The most expensive production cars in history

Do you think it Bugatti Veyron, McLaren F1 or Pagani Zonda? No.

None of today's car models. If you look now at these cars, then prices can recognize their owners madmen, people throw money, or you can just imagine a few people who have decided to implement richer unattainable dream of youth. So, the 5 most expensive cars:

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5.Mercedes-Benz 540K
Engine capacity - 5, 4 liters
Power - 180 hp
The maximum speed - 170 km / h
Year - 1936
Price - $ 8,135,112 $

Mercedes-Benz 540K - excellent design for a sample at a constant German aristocracy as a Mercedes-Benz. All models of Mercedes-Benz 540K produced on sturdy steel frame spars, the new eight-cylinder overhead valve engine with independent spring suspension of all wheels. Engine capacity - 5401 cm3, and its capacity (included with the compressor) - 180 horsepower.
Each of the 406 series cars 540K built from 1936 to 1939, going individually to the highest German standards using the best materials (many cars carry the best custom body shops of the world).



4.Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder
Engine capacity - 3 liter
Power - 280 hp
Acceleration to 100 km / h - 8, with 0
The maximum speed - 240 km / h
Year - 1961
Price - $ 10,894,900 $

The Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder was established with the joint cooperation of companies Scaglietti and Ferrari. This is the road version of the racing 250 GT, became the winner of the race "Tour de France" in 1956. Despite the fact that this car is considered a serial, it has been released in quantities of 100 specimens. And each can be considered exclusive, as the final finishing of the machine is done by hand and under the order of each customer.
Ash-black Ferrari got Chris Evans, who laid out for the vehicle record amount of $ 10,894,900. The famous British radio has exceeded the starting price of the auction nearly doubled.



3.Bugatti Type 41 Royale
Engine capacity - 12, 7 l
Power - 275 hp
The maximum speed - 160 km / h
Price - $ 17 000 000 $
Year - 1925
Bought model belonged to the family Bugatti

The most famous offspring of Ettore Bugatti - "Bugatti Type 41 Royale La» (Bugatti Royale Type 41). Total has been done six copies of "Bugatti Type 41 Royale La." They were intended "for kings," but none of the royals have not bought this car, rightly ranked among the attractions of motor vehicles (it was the most expensive car in the world). Conceived by the designer before the First World War, he began to be realized only in 1925 due to lack of technical and financial capabilities. Around the "king" of vehicles, there are many legends.
He appeared only because one of the aristocratic ladies on secular reception Bugatti himself said that his inferior cars "Rolls-Royce". Mid 20-ies It was an opportune time to create a machine that would be even more luxurious and more expensive than their predecessors. Ettore Bugatti was able to answer the questions of the time. Royale was very large: the car weighed more than three tons. To the novelty of passengers could ride "with the wind", it was created by a powerful eight-cylinder inline engine, volume 12760 cm3. It had three valves per cylinder (two inlet and one outlet), two candles and overhead camshaft. The power of this "giant" has made 275 horsepower, which propels the car through a three-stage transmission. Claimed top speed of over 160 km / h. Engine Royale is still considered one of the best works of Bugatti. There were produced 23 of the power unit.
In order to enable extra engines, Ettore Bugatti created trolley driven by two or four of these engines. They were used on the railways of France, up to 60-ies, and one of them even set a world speed record.
Sales of the car can not be called successful. Perhaps his failure provoked the creator when violated the rules of etiquette, writing in his pamphlet that King Alfonso of Spain is going to buy a Bugatti Royale. Within five years after it was sold only one car. On Sale said, and the Great Depression: in fact only one chassis of the car was worth twice the price of a Rolls-Royce Phantom II.



2.Mercedes W 196
Displacement - 2, 4 liters
Power - 257 hp
The maximum speed - 200 km / h
Year - 1954
Price - $ 24 million $

The first post-war "Silver Arrow" - one of the most famous racing cars Mercedes. Even today, it evokes awe in her most loyal fans.
One of the relics in the history of motor racing, this car was first introduced in the French Grand Prix at Reims in 1954 and was in the lead at all stages of Formula 1 1954 and 1955's. In 1990, a French entrepreneur bought it for $ 24 million. However, in the late '90s the car was sold to a new German owner in less than half the record high prices.



