MOST EXPENSIVE CARS EVER
Better to be a racer for a moment
then a spectator for a lifetime.
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Speed costs money. How fast do you want to go?
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It is more fun to drive a slow car fast than
to drive a fast car slow. – Abner Perney
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“I’d like to consider Ferrari as a scaled down version of God.”
~ Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson
1957 Ferrari Testarossa Prototype $16 390 000 (Auction 2011)
1957 Ferrari Testarossa $12 200 000 (Auction 2009)
A Recent Auction Sale
The 1960 Plymouth XNR ~ $935,000
A one-of-a-kind concept vehicle by famed Chrysler designer Virgil Exner, sold at a California classic car auction August 2012 for $935,000.
Newer Cars
Koenigsegg CCXR — $2,173,950
The CCXR hits zero to 60 mph in just 2.9 seconds and tops out at 250 mph, has ceramic brakes, Formula One-style traction control and a carbon fiber and aluminum honeycomb chassis all come standard on this car, which is hand built by a team of Swedes.
Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport — $2,027,760
Named after French driver Pierre Veyron, winner of the 1939 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Veyron is one of the fastest cars on the road, having been clocked at 253 mph; its 1,001-horsepower engine makes it among the most powerful.
Pagani Zonda Cinque Roadster — $1,882,920
Quilted leather seats and floor mats, a glove compartment that’s a hanging leather case, and a detachable carbon fiber roof are just a few of the perks to the Zonda Cinque Roadster
