Most expensive cars ever sold at auction
1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé$142MRM Sotheby's private sale, 2022
1962 Ferrari 250 GTO$48.4MRM Sotheby's Monterey, 2018
1955 Ferrari 410 Sport Spider$22MRM Sotheby's, 2022
1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti$35.7MArtcurial Paris, 2016
Rarest production cars
Ferrari 250 GTO36 built1962–64 production run
Bugatti Royale6 built1927–33, three sold new
Aston Martin Bulldog1 built1979 concept, never produced
Lamborghini Veneno Coupé4 built2013, incl. prototype
Cars that defined an era
Ford Model T16.5M built1908–27, first mass-market car
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Volkswagen Beetle (Type 1)21.5M builtlongest single-platform run
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Toyota Corolla50M+ builtbest-selling nameplate ever
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Mini (classic)5.3M built1959–2000, transverse-FWD blueprint
Auction results as reported by the auction houses; production counts from manufacturer records. Photos: Wikimedia Commons.