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Auction Watch
Every week we trawl the online auction sites for the cars that make the least sense, then list them here with a link, the current bid and when the hammer falls.
This week: November 2, 2026
This week's pile of auction nonsense spans five sites and three continents. Two of them finish today, so if you've always wanted a Geo Metro that can embarrass a Corvette, move fast.
Prices updated November 5, 2026.
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Cars & Bids Ended
1996 Geo Metro Mid-Mounted V8 Swap
A Geo Metro, the official car of 50 mpg, with a 5.3-liter LS V8 mounted behind the seats, rear-wheel drive and flared arches. It's street-legal, apparently.
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PCARMARKET Ended
11k-Mile 1996 Renault Sport Spider
Renault built a roofless aluminum-chassis roadster and, on early cars, didn't bother with a windshield. You got an air deflector and were trusted to bring a helmet.
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Bring a Trailer Ended
Jolly-Style 1988 Renault 4
A Colombian-market Renault 4 rebuilt as a beach car, with a striped surrey top, no proper doors and wicker seats. Wicker. In a car.
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Bring a Trailer No reserve Ended
1996 Isuzu Elf Camper
A Japanese cab-over work truck turned tiny motorhome, with an overhead bed, a cooktop and a wet bath with a toilet squeezed in behind a 2.8-liter diesel.
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Collecting Cars Ended
2000 Nissan President Sovereign
Nissan's Japan-only executive limo in four-seat VIP spec: rear massage seats, an ottoman footrest, a rear fridge and a rear air purifier. The owner's seat is the back seat.
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Bring a Trailer No reserve Ended
1999 Daihatsu Midget II Cargo
A pink 659cc kei truck so small it makes a Suzuki Carry look like a semi. It revives the name of Daihatsu's 1950s three-wheeler and keeps the attitude.
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Bring a Trailer Ended
1962 Amphicar Model 770
A German convertible that drives straight into a lake and keeps going on twin propellers. The front wheels are the rudders, which is exactly as reassuring as it sounds.
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Bring a Trailer No reserve Ended
1998 Suzuki Carry Dump Truck 4WD 5-Speed
A dump truck with a 657cc three-cylinder. It's a full-size one shrunk to the footprint of a garden shed, with four-wheel drive.
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Cars & Bids No reserve Ended
2000 Honda Vamos Turbo
A Japanese kei van with a turbo three-cylinder and all-wheel drive. It's a shoebox with a hairdryer bolted on, and it's somehow very charming.
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Bring a Trailer No reserve Ends soon
1982 Honda Motocompo
Not technically a car. It's a 49cc scooter whose handlebars and seat fold flat so it fits in the trunk of a Honda City, which makes it a car accessory with its own engine.
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1961 Robur Garant 30K 4x4 Fire Truck
An air-cooled East German 4x4 fire engine that served the town of Doberlug, then retired to a firefighting museum. It's an air-cooled fire truck, which is a bit funny when you think about it.
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Bids were current when checked (Thu, Nov 5, 8:05 AM CT) and will have moved since. Times are US Central. Permalink for this week →
Rank the Weird · week of November 2, 2026
Which of this week's auction cars is the weirdest?
One vote each. We count them by hand and announce the winner in next week's Auction Watch and in the Recalculating email. No live tallies, because we'd only be making them up.
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