To most, cars and vehicles in general, are simply modes of conveyance. But to others, the rich that is, cars are pieces of art that ought to be cherished. They will spend millions of dollars just to own the top-notch and most expensive cars ever created. Cars created at the limit of human capabilities, while taking years if not decades to produce. These incredible machines are very rare, and often very few are produced. Therefore, even those who have the required amount of money, may find it difficult to own one. These cars, talk of the big names like Bugatti, Rolls Royce, Lamborghini, Pagani, McLaren, Ferrari, among others, are mostly sold before they reach the public. They are made for the very rich collectors at request, or sold at invite with exclusive options. While the list below of the top 20 most expensive cars in the word, has cars wildly out of the reach for most, it won’t hurt to look and admire them.
Contents
- 1. Bugatti La Voiture Noire
- 2. Rolls-Royce Sweptail
- 3. Mercedes Benz Maybach Exelero
- 4. Bugatti Divo
- 5. Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita
- 6. Lamborghini Veneno Roadster
- 7. McLaren P1 LM
- 8. Lykan Hypersport
- 9. Bugatti Veyron
- 10. Aston Martin Valkyrie
- 11. Ferrari Pininfarina Sergio
- 12. Pagani Huayra BC
- 13. Mercedes-AMG One
- 14. Bugatti Chiron
- 15. Ferrari FXX-K
- 16. Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta
- 17. Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
- 18. Koenigsegg One
- 19. Zenvo TS1 GT
- 20. Ferrari LaFerrari
1. Bugatti La Voiture Noire
Price: $18.9 million
The Bugatti La Voiture Noire is a luxury prototype supercar built by Bugatti Automobiles. It was unveiled at the 2019 Geneva Motor Show, in tribute to the history of the brand, and to the 110th anniversary of its founding in 1909 by Ettore Bugatti. Based on the Chiron, the design of the car harkens back to the Type 57 SC Atlantic and is a celebration of the company’s distinctive design history. The La Voiture Noire is powered by the same 8.0-litre quad turbocharged W16 engine from the Chiron having the same power output figures but the 7-speed dual-clutch gearbox and the all-wheel-drive system are heavily revised in order to allow for a more relaxed driving experience. Softer dampers and a revised chassis contribute to the factor. The car has six exhaust pipes. The car was sold for a price of $18.9 million, making it the most expensive car built to date.
2. Rolls-Royce Sweptail
Price: $12.8 million
The Rolls-Royce Sweptail is a one-off large luxury car made in the United Kingdom by Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. At the time of its May 2017 debut at the yearly Concorso d’Eleganza Villa d’Este event it was the most expensive new automobile in the world, costing around $12.8 million, surpassing the Bugatti Chiron, which costs around $2.8 million. In 2019 the Sweptail was in turn overtaken as the world’s most expensive car by La Voiture Noire, also made by Bugatti. The Rolls-Royce Sweptail is hand-built, and inspired by coachbuilding of the 1920s and 1930s. The Sweptail was commissioned bespoke in 2013 as a one-off automobile, at the request of a super-yacht and aircraft specialist who had a unique idea in mind.
3. Mercedes Benz Maybach Exelero
Price: $8 million
The Maybach Exelero is a one-off high-performance sports car made by German manufacturer Maybach-Motorenbau GmbH, a subsidiary of DaimlerChrysler. It was unveiled at the Tempodrom in Berlin in 2005. The Exelero was commissioned by Fulda, a German subsidiary of Goodyear, to test their new Carat Exelero tire range. In collaboration with Maybach, the initial design of the Exelero was to be influenced by the Maybach SW 38 and built on the platform of the Maybach 57. Another important design stipulation from Fulda was that the car should be able to reach speeds in excess of 350 km/h (217 mph) so that the physical limits of the Exelero tires could be tested. The Exelero is powered by a twin turbo V12 engine made by Maybach and mounted at 60º.
