Legendary 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, the most expensive car and historically significant Ferrari racing cars ever will ve auctioned on May 17, 2009, at RM Maranello auction in association with Sotheby’s. The Ferrari 250 TR is not only one of the most beautiful cars ever built, with its stunning pontoon-fendered bodywork sculpted by Scaglietti, it was also one of the most competitive as well. Ferrari captured ten victories in nineteen races from 1958 to 1961, including a class win at Le Mans with Phil Hill and Olivier Gendebien.
During an auction which took place at Ferrari's factory and test circuit at Maranello in northern Italy, a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa was sold for for €9,020,000, or about $12.4 million dollars-which sets a new world record for the most expensive car ever sold at auction.
The immaculate machine actually sold for a “hammer price” of €8.2 million. But with a buyer’s premium of 10 percent, the official sale price was €9.02 million.
The 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa, one of just 22 similar models built at Maranello, boasts an important race history in North and South America. It debuted in the Buenos Aires 1000km in 1958 and came 4th overall before being sold to a US client who raced it extensively in the SCCA championship.
The previous world record for a car sold at auction was just last year and was also set by a Ferrari, when UK radio host Chris Evans paid Euro 7.0 million (AU$12.62 million/NZ$16.16 Million) for a black 1861 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California previously owned by James Coburn.The current Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa has successfully raced the priced tag from the previous record still further ahead.
Both cars were sold at the “Ferrari Leggenda e Passione”, an annual auction of the finest Ferrari and Maserati super cars organized by RM Auctions and held at Ferrari’s test track, Fiorano, in Maranello.
The most expensive Car was set by Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa at Maranello,Italy on May 20,2009.
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