2025 (mid-August): The ten most expensive cars sold at auction thus far in 2025 include a mix of modern hypercars and classics from the mid-century, as well as the most expensive Formula 1 Grand Prix car ever, the most expensive Le Mans race winner, and the most expensive new car sold for charity. The list … Read more
Several marques including Mercedes Benz, Bugatti, Alfa Romero, Duesenberg, Ferrari, Ford, Pagani, and Porsche had cars sold at public auction for between $10 and $12 million. The first car ever to have sold for more than $10 million at public auction was a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider back in 2008. The $10 … Read more
Only 82 cars have ever sold for more than $10 million at public auction with the world record for the most expensive car ever $143 million paid for a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé. Only 82 cars have ever sold for more than $10 million (nominal) at public auction. Although the most expensive car … Read more
The 2025 Ferrari Daytona SP3 ‘Tailor Made’ sold for an extraordinary $26 million at RM Sotheby’s Monterey 2025 classic car auction, as the most expensive charity auction car ever. 2025 Ferrari Daytona SP3 — Most Expensive Charity Car Ever The black-and-yellow 2025 Ferrari Daytona SP3 ‘Tailor Made’ became the most expensive new car sold for … Read more
Only 21 cars have ever sold for more than $20 million at public auction: 13 Ferraris, three Mercedes-Benz cars, two Aston Martins, a Duesenberg SSJ, a Le Mans-winning Jaguar, and a McLaren F1 are the most expensive cars ever. The highest price ever paid at a public auction for a car is $143 million for … Read more
A 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider Competizione sold for $25.3 million at the Gooding Christie’s Pebble Beach 2025 sale as the most-expensive California Spider ever sold at public auction. Most-Expensive 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider Competizione The 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider Competizione, chassis 2383 GT, sold for a … Read more
Alfa Romeo, Aston Martin, Bugatti, Ford, Jaguar, McLaren, Porsche, Shelby, Talbot-Lago, and Mercedes mix with Ferraris as marques that have sold classic or collector cars for between $12 and $15 million at public auction. The Shelby 260 Cobra, chassis CSX2000, was the first car ever built by Shelby and at the time of its sale … Read more
A 1915 Cyclone V-Twin sold for a record $1,320,000 at the Mecum Las Vegas 2025 sales as the most expensive motorcycle ever sold at public auction. The 1915 Cycline V-Twin became the first motorcycle ever to achieve over a million dollars when it sold for $1,320,000 at the Mecum Las Vegas 2025 motorcycle auction. New … Read more
RM Sotheby’s sold a 1964 Ferrari 250 LM for a record $36 million at the Paris Retromobile 2025 sale as the most expensive Le Mans-winning racing car ever. The only privateer Ferrari ever to have won the 24 Hours of Le Mans race, the 1964 Ferrari 250 LM, chassis #5893, sold for a model-record $36,344,960 … Read more
The 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R Formula 1 car driven by Fangio and Moss sold for €51,155,000 ($54 million) at a special RM Sotheby’s auction at the Mercedes-Benz Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, as the most expensive F1 Grand Prix racing car ever and the second most expensive car ever sold at auction. The 1954/1955 Mercedes-Benz W196R Stromlinienwagen … Read more
The most expensive Formula 1 racing cars ever sold at public auction are two 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R cars raced by Fangio and Hamilton’s 2013 Mercedes-AMG Petronas W04 followed by several championship-winning Ferraris. Race-winning Formula 1 single-seater racing cars are surprisingly rarely offered for sale at public auction but a few exceptional racers are among the … Read more
2024 (Full Year): The most expensive cars sold at auction in 2024 were the first (1960) and final (1963) Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spiders, a 1938 Alfa Romeo 8C 2900B Lungo Spider, a 1955 Ferrari 410 SS, and a 1903 Mercedes-Simplex 60 HP ‘Roi des Belges’,. The list of the ten most expensive cars … Read more