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Classic Ferrari sells for £15.7m The Sun News

 

 

Classic Ferrari sells for £15.7m

 
A vintage 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO.

Record breaker ... vintage 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO

 

 
 
 
 

A CLASSIC Ferrari has become the most expensive car in the world after it was sold for £15.7MILLION.

 

The legendary Ferrari 250 GTO was auctioned for the record-breaking price after a mystery Englishman bid for the Italian sportscar.

 

Only 39 models of the legendary Ferrari 250 GTO model were ever built from 1962 to 1964.

 

It was already considered one of the most valuable cars in the world, previously thought to have been worth around £11million.

 

The whopping sale price million smashed the previous world record to bits, reported German newspaper Bild.

 

That was set after a 1961 Ferrari California Spyder was sold for about £5.4million in May.


1 posted on 09/19/2008 7:50:24 PM PDT by Stoat
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To: Stoat

nice,but I wouldn’t pay a penny over 27 mil...


2 posted on 09/19/2008 7:52:43 PM PDT by hercuroc
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To: Stoat

Just out of curiosity anyone know what the original price for one the 250’s were? Wondering as to rate of appreciation!


3 posted on 09/19/2008 7:54:18 PM PDT by RadioCirca1970 (Welcome to the Terror Dome....)
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To: Stoat

“A thing of beauty is a joy forever...”


4 posted on 09/19/2008 7:55:21 PM PDT by Batrachian
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"A car widely renowned as the most beautiful of all time..."

It's certainly in the top 10...maybe even five, but for my money, it would take a lot more work to knock the somewhat less exotic E-Type Jag out of the top spot...


5 posted on 09/19/2008 7:58:05 PM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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To: Stoat
That was set after a 1961 Ferrari California Spyder was sold for about £5.4million in May.

I was at the 1993 National Ferrari meet in West Palm Beach, FL. They were using a go cart to tow an F-1 across the award area and then they towed it by a California... not taking into account the huge exposed tires on the F-1... which scraped the mint condition California. The owner literally wet his pants. I have an old VHS tape laying around here somewhere. One of the "Priceless" moments I caught on tape.
6 posted on 09/19/2008 7:58:27 PM PDT by DocRock (All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
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To: Stoat

Heck of a price for a used car. ;-)


7 posted on 09/19/2008 7:58:33 PM PDT by doc1019 (Obama IS running against Palin)
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To: Stoat
If it was sold to someone in Saudi Arabia ... I'm going to cry. Classic CLASSIC car.


8 posted on 09/19/2008 7:59:59 PM PDT by Daffynition (Follow the dots: Davis, Ayers, Dohrn, Malley, SorosÂ… use a RED crayon.)
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I’m out....

Won’t pull the boat or the goose trailer.....


9 posted on 09/19/2008 8:00:00 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (On My Best Behavior.)
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To: Stoat

Yes, but how may cup holders does it have?

I want to be able to drink my coffee and drive fast too......


12 posted on 09/19/2008 8:05:37 PM PDT by Kimmers (Liberalism: Where fun goes to die)
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Where does one drive a $28 Mil car these days? How fast does one dare drive it? Do you valet park it? Does it have any room in back for the groceries? A quart of milk?

When the highway patrolman is writing your speeding ticket and leaning on your window, do you tell him to watch the paint and aluminum?

I guess you can’t park it on the street in Manhattan anymore.

How much is a tune up?


13 posted on 09/19/2008 8:12:13 PM PDT by garyhope (It's world war IV, right here, right now courtesy of Islam. VRWC. TWP.)
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To: Stoat

It’s very nice old exotic but way overpriced these days imho. If I had the money for an exotic I would get the current worlds fastest the Shelby Supercar tt ultimate aero. Great video here with Jay Leno http://www.shelbysupercars.com/video-jay-leno.php


33 posted on 09/19/2008 9:23:23 PM PDT by xp38
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To: Stoat

CRAP! I could build one from SCRATCH for less than that!


35 posted on 09/19/2008 9:40:13 PM PDT by Boiling point (If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.)
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To: Stoat

Absolutely sinful...........you could feed millions of starving people with that kind of money.

This makes me mad as hell!!


36 posted on 09/19/2008 9:42:00 PM PDT by diamond6 (Is SIDS preventable? www.stopsidsnow.com)
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Pagani Zonda R

But I really like this and it's only $1.6 million.
43 posted on 09/19/2008 10:18:38 PM PDT by smokingfrog (God doesn't wear a wrist watch.)
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I had one.

Lousy gas mileage, hard to keep tuned up, too small to make-out in, golf clubs won't fit in trunk and you can't pick up lumber at Home Depot........oh, and it's a real pain in the neck to drive in the winter.

I finally traded it in on a Honda.

54 posted on 09/20/2008 10:32:01 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Polar bears who suffer depression and anxiety due to the global warming threat are bi-polar bears)
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