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Rarest and Most Expensive Cars in the World:Mirror mirror on the wall who’s the rarest of them all? Here are five cars that were produced in limited numbers and are an object of desire for many but only in the grasp of a lucky few!
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1) Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé
Not only is this the rarest car on this list, but it is also the most expensive one by far. Only two examples of the 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé were ever produced, one with a blue interior and the other with a red one. While Mercedes owns one of the two models and it is available for display at their museum, the other one was recently sold at an auction for a whopping $143 million. This makes it the most expensive car to ever be sold. The 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé is a two-seater sportscar that gets gullwing doors and a long bonnet under which resides a longitudinally-mounted 3.0-litre engine. -
2) McLaren F1 LM
Built to celebrate McLaren’s amazing result in the 1995 24 Hours of Le Mans, the F1 LM is an even more potent iteration of the F1. McLaren decided to build five units as an ode to the five cars that finished the race and even based them on the F1 GTR. While the F1 LM had the same chassis as the regular F1 and a 6.1-litre, naturally-aspirated V12 engine, the figures had been spiked and the dynamics of the car tweaked. The engine produced about 662bhp and 705Nm, a considerable increase over the vanilla F1. A reduction of 60kg and a stiffer setup further accentuated the track-oriented nature of this vehicle.
Fun fact: Lewis Hamilton could have had one of these for free. -
3) Bugatti Type 41 (Royale)
The Bugatti Type 41, also known as Royale, is a luxury car from the early years of the then German automobile maker. This car was so massive and expensive that the initial plans of building 25 units were slashed to just seven. This behemoth was around 6,400mm in length, which makes it about 21 per cent longer than the current-gen Mercedes-Benz S-Class. If you need a further reference regarding the size of the car, it had a wheelbase of 4,300 which is the entire length of a Hyundai Creta. As mentioned earlier, only seven cars were built in total but out of those, only six have survived to date. -
4) Lamborghini Veneno
This has to be one of the most poster-worthy sportscars since the turn of the century. Lamborghini adopted an outlandish and bold design to celebrate its 50th anniversary and gave the world the Veneno. It was based on the Aventador and the Italian marquee
produced four coupe models and nine roadsters. The 6.5-litre, naturally-aspirated, V12 enabled the car to reach a top speed of 356kmph and is one of the most expensive cars in the world. It was first revealed to the world at the 2013 Geneva Motor Show. -
5) Ferrari 250 GTO
Produced from 1962 to 1964, the 250 GTO is a name that is known and loved among car enthusiasts around the world. Ferrari built a total of 36 units for the purpose of homologation and these cars were handed out only to buyers that were approved by the big boss Enzo Ferrari himself. It was powered by a 3.0-litre, V12 that was capable of producing a peak power of 296bhp and a peak torque of 294Nm. This is one of the most sought-after
cars at auctions
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