2022 RM Sotheby’s London Sale (Auction Results)

A 2022 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ sold for nearly $5 million to top the results at the RM Sotheby’s London 2022 classic car auction.

A 2022 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ sold for nearly $5 million to top the results at the RM Sotheby's London 2022 classic car auction.
Tom Hains ©2022 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s

RM Sotheby’s sold 13 cars for more than a million dollars at the London 2022 classic car auction. The most expensive car was the 2022 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+ which sold for $4,857,720. Other top results were for a 1971 Lamborghini Miura SV, a 2014 Ferrari LaFerrari, and a 2003 Ferrari Enzo. A Works 1985 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 Group B rally car was a rare result above $2 million for the German marque. Freddie Mercury’s Rolls Royce sold for more than ten times pre-sale estimate as a charity lot.

RM Sotheby’s London 2022 Classic Car Auction

RM Sotheby’s London 2022 classic car auction: 5 November 2022 at the Marlborough House in central London, UK.

The sale is the 16th annual RM Sotheby’s sale and again as title sponsor of the annual London to Brighton Veteran Car Run, held in partnership with the Royal Automobile Club, that takes place on 6 November.

The 2022 auction grossed £27,264,325 ($31,571,230) in sales with 83% of all lots sold — the best performance ever for RM Sotheby’s in London.

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Top Results at the RM Sotheby’s London 2022 Classic Car Auction

Gran Turismo Collection, including a Ferrari Big Five (288 GTO, F40, F50, Enzo, LaFerrari), for sale at RM Sotheby's London 2022 classic car auction.
Tom Wood ©2022 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s

The following cars sold for over a million dollars at the RM Sotheby’s London 2022 classic car auction:

YearCarPrice (£)Price ($)
12022Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+4,195,6254,857,720
21971Lamborghini Miura SV2,058,1252,382,930
32014Ferrari LaFerrari1,973,7502,284,810
42003Ferrari Enzo1,917,5002,220,120
51985Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 Group B Works1,805,0002,089,500
61985Lancia Delta S4 Group B Workd1,636,2501,894,120
71990Ferrari Testarossa Pininfarina Spider “Special Production”1,467,5001,699,230
81993Bugatti EB110 GT1,411,2501,634,100
91991Ferrari F401,411,2501,634,100
102011Ferrari 599 SA Aperta1,085,0001,256,330
111982Lancia 037 Groub B Works Evolution 11,045,6251,210,740
121991Jaguar XJR-15972,5001,126,000
131993Jaguar XJ220 S933,1251,080,420

Million-Dollar Results at RM Sotheby’s London 2022 Sale

Grand Turismo Collection for sale at RM Sotheby's London 2022 auction
Simon Clay ©2022 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s

The top results at the RM Sotheby’s London 2022 classic car auctions were from the 18-car Gran Turismo Collection despite several, including a Ferrari F50 and 288 GTO failing to sell.

The most expensive car in the auction was the 2022 Bugatti Chiron Super Sport 300+, the ultimate variant of the Chiron and one of only 30 ever produced. The fastest of all the Chiron versions, capable of 304 mph, the example sold had only covered 1,416 miles and achieved £4,195,625 — by far the highest price ever paid for a Chiron at a public auction. A 1993 Bugatti EB110 GT sold for £1,411,250 while the 1996 Bugatti EB110 Super Sport failed to sell.

The collection also featured some of the most desirable Ferrari supercars ever produced and it was the 1991 Ferrari F40, 2003 Ferrari Enzo, and the 2014 Ferrari LaFerrari which proved to be the biggest Maranello stars of the night. The three cars sold for £1,411,250, £1,917,500, and £1,973,750 respectively. The oldest car in the collection, but by no means the least glamorous, was the 1971 Lamborghini Miura SV by Bertone, which brought an excellent £2,058,125.

Three stunning Group B rally cars, boasting incredible provenance, were sold from the collection. The 1982 Lancia 037 Group B Works Evolution 1 rally car was driven by rally superstars Markku Alén and Walter Röhrl, selling for £1,045,625, while the other Lancia in the trio, the 1985 Lancia Delta S4 Group B Works which won the 1986 Rallye Monte Carlo in the hands of Finnish rally legend Henri Toivonen, sold for £1,636,250. Completing the lineup was the 1985 Audi Sport quattro S1 E2 Group B Works, a highly significant example driven by World Rally Champion Hannu Mikkola for the 1985 RAC Rally, which sold for £1,805,000. All three cars represent auction record prices for such examples.

Other Highlights

Freddie Mercury’s personal 1974 Rolls Royce Silver Shadow is on sale as a charity lot at the RM Sotheby's London 2022 classic car auction.
Neil Fraser ©2022 Courtesy of RM Sotheby’s

A car that garnered a lot of pre-sale interest was the rare 1990 Ferrari Testarossa Pininfarina Spider ‘Special Production’, one of a small number of special production cars built by Pininfarina for important clients. (The Ferrari factory built only one — for Fiat boss Gianni Agnelli.) The example offered was unregistered with less than 500 km and sold for an excellent £1,467,500.

‘The Freddie Effect’ brings an amazing result for charity – RM Sotheby’s was delighted to sell Freddie Mercury’s personal 1974 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, which turned out to produce one of the night’s most remarkable results. Owned by Mercury from 1979 to his untimely death in 1991, the car then passed to his sister, who retained the car for many years. Sold to benefit the charity Superhumans of Ukraine, which is raising funds to help build a brand-new hospital in the Lviv province of Ukraine, the car brought an astonishing £286,250 against a pre-sale estimate of £20,000-£30,000, with all proceeds going to charity.