The most expensive car in the world - Ferrari 250 GTO from 1963

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Created on October 5, 2013

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Le Mans Classic 2012 - A very rare look at so many Ferrari 250 GTOs

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Ferrari 250 GTO (1963) at Le Mans 1963 - In the fall of 1963, the Tour de France world championship race took place on the Le Mans racetrack - In number #165 (left) the overall winners Guichet / Behra

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Goodwood Revival 2012 - 50 years of the Ferrari GTO

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Goodwood Revival 2012 - 50 years of the Ferrari 250 GTO

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No sooner have we become accustomed to a new price level than the next record is reported. A 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO is said to have just changed hands privately for USD 52 million (EUR 38.4 million or CHF 47.6 million).

It is probably no coincidence that it is a Ferrari 250 GTO that currently holds the price record for the most expensive car in the world. And the car in question was not just any GTO either. After all, chassis 5111GT won the 1963 Tour de France under Guichet / Behra.

Ferrari 250 GTO (1963) at Le Mans 1963 - In the fall of 1963, the Tour de France world championship race took place on the Le Mans racetrack - In number #165 (left) the overall winners Guichet / Behra

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Whether one of the 39 GTOs built at the time has to be the most expensive car in the world is a good question, because although almost every sports car built by Scaglietti is unique and more or less different from its siblings, one could assume that there are even rarer, more elaborate and historically more interesting cars than the 5111GT.

Obviously, however, collectors are keen to have one of the 12-cylinder front-engined sports cars in the hall ...