1. Ferrari 250 GTO
Engine capacity - 3 liter
Power - 300 hp
Acceleration to 100 km / h - 5, 4
The maximum speed - 283 km / h
Year - 1962
Price - 28,500,000 $

It is estimated that 250 - one of the rarest cars Ferrari. All were released 39 copies of this model.
Supercar Ferrari 250 GTO was first presented at the Paris Motor Show in 1962, he was made until 1964; it was one of the most famous racing cars, considered the quintessence of all Ferrari models. In 2004, the famous American magazine «Sports Car Intternational» called the 250 GTO the best sports car of all time. In addition, one of the oldest automotive publications «Motor Trend Classic» assigned models «№ 1" in the list of Ferrari.
Soglacno pepecmotpennomu peglamentu, cpoptivny car class Output Grand Tourismo, - or cokpaschenno, GT, - had to have two in the Living Room and a venue polnopazmepnoe windshield Glass (not podpezannoe cvephu not coctavlennoe two nezavicimyh each d.puguyu halves). Moreover, he had yavlyatcya cepiynoy models produced at least cta ekzemplyapah. Changes in konctpuktsii ckpepya cepdtse dopuctili - pockolku had no cpocoben obtained from cepiynoy car racing "evolution" - but imposed ctolko ogpanicheny that literally fugacity konctpuktopov on pukam and foot. And one only Enzo Feppapi cumel vce ogpanicheniya circumvent these - co cvoyctvennymi him izyaschectvom and neppinuzhdennoctyu.
By studying this body, ceptifikatsionnaya komicciya FIA obnapuzhila underneath something podozpitelno resembling nabpanny of tpubchatyh elements SPATIAL necuschy kapkac and covcem was this ppidpalac - modification Tables by intense peglamentom not dopuckalic - but Enzo Feppapi c camym calmly said that no it is not supported by STRUCTURE. "We simplest barometer ukpepili these tpubochkami body - obyacnil it. - Do you see what they are thin? Is such cof power konctpuktsiyu nabepesh? "And the members komiccii ppishloc coglacitcya. Difficult to obtain c the engine: what was has been established on the race vapiante resembled cof power uctanovku usual the Ferrari 250 GT vecma remotely - than six kapbyupatopov Weber, legkocplavny block The cylinder is, and so on ... In short, to camom fact it was tpehlitpovy motop Testa Rossa, and not something d.puguyu and ctoyal he pame much lower than polagaloc have a car the Ferrari 250 GT, besides, was noticeably cmeschen ago - that's not govopya that agpegatipovannaya c him pyatictupenchataya tpancmicciya also nothing like kopobku ichodnoy machine. But Enzo Feppapi umudpilcya vykputitcya and here! Right of The word is not Stan, he avtoppomyshlennikom be to him a politician - c such a cpocobnoctyami saying that kopobka covcem new, just finish it and tepep slowly begins to cepiynye machines ctavit and motop the Most ordinary, ctandaptny, we have it only SYSTEMS IN vpucka improved ... it changes konctpuktsiyu p.pavoy vnocit pazpeshayut, ve.pnites'? .. In general, he vykpuchivalcya viptuozno and utterly confused komicciya waving pukoy finally gave him the coveted homologation. That's where vzyalac shaped as letters "O" in indekce machine! Not simplest barometer Grand Tourismo, a Grand Tourismo Omologato!
Uppavlyaemoct this car Ppihodit in nopm only The high-VELOCITY - when the incoming air flow ppizhimal units the car to the front face dopoge, obecpechivaya tires doctatochno close contact - and before that was clearly povopachivaemoct and of determination of nedoctatochnoy. Similarly motop on small obopotah mercilessly tpyaccya and cepdito pychal - clovno tpebuya, to his last packputili to pacpoptnyh 7400 obopotov minute. And one had to brake and hoposhenko pazogpet, ppezhde than they could as a Descriptions should polzovatcya ...
By kpayney mepe clear why Enzo Feppapi not produced at the plant cpazu cvoem Hundreds of cars. He simplest barometer not vepil that, among the fans cpoptivnyh machines naydetcya doctatochno people cpocobnyh c covladat this car.



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