4. Bugatti Divo
Price: $5.8 million
The Bugatti Divo is a mid-engine track focused sports car developed and manufactured by Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. The car is named after French racing driver Albert Divo, who raced for Bugatti in the 1920s winning the Targa Florio race twice. The car takes inspiration from the Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic along with the Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo concept in terms of design and has track performance as its main focus. The car includes a redesigned exhaust system featuring quad exhaust pipes, a 1.8 metre wide fixed rear wing (23% wider than the retractable wing on the Chiron), a NACA duct on the roof that channels air to the rear of the car on a central fin and ultimately on the rear wing for improved downforce, a large front chin spoiler, more refined side skirts, larger air intakes on the front, new head lamps and tail lamps, a vent in the bonnet for improved radiator cooling and vents on the front wheel arches to cool the brakes.
5. Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita
Price: $4.8 million
The Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita is a limited edition of the Koenigsegg CCXR featuring a diamond weave carbon fibre finish. Trevita is an abbreviation in Swedish and translates into “three whites”. It features the Koenigsegg Shimmering Diamond Weave bodywork, twin-deck carbon fibre rear wing, inconel exhaust system, carbon ceramic brakes with ABS, airbags, F1 paddle-shift gearbox, chrono instrument cluster, infotainment system, tire monitoring system and a hydraulic lifting system.
6. Lamborghini Veneno Roadster
Price: $4.5 million
Lamborghini Veneno Roadster was unveiled on the Italian naval aircraft carrier Cavour docked in Abu Dhabi’s Mina Zayed port in 2014, followed by the 2014 Las Vegas Consumer Electronics Show. Performance of the roadster remains identical to that of the coupé with the roadster being 50 kg (110.2 lb) heavier than the coupé counterpart due to chassis reinforcing components. Only nine units of the roadster were produced, all of which were already sold.
7. McLaren P1 LM
Price: $3.6 million
The McLaren P1 LM is a limited-production variant of the P1 GTR. In order to convert the cars into the P1 LM specification, Lanzante Motorsport made changes to the drivetrain hardware (to increase power output), employed a modified rear wing and larger front splitter along with dive planes (to improve downforce), removed the air-jack system and installed Inconel catalytic converter pipes and exhaust headers, lightweight fabricated charge coolers, Lexan windows, lighter seats (similar to those used in the F1 GTR) and a titanium exhaust system, bolts and fixings (to save weight). The top speed is limited to 345 km/h (214 mph). Five P1 LMs were sold and the sixth, the prototype P1 LM codenamed ‘XP1 LM,’ was retained and is now being used for development and testing of future models.
8. Lykan Hypersport
Price: $3.4 million
The Lykan Hypersport is a Lebanese limited production sports car manufactured by W Motors, a United Arab Emirates based company, founded in 2012 in Lebanon with the collaboration of Lebanese, and Italian engineers. It is the first sports car to be designed and produced indigenously in the Middle East. The production of the car was limited to a planned total of just seven units. Lykan HyperSport was unveiled to the public at the Qatar Motor Show in February 2013. At $3.4 million, the Lykan HyperSport was the third most expensive production car at time of its production. The HyperSport is the first car to have headlights with embedded jewels; they contain titanium LED blades with 420 diamonds (15cts). The car also uses a holographic display system on the centre console with interactive motion features, as well as gold stitching on the seats.
9. Bugatti Veyron
Price: $3.3 million
The Bugatti Veyron EB 16.4 is a mid-engine sports car, designed and developed in Germany by the Volkswagen Group and manufactured in Molsheim, France, by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti. It was named after the racing driver Pierre Veyron. The original version has a top speed of 407 km/h (253 mph). It was named Car of the Decade and best car award (2000 – 2009) by the BBC television programme Top Gear. The Super Sport version of the Veyron is recognized by Guinness World Records as the fastest street-legal production car in the world, with a top speed of 431.072 km/h (267.856 mph). The Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse was the fastest roadster in the world, reaching an averaged top speed of 408.84 km/h (254.04 mph) in a test on 6 April 2013.
10. Aston Martin Valkyrie
Price: $3.2 million
The Aston Martin Valkyrie (also called through its code-names as AM-RB 001 and Nebula) is a limited production hybrid electric sports car collaboratively built by British automobile manufacturer Aston Martin, Red Bull Racing and several other manufacturers. The sports car is a product of collaboration between Aston Martin and Red Bull Racing to develop a track-oriented car entirely usable and enjoyable as a road car. The car’s makers claim the title of fastest street-legal car in the world for it.
