Ferrari Sells for $38-Million at Auction, Breaking World Record

The Globe and Mail ^

[nickcarraway]

A red 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta, which was once involved in a fatal accident, has set the world record for a car sold at auction, going for $38.1 million at a sale in California, auction house Bonhams said.

The price offered on Thursday by a bidder whose identity was not disclosed surpassed the $30 million (all figures U.S.) paid last year for a 1954 Mercedes Benz W196 race car, also sold by Bonhams, the auctioneers said in a press release.

“We’ve always maintained that we would exceed the current world record and that the car would bring between $30-$40-million and today the GTO did just that,” Robert Brooks, chairman of Bonhams, said in a statement.

[Paladin2]

GPS with timely traffic info?

Fuel injection? 4X4? Manifold pressure boost? An excess of cu. in.? A Ford 9in. rear diff? lockers?

[Paladin2]

Who stocks the wet bar?

[Paladin2]

12 cyl?

[Paladin2]

WWWEEeeeeeeeeeeee!

[CrazyIvan]

Same here. If I had the bucks I'd like to have one of the really good Cobra replicas. All the fun without the irreplaceability. Kind of a have your cake and eat it too thing.

[DJ MacWoW]

Ferrari 308 GTS

[Paladin2]

I should’a used the “/sarc”.

[DJ MacWoW]

Oh. LOL

[2ndDivisionVet]

The new owner. But seriously, that’s the traditional name for a sedan, especially in Europe.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Kick er in the guts Barry. She’s the last of the V-8’s. You can shut the gate on this one Maxie, it’s the duck’s gut.

Yeah, she’s the last of the V-8’s. Nitro, Phase Four Heads, 12 to 1.

Tell him about the BLOWER! 600 HP. ITS A BLOWER! THE BLOWER MAN!! Meanest system and born to run. He’s in a COMA man. He loves it.

How the hell did you get all this together?

It just happened Max, you know. A piece from here, and a piece from there. So easy. Yeah.

Come on Max, you’ve seen it, heard it and still asking questions.

[headstamp 2]

My favorite Ferrari. Had the Aurora HO Thunder-Jet model of this car when I was a kid.

[headstamp 2]

That looks like a diesel I’m guessing with the heater plug dangling off the front.

[jjotto]

I thought it was Glassmoyer replica with 700 horsepower.

[USMCPOP]

The 1967 Ferrari P3/4 and P4 was a much better looking car. And a good one. It was Enzo Ferrari’s answer to the Ford GT-40.

Nice video - “The Ferrari 330 P4 is One Sexy Beast”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awArTC8iQ3Q&feature=em-share_video_user

[Focault's Pendulum]

Bookmarked. I gotta show this to someone.

[Paladin2]

I used to jump my VW bug over a RR crossing in S. Mass.

Keep it straight.

[Paladin2]

" It was Enzo Ferrari’s answer to the Ford GT-40."

I always wanted a GT40 with the head clearance bump. Bad to use for a commute to the East in the morning and to the West in the evening though.

[doorgunner69]

Major difference is the GTO could conceivably have been used on public roads as a somewhat streetable car. The 330 was pure track car.

I watched a couple GTOs raced at the old Riverside track in the early 60's and was dissappointed in the apparent lack of acceleration and sound. Expected much more. They were like someone's personal car out in the midst of race cars.

[W.]

Sure, they're all fun and tire smoke--until it's time for a new clutch--it's a Ferrari 450.

I have NO idea how much...

[gigster]

Yes, Nick Mason of Pink Floyd owns a large Ferrari collection.