Top 5 Most Expensive Classic Cars Ever (Auction Sales)

Classic cars is an expensive hobby where the most finest models will cost you millions of dollars. Surprisingly enough, the cars doesn’t have to be that old before the prices go skyrocketing. One of the cars in the top 5 was just 45 years old when it was sold at an auction for almost 10 million dollars…

All the cars in the top 5 are auction sales, since that’s were the really expensive stuff is sold. You don’t find classic cars like these on Ebay.

Duesenberg Model SJ Special (Mormon Meteor)
The most powerful Duesenberg was the supercharged model SJ from 1932. One of the SJ models was converted into the unique Mormon Meteor in the thirties and later sold at an auction in 2004 for $4,455,000.

Duesenberg Model SJ Special

Bugatti Type 41 Royale
Only six of these extreme luxury cars were ever built and today only three remains. One of them was sold for $8,000,000 by Tom Monaghan, the found of Domino’s Pizza, in 1991 (less than the $9,800,000 he paid for it in 1987).

Bugatti Type 41 Royale

Mercedes-Benz 540K Special Roadster
One of these beautiful roadsters from 1937 was sold to F1 mogul Bernie Ecclestone for $8,250,000 at an auction in London in 2007.

Mercedes 540K Special Roadster

Ferrari Testa Rossa
An extremely beautiful sports car from the early sixties. Sold for $9,300,000 at an auction in 2007 (around 45 years after it was produced in Italy).

Ferrari Testa Rossa

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
The Silver Ghost was one of the first Rolls-Royce models to be built at the beginning of the 20th-century. One of the Silver Ghost’s was painted in aluminum paint and used to promote the reliability of Rolls-Royce cars. This one aluminum painted version of the Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost still exist. It is insurance at $35,000,000 making it the most expensive car in the world.

Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost