RM Sotheby’s Dubai auction is headlined by a 2009 Mercedes SLR McLaren Stirling Moss, expected to fetch between £2.4-£2.8million pounds.

Just 75 examples of the SLR were made to celebrate Moss’ 1955 Mille Miglia victory in a Mercedes SLR 300, setting an astonishing 99mph average speed as he went.

Losing the roof not only made the SLR look gorgeous, but it also shaves 200kg in weight and gives your ears front-row access to one of the hypercar world’s most distinctive engine notes with a deep V8 and supercharger backing whine. This example looks close to box fresh. Finished in crystal Antimon Grey over a Black and Anthracite leather interior and delivered new to Luxembourg before it moved to Dubai and has covered less than 10,000 miles since.

The 2016 Koenigsegg Agera RSR up for grabs at the same sale, guided for between £2.2-£2.7 million, is even rarer than the Mercedes – Koenigsegg built just three for the Japanese market. The most subtle of the trio (there’s also a white and a turquoise car), chassis number 7123, has a black exterior with red accents and a black leather interior. This car’s odometer has just ticked past 600 – yes, six hundred – miles.

That is a shame because, with 1,160PS from its twin-turbocharged V8 engine, the Agera has one of the most intoxicating driving experiences, mainly because RSR models get a T-top-opening roof.

The 2014 McLaren P1 set the tone for the modern, hybridised hypercar when it went on sale in 2013. Matching huge performance with an ability to travel silently on electric power for short distances, the P1 was soon joined by the electrified Ferrari LaFerrari and Porsche 918 Spyder. The McLaren’s performance figures are as savage today as they were then, getting from 0-62mph in 2.4 seconds, 0-124mph in 6.8 seconds and onto a 217mph top speed.

Finished in stunning Mercury Red, this P1 is competitively priced (£630,000-£790,000) because to function, it needs a new battery costing nearly £120,000. Gulp.

A Dubai sale wouldn’t be Dubai sales without a coachbuilt car like this Rolls Royce Silver Spectre Shooting Brake by Carat Duchatelet, guided to make £215,000-£255,000.

Offering luxury you and your spaniel can enjoy, the Rolls Royce’s sweeping estate-style roofline comes courtesy of a huge piece of carbon fibre bodywork that sweeps from the A-pillar to the back of the car. It’s even more of a masterpiece on the inside, where the car’s ‘infinity scape’ headlining is supposed to mimic the fading of a distant galaxy.

More than 2,500 man-hours went into the car which was designed by Neils van Roij, the Dutch designer responsible for the Ferrari Breadvan Hommage’ and Range Rover Adventum Coupe’.

This 2018 Mercedes-Maybach G650 Landaulet looks as at home on the dunes as the sand itself and is one of just 99 examples made, guided to cost £550,000-£650,000.

The first 4×4 to wear the Maybach name, this last hurrah to the W463 G Wagon features an elongated wheelbase, an electric fold-back roof and electrically adjustable rear seats. Power comes from a silky smooth 6.0-litre V12, which turbines out 621PS (457kW), not that it’s been used; this car has travelled fewer than 6,000 miles since new.

If the G-Wagon looks at home in the dunes, our final lot, a mid-engine 1985 Renault 5 Turbo 2, would be more suitable on roads closer to home. Stunning in metallic navy blue paint and chrome wheels with gold highlights, the car has covered less than 16,000 miles and is expected to sell for between £80,000 and £95,000.

Cheaper to produce than the original Turbo, the 2 swapped alloy body panels for steel and lost character touches like the original Bertone interior. Critically, though, the 160PS 1.4-litre turbocharged engine stayed producing 160PS (118kW), allowing the Turbo 2 to get from 0-62mph in under seven seconds.

Images courtesy of RM Sotheby’s.