Gallery: 12 Outrageous Cars You Can Buy This Weekend if You're a Bajillionaire
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This 1933 Alfa Romeo 8C 2300 Monza is for the Italian racing enthusiast with an extra $12 to $15 million burning a hole through her pocket. This blood red beauty tore up the sports car racing circuit in the 1930s to 50s.
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RM Sotheby’s says this 1939 Alfa Romeo 2900B Lungo Spider should “comfortably surpass” the record for the most anyone’s paid for a pre-war car at auction. So it’ll fetch more than $11.77 million—and maybe as much as $25 million. Start counting your coins.
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Okay, so this 1932 Bugatti Type 55 Roadster lost that year’s Mille Miglia, the magical open-road race that wound through the gorgeous Italian countryside. But more than 80 years later, it’s still a gorgeous car—$14 million-type gorgeous.
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If there were ever a car that said “Rob me,” it’s this 1972 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Shooting Brake, complete with a trunk made of twin upward-opening glass panels. Probably avoid storing your diamonds in this one. The custom job has just 4,500 miles on the odometer, and is expected to go for up to $1 million.
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One of the more important racing cars ever devised, this 1955 Jaguar D-Type won the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1956. (The Le Mans just happens to be the world’s oldest active sports car race.) Show up the Joneses for a tidy $25 mill.
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Beep for storied American sports cars! This 1962 Shelby Cobra CSX 2000 is a V-8 squeezed into a teeny, tiny package. which takes it from 0 to 60 in 4.2 seconds flat. Sotheby’s lists it as “priceless,” so you know it’s worth a ton.
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This is one of five 1962 Ferrari 268 SPs that still motor around the face of the Earth, and this one has competed at 24 Hours of Le Mans.
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This 2005 Maserati MC12 is one of 50 ever produced. What it lacks in vintage it makes up for with its V-12 engine. Get your $1.6 million ready.
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This 1976 Lamborghini Countach LP400 “Periscopica” is a concept car that miraculously escaped the show floor. The carmaker manufactured about 160 of these scissor-doored beauts. All yours, for about $1.5 million.
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In 1971, Frank Sinatra walked into a Beverly Hills Mercedes-Benz dealership and picked up this 280 SE 3.5 Cabriolet for his daughter Tina’s 23rd birthday. (And you thought you had a nice dad.) Now it can be yours for a cool $350,000.
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The most adorable 1952 Mercedes-Benz 220 Cabriolet A to ever hit California, the “Rose Garden” was restored by Hiro Yamagata, one of the best in the business. For $250,000, they’ll never accuse you of hating nature again.
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For, say, $20 million, this highly-decorated 1959 Ferrari 250 GT LWB California Spider Competizione could help you win the most important race: the race of life. But it’s done pretty well by itself already, finishing 5th in the legendary 12 Hours of Sebring endurance race in 1960.
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