{"id":2100213,"date":"2026-08-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2100213"},"modified":"2026-08-19T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T21:00:00","slug":"high-rollers-the-35-most-expensive-cars-sold-at-monterey-car-week-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2100213","title":{"rendered":"High rollers! The 35 most expensive cars sold at Monterey Car Week 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"
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$3,662,500 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In case you\u2019d lost track of your Chiron versions a few special editions ago, the Sport was the more driver-focused version of the son-of-Veyron: think stiffer suspension, more responsive steering and the like. 60 or so were built, and this one\u2019s been a California car from new, having first been bought at Bugatti of Beverly Hills (where else?) back in 2019.
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$3,960,000 (Mecum)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Regular Porsche Carrera GT a bit too tame for you? Firstly, seek help, but secondly, Porsche tuner Gemballa had a solution for lunatics like you in the form of the Mirage GT, which tickled that howling 5.7-litre V10 up to 670bhp and fitted a new exhaust to make it sing even louder. The penultimate of 25 conversions by Gemballa, this one\u2019s covered just 100 miles since undergoing the surgery.
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$4,000,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oi, stop giggling at the back. This early pre-Benz-merger Mercedes is packing 40hp from its massive 6.7-litre four-cylinder, which frankly must have been terrifying when most of the traffic you were sharing the road with still had hooves. It\u2019s already been invited to take part in the 2026 London to Brighton run in November, should the new owner want to spend a day being incredibly cold.
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$4,075,000 (Broad Arrow)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rather gorgeous, isn\u2019t it? The S version of the Miura brought some extra 1960s mod cons like power windows (ooooh!), but also an extra 20bhp or so from that glorious 3.9-litre Bizzarrini V12. The 13th of 338 Ses made, this one spent almost four decades in the hands of Giulio Vignale, whose uncle Alfredo founded the coachbuilder turned short-lived posh Ford trim level of the same name.
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$4,075,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

You could get your Talbot-Lago T26 Record with an off-the-shelf body, but where was the fun in that? This one was bodied by perhaps the greatest-named of all the coachbuilders, Figoni et Falaschi of Paris, and has lived its whole life in the US. At one point, it was owned by 1950s musical director George Sidney, who swapped out the original 4.5-litre Talbot-Lago straight-six for a Cadillac V8. This, you\u2019ll be pleased to know, has since been reversed.
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$4,240,000 (Gooding Christie\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is the very first of the 17 examples of the \u2018Birdcage\u2019, a nickname that came from the Maserati Tipo 61\u2019s partially-exposed tubeframe chassis that helped this gorgeous if lightly bathtub-shaped four-cylinder racer weigh a mere 600kg. This one\u2019s got plenty of provenance, having racked up race wins all over the west coast of the US between 1959 and 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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$4,295,000 (Gooding Christie\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yep, this was a new one on us too. Further evidence that it\u2019s impossible for something to sound uncool in Italian, \u2018Tuboscocca\u2019 literally means \u2018tubular chassis\u2019, a chassis that was paired with a 2.7-litre version of the legendary Colombo V12 and clothed in a Vignale body. One of just six cars built to this spec, it was raced at events including the Targa Florio and Goodwood Nine Hours back in the day.
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$4,295,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

That\u2019s \u2018Twelve\u2019 as in cylinders, Packard being one of a handful of American manufacturers to offer a V12 in the 1930s (Great Depression? Never heard of it). One of just five Sport Phaetons ever made, one of which has been lost to the mists of time, the sale of this one was the first time it\u2019s changed hands since 1995, and sets a new all-time auction record for Packards.
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$4,570,000 (Bonhams)<\/strong><\/p>\n

You know this car. It\u2019s the one that, in modified form, became the first road-legal car to break the 300mph barrier in 2019. This is a production model, meaning it\u2019ll only manage a measly 273mph before it runs out of puff, but if that\u2019s a disappointment to the new owner, they can always take solace in the fact that this particular car has around $450,000 worth of optional extras. Or, put another way, an entire Ferrari Purosangue.
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$4,735,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Another car that doesn\u2019t really need any introduction, this is number 49 of 85 Valkyrie Spiders produced, complete with that ludicrous 11,100rpm, 1,000bhp Cosworth V12. It\u2019s covered just 85 miles from new, and we can only hope the second owner decides to exercise that engine a bit more. And lets us listen to it.
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$4,845,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hardcore front-engined V12 Ferraris are having a bit of a collector moment right now. There were several examples of the older F12tdf that only just missed out on making this list, while this 812 Competizione Aperta has outpriced several far rarer contemporary hypercars. That might be partially down to the fact that it\u2019s wearing $242,000 worth of bespoke optional extras from Fezza\u2019s Tailor Made division, but even so, it\u2019s a fairly mind-boggling price considering it would have cost the original owner \u2018only\u2019 around $850,000 two years ago.
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$4,927,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

From one front-engined, open-top V12 Ferrari to another. Not to be confused with the Scaglietti-bodied, Ferris Bueller-spec 250 California Spyder, this is Pininfarina\u2019s even rarer, and just as pretty, take on the drop-top 250 formula. One of just 40 built, this very car was exhibited at the New York Auto Show in 1958 before being passed between several owners including a doctor, a furniture designer and an oil magnate.
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$4,955,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not quite one of the knee-weakening Type 57SC Atlantics (goodness knows what one of those would fetch if it ever came up for auction), the Atalante is still certainly more agreeable to look at than\u2026 well, 99 percent of other cars, really. One of 17 built, and one of just four on the sportier 57S chassis, this one has a bit of previous at Monterey: it won best in show at Pebble Beach back in 1976 when, presumably, it was worth about $300.
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$4,955,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the first products of the newly united Daimler and Benz companies, this 680 S has a massive 6.8-litre supercharged straight-six producing 180bhp. In 1928! Its first owner was the Comte de la Raffini\u00e8re, who was not a type of delicious cheese but a member of the French aristocracy, who commissioned the Saoutchik coachbuilder of Paris to do the bodywork.
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$5,780,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Before it came back as a maker of a 1,100bhp hypercar that may or may not ever see the light of day, Delage was one of the most desirable carmakers in interwar Europe. This utterly gorgeous one-of-one Pourtout-bodied version of the D8-120 has lived an appropriately storied life, having been owned variously by company founder Louis Delage and experimental filmmaker Willard Maas before somehow being allowed to spend most of the \u201960s, \u201970s and \u201980s slowly gathering dust before being treated to a full restoration in the 1990s.
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$7,045,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

You probably already know of the Porsche 959, the futuristic, tech-focused sparring partner to the raw, uncompromising Ferrari F40. This is one of just 29 built to the lighter, harder Sport spec, and was first owned by a South Korean business mogul before being bought in 2007 by a German chap called Nick Heidfeld who, we\u2019re told, is quite handy behind the wheel. It had a full restoration under Heidfeld\u2019s ownership, and has covered under 3,000 miles from new.
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$8,035,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

All Pagani Huayras are special, but this one\u2019s extra-special. Not only is it in a bespoke spec with a unique aero package, but the 6.0-litre twin-turbo V12 has been breathed on so it now produces 846bhp instead of the \u2018regular\u2019 Roadster\u2019s 754bhp. Oh yeah, and it\u2019s got a seven-speed H-pattern manual rather than the semi-auto most Huayras had. And the \u2018Executor\u2019 name? That\u2019s a reference to Darth Vader\u2019s ship, confirming that the original owner is a massive nerd.
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$8,090,000 (Gooding Christie\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Think hardcore, track-focused versions of roadgoing Ferraris are a relatively modern phenomenon? Not quite. One of 20 Competizione versions of the gorgeous 250 GT SWB built in 1961, this road racer had a lighter tubular chassis and thinner-gauge aluminium bodywork, as well as a fettled triple-carb V12 with new heads and high-lift cams among other tweaks.
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$8,310,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Bugatti Mistral is a car full of superlatives. At 282mph, it\u2019s the fastest open-top car ever, and with 1,578bhp, it\u2019s powered by the punchiest iteration of Bugatti\u2019s legendary 8.0-litre quad-turbocharged sledgehammer of a W16 engine. Just 99 of them were built, with production wrapping up just this year, but clearly, collectors are already tripping over one another to get hold of them.
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$8,365,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

