One of just 17 right-hand drive cars of the 200 M471-spec RS Lightweights built, it had been used on the Circuit of Ireland in 1975 and '76 but was presented in perfect road trim.

One of the 17 original righthand drive Porsche RS 2.7 Lightweights was the star of H&H's Buxton sale – the auction house's first of 2010. A successful international rally car early in its life, this icon of the 1970s was later reconfigured for road use.  Presented for sale in its original colour of Tangerine, chassis No.9113601101 sold very much as estimated for £220,000.

In period, Ferrari's rival to the Carrera was the svelte, Pininfarina-penned Dino 246 GT and, like the sale's RS 2.7, the 1971 Dino offered had enjoyed a degree of competition success. On the market for the first time in 32 years, it made £66,000. Another red Prancing Horse, a 1986 328 GTS that had covered just 47,000 miles from new, fetched £27,500.

Some feel that Derby Bentleys are under-valued. The buyers in Buxton were quick to spot the attraction of the delightfully original 1938 4.25-litre Sports Saloon, however, which had reputedly spent much of WWII aboard a destroyer, courtesy of its first owner; a Captain in the Royal Navy. At £37,950 the eventual sale price was way above estimate.

There were a number of fine Jaguars on offer, the best performing of which proved to be a lefthand drive 1968 E-Type 4.2-litre Roadster. Finished in Primrose yellow, it had been the subject of numerous upgrades and found a new home for £35,200. A 1950, left-hand drive example of the much rarer MKV 3.5-litre Drophead Coupe, that had completed just 62,000 miles from new but was in need of some refurbishment, returned its vendor £31,900.