11. Ferrari Pininfarina Sergio
Price: $3 million
The Pininfarina Sergio is a concept car produced by the Italian design house Pininfarina. It was presented at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show as a tribute to the former chairman of the company and the infamous automotive designer, Sergio Pininfarina, who died on 3 July 2012. The car is a coach built barchetta which is based on the mechanical underpinnings of the Ferrari 458 Spider. Taking cues from the 1965 Ferrari Dino prototype which was the first solo project of Sergio Pininfarina from Ferrari as well as the Mythos and the Modulo concept cars, the design of the car is a simple open top car displaying design purity through the use of simple and sensual elements. The reduction in weight and the incorporation of unique aerodynamic design elements enable the car to accelerate from 0-62 mph (100 km/h) in 3.4 seconds.
12. Pagani Huayra BC
Price: $2.8 million
The Pagani Huayra BC is a track focused version of the Huayra which was unveiled at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. The Huayra BC is named after the late Benny Caiola, a friend of Horacio Pagani, and the first Pagani customer. The Huayra BC has an improved version of the standard Huayra’s 6.0 L twin-turbocharged V12 engine having a power output of 755 PS (555 kW; 745 hp) as well as 1,100 N⋅m (811 lbf⋅ft) of torque. The Huayra BC uses an all-new Xtrac 7-speed sequential manual transmission. Pagani has stuck with a single-clutch gearbox because it weighs 40% less than double-clutch gearboxes. All 20 units tbe Huayra BC coupé have been sold out.
13. Mercedes-AMG One
Price: $2.72 million
The Mercedes-AMG One (R50, stylized as ONE) is limited-production plug-in hybrid sports car manufactured by Mercedes-AMG, featuring Formula One-derived technology. It was unveiled at the 2017 International Motor Show Germany. Mercedes-AMG received orders for four times the production amount, producing 275 units. The powertrain is rated at 775-918 kW (1,054-1,248 PS; 1,039-1,231 hp) through a hybrid drivetrain that shares many features with modern Formula One cars. The car has five motors with different functions onboard: one internal combustion engine (ICE) and four electric motors.
14. Bugatti Chiron
Price: $2.7 million
The Bugatti Chiron is a mid-engine two-seater sports car developed and manufactured in Molsheim, France by French automobile manufacturer Bugatti Automobiles S.A.S. as the successor to the Bugatti Veyron. The Chiron was first shown at the Geneva Motor Show on 1 March 2016. The car is based on the Bugatti Vision Gran Turismo concept car. The main carry over component from the Veyron is the 7,993 cc (8.0 L) quad-turbocharged W16 engine. The Chiron utilizes a carbon fibre body structure, independent suspension and a Haldex All-wheel drive system. The carbon fibre body has a stiffness of 50,000 Nm per degree. The Chiron can accelerate from 0-97 km/h (0-60 mph) in 2.4 seconds according to the manufacturer, 0-200 km/h (0-124 mph) in 6.5 seconds and 0-300 km/h (0-186 mph) in 13.6 seconds. The Chiron’s top speed is electronically limited to 420 km/h (261 mph), or 375-380 km/h (233-236 mph) without the specific key, for safety reasons.
15. Ferrari FXX-K
Price: $2.7 million
The Ferrari FXX K is a high-performance limited production track day car manufactured by automobile manufacturer Ferrari in Maranello, Italy. The hybrid power-plant used in the FXX-K has a total power output of 1,050 PS (772 kW; 1,036 hp) and over 900 N⋅m (664 lb⋅ft), of which 860 PS (633 kW; 848 hp) are delivered by the V12 ICE and 190 PS (140 kW; 187 hp) by the electric motor. The V12 engine has been tuned for track use as well as the HY-KERS system. With a dry weight of 1,165 kg (2,568 lb), the FXX-K has extremely effective down-force generation of 540 kg (1,190 lb) at 200 km/h (124 mph). The car has a top speed of 349 km/h (217 mph).
16. Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta
Price: $2.4 million
The Ferrari LaFerrari Aperta is the open-top version of the LaFerrari. Initially, 200 cars were sold with an additional nine reserved for use during the Ferrari 70th Anniversary celebrations. One more unit was later sold by auction. The Aperta comes with a removable carbon fibre hard top and a removable canvas soft top. Other changes include more efficient powertrain’s control electronics, re-angled radiators to direct air flow out along the underbody rather than over the bonnet, a longer front air dam to help increase downforce, an L-shaped flap on the upper corner of each windscreen pillar to reduce compression on the rear of the cabin in the absence of a roof, different door opening angles with different wheel arches and a new carbon fibre insert allowing the doors to rotate. The car was unveiled at the 2016 Paris Auto Show. Like past open-top Ferrari models, it uses the Aperta label to denote its removable roof. According to Ferrari, all units were already pre-sold to customers via invitation.
17. Lamborghini Sesto Elemento
Price: $2.2 million
The Lamborghini Sesto Elemento is a high-performance limited-edition lightweight track-only car produced by Italian automaker Lamborghini, which debuted at the 2010 Paris Motor Show. The Sesto Elemento’s name is a reference to the atomic number of carbon, in recognition of the car’s extensive use of carbon fibre. The Sesto Elemento is equipped with a 6-speed semi-automatic transmission and an all-wheel drive system, mated to a 5.2 litre V10 engine borrowed from the Gallardo Superleggera, generating 570 PS (419 kW; 562 hp) and 540 N⋅m (398 lbf⋅ft) of torque. Lamborghini Sesto Elemento claims a 0-100 km/h (0-62 mph) acceleration time of 2.5 seconds, 0-200 km/h (0-124 mph) time of 8.0 seconds, and a top speed in excess of 354 km/h (220 mph).
18. Koenigsegg One
Price: $2 million
The Koenigsegg One:1 was presented at the 2014 Geneva Motor Show held in March. Koenigsegg built six cars apart from the car presented at the Geneva Motor Show. All of which were already sold. The car is fitted with a variant of the same 5.0 L twin-turbocharged V8 engine used in the other Agera variants. It generates a maximum power output of 1,360 PS (1,000 kW; 1,341 hp) at 7,500 rpm and 1,371 N⋅m (1,011 lb⋅ft) of torque at 6,000 rpm. The transmission is a 7-speed dual clutch paddle shift as used in other variants of the Agera. The name One:1 comes from the power-to-weight ratio (1,360 PS to 1360 kg) giving the car 1 PS per 1 kg mass. The 1,360 PS power output is the equivalent of one megawatt, which Koenigsegg claims makes the One:1 the ‘world’s first megacar’.
19. Zenvo TS1 GT
Price: $1.9 million
The Zenvo TS1 GT is a Danish limited production sports car built by Zenvo Automotive. It was unveiled at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show. Though the TS1 GT shares a similar chassis and body with its predecessor, the ST1, its new powertrain and upgraded interior earn it a new model designation along with the ‘grand tourer’ qualification. The production of the car is planned to be capped at 5 units per year, an increase from the limited 15-car total production run of its predecessor. The Zenvo TS1 GT is powered by a 5.8 litre twin-supercharged V8 engine developed in-house, producing a maximum of 823 kW (1,119 PS; 1,104 hp) at 7,100 rpm and 1,139 N⋅m (840 lb⋅ft) of torque at 5,500 rpm.
20. Ferrari LaFerrari
Price: $1.4 million
The LaFerrari, project name F150, is a limited production hybrid sports car built by Italian automotive manufacturer Ferrari. The LaFerrari is the first mild hybrid produced by the Italian automotive marque, providing the highest power output of any Ferrari road car whilst decreasing fuel consumption by 40 percent. Ferrari states that the car has a top speed exceeding 349 km/h (217 mph), similar to the Enzo’s top speed, however, it is capable of accelerating from a standstill to 100 km/h (62 mph) in under 2.4 seconds, 0-200 km/h (0-124 mph) in under 7 seconds, and 0-300 km/h (0-186 mph) in 15 seconds. The car was unveiled at the 2013 Geneva Auto Show, and only 499 units were produced.