We won\u2019t bore you with an introduction to the F40, because you almost certainly don\u2019t need one. Instead, we\u2019ll tell an interesting fact about this particular 320-mile F40. The first of its four owners was one Lee Iaccoca, one of the most influential figures in the US car industry and a man without whom we likely wouldn\u2019t have the Ford Mustang. Or, less auspiciously, the Chrysler LeBaron.
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$8,695,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Introducing any limited-run Ferrari hypercar to the collector market currently has a similar effect to throwing an animal carcass into a piranha-infested river. Especially when it\u2019s in Rosso Resale. And it\u2019s done 711 miles. And it\u2019s had one previous owner, who is presumably now rolling around in a giant pile of money like a real life Scrooge McDuck. No surprises here, basically.
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$8,805,000 (Broad Arrow)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, just over two percent of the world\u2019s Bugatti Mistrals were sold at Monterey this year. Why did this grey one, auctioned by Broad Arrow, fetch a cool half a million more than the red one RM Sotheby\u2019s sold off, despite having done 652 miles compared to the other one\u2019s 321 miles? No idea. Sorry.
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$9,080,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Good thing this car\u2019s name isn\u2019t written out in full anywhere on it, otherwise you\u2019d need $9 million just for all that badging. That\u2019s not why this Duesenberg fetched such a lofty figure, though: that\u2019s partly because their rarity and beauty make the Model J and its spinoffs some of the most desirable interwar American cars around, and partly because this specific one was built for and owned by Clark Gable. Basically, then, this is as glamorous as cars get.
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$9,410,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, that\u2019s not a typo. Enzos really are now worth the sort of money once reserved for the rarest, most desirable cars of the 1950s and \u201960s, and no, that doesn\u2019t make us feel old at all. This one, supplied new to the US market, has lived its entire life in Texas, and delightfully, has actually been used a bit: its two owners so far have put almost 10,000 miles on it.
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$10,675,000 (Broad Arrow)<\/strong><\/p>\n

No, that\u2019s still not a typo. This is another US-market Enzo, one of only 12 finished in Nero DS, and of those, only three with a red interior. We\u2019re getting \u2018guy at a cars and coffee making a big deal out of having the only \u201974 Corvette with this exact combination of paint, trim and options\u2019 vibes here, but apparently, this stuff actually counts for something in the Ferrari collector market. This one\u2019s got 13,200 miles on the clock.
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$11,555,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Noticing a running theme the higher we get up this list? It really wasn\u2019t that long ago that you\u2019d be lucky to get half a million for a 288 GTO, but now look. Famously built for Group B racing before the planned series fell apart, this particular GTO, the 99th built, has bounced around multiple owners, but between them, they\u2019ve failed to put more than 1,000 miles on it. Someone, please correct this.
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$12,100,000 (Mecum)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nope, still not a typo. 2026 really is the Year of the Enzo \u2013 one broke the all-time auction record at $17.9 million in February. This one hasn\u2019t quite hit those lofty heights, but it\u2019s still fetched the highest figure of the three that have gone under the hammer at Car Week this year, thanks in no small part to having covered just 595 miles from new.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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$12,105,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

You knew this was coming, didn\u2019t you? What was once the comparatively unloved runt of the Ferrari hypercar litter – changing hands for around $500,000 back in the early \u201910s – now appears to be the most sought after of all. This particular one was briefly owned by Mike Tyson, and no, we\u2019re not going to make a pun about that 4.7-litre V12 delivering a mighty punch. We\u2019re better than that.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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$14,575,000 (Mecum)<\/strong><\/p>\n

