John Connolly

WHAT can you buy for $300 million? A block of flats at Point Piper? Or all 2500 cars that sold at Scottsdale last month.

A LOT of you have complained about the lack of Australianness in this column. OK, here’s the greatest motoring hits of Gondwanaland.

Is a surprise that bank that opened two years before the Bank of England has started a passion index.

THINK about building your own supercar. Such as Greg Mauzy’s 2006 Factory Five GTM Coupe.

HERE’S my Grumps Guide for 2014.

FORGET the vinyl and laminex: the caravan is now a luxury item.

I AM in training for the Scottsdale auction week next month in Arizona.

JOHN CONOLLY

TODAY, the Weekend A Plus petrolhead gift guide and chicken salad. These are not meant to be gifts for anyone else but you.

IS any piece of metal, even a Ferrari GTO, worth nearly $60 million?

Join me in Scottsdale in January when Bonhams auctions Steve McQueen’s tweed jacket from Bullitt.