2025 Year in Review

Episode 152

Alex is joined by fellow BaT senior luminaries, Howard and Zac, to take a look back at 2025 and ring in the new year. They regale us with some of their favorite or otherwise notable listings from throughout the year, and along the way talk about Howard as a secret Corvette guy; the glory of the Mazdaspeed Protege and its predecessors; the Valentine One (and related bad advice from Howard); and key value differences between the beginning and end of 2025.

Also discussed: a rare glimpse into curation regrets; alphanumeric Lambo soup; going from one first world problem to the next (some of which involve virus-related emergency roadside stops); teasers for upcoming BaT events; a mutual yearning to get back out on track; and resurrecting Crashgate 2008.

Links for things mentioned in this episode:

1:42 Original-Owner 2003 Mazda Mazdaspeed Protegé

2:22 Mazda Protegé MP3 Car and Driver First Drive

3:02 In Memory of Mike Valentine, a Pioneer of the Radar Detector Industry Car and Driver

5:29 Lot #50,000: 2008 Bugatti Veyron 16.4

5:56 Lot #10,000: 1956 Porsche 356A Carrera GS Coupe

7:19 Porsche 911 GT3 RS and Touring search pages

7:27 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG model page

7:48 2022 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport Sold for USD $4,000,000

7:54 20-Years-Owned 1953 Chevrolet Corvette Sold for USD $371,000

8:34 1986 Porsche 962C Sold for USD $1,249,620

8:36 1990 AAR-Toyota Eagle HF89 Sold for USD $1,400,000