These amazing cars are being sold this weekend

This is going to be a good one. This weekend, RM Sotheby's will hold its Monaco sale, and it's going to be a good one. Everything from a rare, race-bred road-going Porsche GT1 (pictured), though to a multi-million pound NART Spyder and, um, an old boat, there are countless gems on offer.

We've tried to narrow it down but frankly, we could have just reprinted the list in its entirety.

Anyway, without further ado, here are some of the coolest machines going under the hammer...

Quite lovely, isn't it?  Ferrari only built ten 275 GTS NART Spiders, and this is the last one. Plus, it’s the only one delivered new to Europe, and the third-from-last 275 of any type ever made. It’s a matching numbers, Ferrari Classiche-certified car (you want all of that stuff), and when new, it was the only one finished in ‘Girigio Scuro’ over a ‘Nero’ leather interior. Since repainted and retrimmed, the NART was sold new to Spain, but has lived in the UK since the early 2000s.

How much, you cry? Erm, a considerable amount. RM reckons between €19m and €24m. Yikes.

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This one's a bona fide rally winner, having seen action in the 1985 Monte Carlo and Swedish rally, both of which it won in the hands of Finnish rally god Ari Vatanen. Of the 20 cars produced, this car, identified as chassis C11, is one of three officially entered by Peugeot Talbort Sport itself, and ultimately took the 1985 world title. It’s a piece of sporting royalty like Muhammad Ali’s boxing gloves.

RM reckons it'll go for €600k to €800k.

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The 'regular' SE30 was introduced to celebrate the company’s then 30th anniversary, and itself was a rear-drive, more powerful Diablo. This Jota edition however, was even more hardcore. It became the most powerful production Diablo built, originally intended for customers who wanted to go GT racing, available as an upgrade kit.

And this one's immaculate. 

The odometer reads 6,700km (around 4,100 miles), gets just two registered owners on the book since 1995 (the first in Japan, the second in Germany), and has recently been treated to a full ‘engine-out’ service, and sports a new clutch. Perfect for those full-throttle starts. The price? It’s expected to sell for upwards of €450,000.

Here are five reasons why you need it.

This is a road-legal car. Officially, it’s the only ex-racing GT1 Evo to be legalised for use on the public highway (and therefore not to be confused with Straßenversions). Number two: this particular GT1 is the most decorated example ever, winning the Canadian GT championship three times on the spin from 1999 to 2001. It’s also a 24 Hours of Daytona veteran, though it finished slightly less successfully, having qualified 12th but finishing 41st in the 2001 event. Still, 13 wins from 31 starts isn’t exactly a shabby career.

Estimated to go for between €2.7m and €3m. You need.

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Yes, it's a boat. But it's a Ferrari boat, mind, and features a pair of 390bhp V8 engines underneath. It's the 28th Riva Ferrari 32 (the 32 denoting its length in feet) out of 40 built, is finished in Ferrari's traditional Rosso Corsa, and even gets a carbon fibre spoiler.

Estimated to sell for up to €220k.

There are many cool Porsches on offer, but this particular one is a peach. It's a '88 Ruf - and therefore instantly desirable - which started out first as a standard 911 Turbo. It was then upgraded to Ruf's BTR spec, and finally the range-topping CTR specification.

You'll recognise that moniker, no doubt: it was the RUF CTR 'Yellowbird' that still haunts the Internet with that astonishing YouTube footage of its hooning around the Nürburgring. This one's covered just 51,000km since new, and is reported to be in 'flawless' driving condition.

Approach with caution. But, really, do approach. Estimated to go for up to €225k.

Just 50 Series I Countach Lambos were built, and this, if you haven't guessed, is one of them. It's also red, comes with a 375bhp 4.0-litre V12, those gorgeous 'telephone dial' wheels, and has remained in storage in Finland since 2001.

Yours for up to €550k.

Oh come on, it's a Gullwing. It's also been kept in the same family since 1955. Find €1.3m immediately.

One of the priciest lots on RM's books, this is one of just 23 340 Americas built. We're told that its most recent owner entered it into the Mille Miglia five times, as well as in the Gran Premio Nuvolari and the Coppa d’Oro delle Dolomiti.

More recently, it was fully restored to its 1951 Le Mans configuration. How much, you cry? Up to nine million Euros.

Gorgeous, isn't it? The most recent owner picked it up in the States in July 2010, and put it through a proper restoration, including the five-speed manual, the upgraded 1.8-litre engine got fuel injection, the old body was binned and replaced with a brand new one assembled by Auto Racing in France, and it even got a centrally-mounted 90-litre fuel tank.

Yours for up to €140k.

Yes folks, the actual car used by Peugeot to race in the 2008 Le Mans 24hr race, where - in the hands of Minassian, Gene and Villeneuve - it finished a highly, highly respectable 2nd.

Though only bested by that pesky Audi R10 TDI, this Peugeot would later race at the 1000km Nürburgring (finished 2nd), the 2009 Petit Le Mans (1st), and the 2010 1000km Algarve (1st). It features a 700bhp+ 5.5-litre V12, and we're informed that "firing up and running this vehicle calls for specific equipment, third-party software licences, and skills. The seller commits to providing the necessary technical support for a period of two years. This service will be provided at Peugeot Sport’s normal rates for technical support."

The price? It's expected to sell for up to €1.6m. Bargain.

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We recently picked this out as one of outgoing Ferrari boss Amedeo Felisa's finest achievements, and now comes your opportunity to own one. It's a '11 GTO, showing just one owner and 180km from new (180km!), and of course, comes with that wonderful 670bhp 6.0-litre V12.

Yours for up to a €1m.

We've driven the new Giulia (it's good), and even the Carabinieri have even got their hands on one, but here's the gorgeous original. And it is gorgeous. 

It's one of just 101 Giulia's produced, gets a 170bhp 1.6-litre four-pot, and has apparently been privy to "only modest use during the last 10 years". Before that however, it was a full on racer, winning 1st at the '65 Valvisciolo-Bassiano, and 2nd at the Criterium dell'Ora Vallelunga the same year.

We suspect you might be interested. If you are, it's estimated to sell for up to €1.2m.

We end our list with the cheapest thing on the books - a €20k dune buggy that looks about as happy a car as cars can be.

It sits on a shortened VW Beetle chassis, uses a 1.5-litre VW engine with a hearty 53bhp, a fibreglass body, and some Hollywood glamour to its heritage. Yep, Elvis himself drove one of these in Live a Little, Love a Little, and Steven McQueen had Faye Dunaway beside him in the film The Thomas Crown Affair.