 1,036-hp hybrid powertrain, the Speedtail is an ultra-slippery, 250-mph grand tourer with some extraordinary tricks up its sleeve.

The Concours of Elegance (UK) is a more recent fixture on the British Automotive heritage calendar, having been first held in 2012, but it has established itself as one of the premier such events in the world in a very short time.​

Monterey Car Week is an auction venue like no other on the planet. Six major auctions occur during 72 hours, all within a few miles of each other, with a third of a billion dollars in sales. Here are the top 200 cars which caught our eye during the Monterey sales.

There are many elite automobile auctions in Europe each year, but few compare with Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed sale​. This year saw some exceptional cars and some remarkable bargains. We've picked out the very best on offer at Bonhams Goodwood Festival of Speed sale.

The McLaren 600LT has debuted at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, with a full suite of technical details.​ The automaker says it's the lightest, most powerful, and quickest road-legal car in the company's Sports Series. Starting at just below a quarter of a million dollars, it's a relative bargain.