What is the price and model of the most expensive car ever sold?”
Most expensive at auction: 1954 Mercedes W 196 — $24 million The holy grail of racing cars, it was introduced at the 1954 French Grand Prix at Reims, and went on to dominate Formula 1 racing for both the 1954 and 1955 seasons. What made the automobile so special was its revolutionary valve system, which utilized positive control without having to resort to springs. This car was raced by legendary drivers Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss before ending up in a museum in the 1980s. The car was sold for a couple of millions to finance renovations at the museum, and sold again in 1990 to a French industrialist for $24 million. A German businessman is currently the owner; he reportedly paid less then half the amount in the late ’90s. Most expensive production car: Bugatti Veyron 16.4 (slide 1 of 2) Country of Origin: France Price: 1,000,000 ($1,192,057) With its notorious production delays finally over, Bugatti’s Veyron is now on sale in Europe–and the company wants to bring it to the
