Top 3 Most Expensive Cars Ever Sold At Auctions

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The prices paid for these second hand cars is just mind blowing!!

3. 1967 Ferrari 275 GTB/4*S NART Spider



Auction: RM Auctions Monterey Sale 2013
Price: $27,500,000 (£16,477,426)

The fully-restored Ferrari 275 GTB/4 NART Spider was one of only 10 in the world when it sold for £16million in 2013 and had a detailed history including an appearance with Steve McQueen in the film The Thomas Crown Affair.

The NART spiders were the brainchild of car importer Luigi Chinetti who recognised the desire for open-topped sports cars in the American market. He requested a series of convertible 275 GTBs from Enzo Ferrari that carried the familiar NART (North American Racing Team) badge on the rear.

2. 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196



Auction: Bonhams, Goodwood Festival of Speed 2013
Price: $29,600,000 (£17,735,702)

This Mercedes-Benz W196 Grand Prix car was driven by 5-time Formula One world champion Juan Manuel Fangio and that helped it to a £17.7million sale price at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2013. The car was sold in ‘authentic’ condition with visible blemishes and a thin layer of grime as if it had just rolled off the track. You pay all that money and they don’t even run it through a car wash for you!

1. 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO



Auction: Bonhams The Quail 2014
Price: $38,115,000 (£22,843,633)

This 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta is the most expensive car ever sold at auction, for now. It was built to contest the 1963 FIA World GT Championships and the 250 GTOs won that year as well as in the following 1963 event.

Only 39 250 GTOs were built by Ferrari and this particular 62-63 example is one of the best maintained and most raced of them all.