Making various ratings is very fashionable today. There are even special magazines that publish these lists - the top ten or top twenty of the "very-most." Often in these publications are brands and models of luxury cars. Here's the ranking of the ten most expensive of them according to Forbes magazine. From it you can find out what is the most expensive brand of cars.
Luxury Car List
The first on the list is the Bugatti Veyron. Its cost is 1 million 700 thousand dollars. This is not only the most expensive, but also the fastest car on the planet. In second place - “Ferarry Enzo”, and its price is exactly one million US dollars. The car "Pagani Probe C12 F" of the young Italian company Pagani, established in 1992, is in third place. Swedish production Koenigsegg CCX is in fourth position, and two German cars - Porsche Carrera GT and Mercedes SLR McLaren are on the fifth and sixth line of the rating. Seventh place is occupied by the Maybach 62S MSRP. A few years ago, this model was considered the most expensive among production cars, and Maybach was recognized as the most expensive car brand. However, as you can see, she lost her position to more powerful cars. The Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupe takes the eighth step, and the Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorani sports car takes the ninth. The last, 10th place in the list of the most expensive cars in the world is occupied by the model of the Bentley brand - Bentley Continental Supersports.
As you can see, the brand of the most expensive car is the Bugatti. She is French, and was founded by Italian engineer Ettore Bugatti in 1909. This company produces exclusively exclusive luxury cars. Disputes about which country this company belongs to are constantly being waged between France and Italy.
So what are the most expensive car brands today? Ten years ago, they were considered Rolls-Royce and Bentley, but today they are Pagani and Koenigsegg, and of Ferrari, which never lowers its bar. If you noticed, this rating applies to new car models, the price of which does not exceed the mark of two million dollars. However, the most luxurious cars are antique cars, and they are estimated at tens of millions.
The most expensive antique cars
- Buggati Type 57SC Atlantic. It was created in 1936. The last time it was sold at auction for $ 40 million, and the buyer was an American businessman Peter Mullin. As you can see, the Bugatti, again, is the most expensive brand of cars, even among antique cars.
- 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO Of course, it is much cheaper than the previous car, and costs $ 17.7 million.
- "Ferrari 250 Thesa Ross" (year of issue - 1957). The car was bought by an unknown buyer for 12 million US dollars. It is known about this car that at one time it became the winner in various auto racing.
- 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spider The car was bought by Chris Evans - the famous British leading TV and radio - for $ 10.89 million. This car was originally owned by James Coburn, one of the Seven Magnificent Seven cowboys.
- Five closes another model of “Bugatti” - a giant limousine Bugatti Type 41 Royale Kellner Coupe (1931). During the years of German occupation, the Bugatti family walled this car in the wall of their house so that the Nazis would not confiscate it. The current owner of the car is unknown, but they say that he bought it at auction for 10 million euros.
The most expensive car in two years
Speaking about which is the most expensive brand of cars, we should mention the "Lamborghini Tenant LP 700-4". In fact, it is the most expensive car produced in the last 2 years, however, as you noticed, it was not on the Forbes list. Recently, it was auctioned in the UAE for 7 and a half million dollars. It is a piece car and is not intended for mass production. This is not just a machine, but a real work of art, because about 500 kilograms of gold and 700 diamonds were used to make it.