2025 (July): The ten most expensive cars sold at auction thus far in 2025 include a mix of modern hypercars and classics from the 1930s to 1960s, as well as the most expensive Formula 1 Grand Prix car ever and the most expensive Le Mans race winner. The list of the ten most expensive cars … Read more
Only 79 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 79 cars have ever sold for more than $10 million (nominal) at public auction. Although the most expensive car … 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
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
The 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196R Formula 1 car driven by Fangio and Moss and owned by the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum is on sale at the RM Sotheby’s Stuttgart 2025 auction at the Mercedes-Benz Museum. → The W196R Streamliner sold for $54 million. The Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum announced plans to auction off several important historic … Read more
2023 (Full Year): The most expensive cars sold at auction in 2023 were a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO / 330 LM, a 1967 Ferrari 412P, and a 2013 Mercedes-AMG Petronis F1 racing car. The list of the ten most expensive cars sold at public auction in 2023 was mostly classic Ferraris from the 1950s and … Read more
A Lewis Hamilton race-winning 2013 Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 W04 sold for $18,815,000 at RM Sotheby’s Las Vegas as the most expensive modern-era Formula 1 car ever. The most expensive modern-era Formula 1 car ever sold at public auction is a 2013 Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 W04-04 that achieved $18,815,000 at the RM Sotheby’s Las Vegas 2023 … Read more
The most expensive Ferrari ever sold at public auction is a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO / 330 LM that achieved the highest price of $51,705,000 at a special RM Sotheby’s sale in New York in November 2023. The new record price for the most expensive Ferrari ever sold in a public auction increased to $51,705,000 … Read more
A 1967 Ferrari 412P Berlinetta by Fantuzzi sold for $30 million at the Bonhams Quail Lodge Sale — by far the most expensive car at any auction during the Monterey Car Week 2023. The 1967 Ferrari 412P, Chassis 0854, sold for $30,255,000 at the Bonhams Quail Lodge Auction 2023, as by far the most expensive car at … Read more
The most expensive cars sold at public auction in 2022 were a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR, a 1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Spider, and an ex-Michael Schumacher Ferrari F1 racer. The list of the ten most expensive cars sold at public auction in 2022 is led by a 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé — the … Read more
The ex-Michael Schumacher Ferrari F2003 Formula 1 race car sold for a record $14.9 million at RM Sotheby’s Geneva 2022 auction in Switzerland, as the most expensive modern F1 car ever. The 2003 Ferrari F2003 GA F1 car in which Michael Schumacher won his sixth driver’s world championship, in addition to five overall Grand Prix … Read more