So why are collectors suddenly going mad for the F50, a car that was barely worth half a million dollars back in the early \u201910s? The same reason every upstart hypercar maker these days bangs on about their car being \u2018analogue\u2019: that wailing nat-asp engine and clickety-clack gated manual. You just don\u2019t get that in modern supercars. It helps that this one\u2019s painted Giallo Modena, one of just 31 in the eye-melting shade.
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$17,825,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not just older Ferraris that are capable of fetching truly eye-watering prices, mind. Despite only being a few years old, the LaFerrari-based (but non-hybrid) Daytona SP3, part of Ferrari\u2019s throwback Icona series, has quickly become some of the hottest property among Fezza collectors. One of 600 made, this one\u2019s value has effectively septupled in just three years, even allowing for options and 227 miles of use. The mind boggles.
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$18,705,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

We interrupt this Ferrari coverage to bring you some good old fashioned American muscle. So what makes this particular \u2019Vette so special? Well, the C2 Grand Sport was a racing version developed by the Corvette\u2019s Godfather, Zora Arkus-Duntov, with an obsessive approach to weight reduction that saw it come in at a mere 860kg, despite having a mighty 6.2-litre V8 on board. Only five were built, three of which were coupes like this, and this one, chassis 003, has an enviable racing record, never finishing lower than sixth in class in period.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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$18,705,000 (Gooding Christie\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Maranello\u2019s latter-day hypercars may have skyrocketed in value, but it\u2019s still Ferrari\u2019s \u201960s racing cars that sit at the top of the collector tree for now. The V12-powered 250 P was the company\u2019s first mid-engined sports racer, a design that immediately proved its worth by winning the 24 Hours of Le Mans, 12 Hours of Sebring and N\u00fcrburgring 1000km in 1963, its first year of competition. This particular car, chassis 0810, was runner up at Sebring and won the Canadian Grand Prix back when it was a sports car race.
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$34,655,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of the most recognisable McLaren F1s of all, and one of the most hyped auctions pre-Car Week, this was a prototype for the 1996-spec F1 GTR, made famous by its lurid \u2018pop art\u2019 livery. It never raced, but was instead road-registered and sold to car collector Nick Mason (who has a sideline playing drums for a little-known band named Pink Floyd), its one and only owner outside of McLaren until now. Its $34.655 million hammer price makes it not only the most expensive McLaren, but the most expensive British-built car, ever sold at auction.
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$40,000,000 (RM Sotheby\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Do not adjust your set: the very first example of the car the internet loves to hate really did just sell for the sort of money you expect a 250 GTO to fetch. All is not quite as it seems, though: like the Daytona SP3 that went for $26 million last year, this is a charity auction, with all proceeds going to the Ferrari Foundation, set up to fund educational initiatives. So, still mad at the Luce now it\u2019s raised a cool 40 mil for charity?
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$42,905,000 (Gooding Christie\u2019s)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here it is, then: not only the most expensive car at Car Week this year, but the most expensive American car ever sold at auction. A gorgeous hardtop racing version of the Cobra, designed with the express intent to, in Carroll Shelby\u2019s words, \u201ckick Ferrari\u2019s ass,\u201d it duly did, winning races all over North America and Europe. In the grand scheme of things, this one, Chassis CSX2300, is one of the less successful of the six Daytonas, but it\u2019s still a Daytona. Just six were built, making the 36 Ferrari 250 GTOs ever made look as common as Fiat Puntos.
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$3,662,500 (RM Sotheby\u2019s) In case you\u2019d lost track of your Chiron versions a few special editions ago, the Sport was the more driver-focused version of the son-of-Veyron: think stiffer suspension, more responsive steering and the like. 60 or so were built, and this one\u2019s been a California car from new, having first been bought at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[226,237],"class_list":["post-2100213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-crawlmanager","tag-topgear-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2100213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2100213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2100213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2100213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2100213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}