Saturday 5 October 2013

This Is It,

the most expensive car in the world,


well I should say not this actual one but the same make and model, the Ferrari 250 GTO, this legendary Ferrari is one of the world’s most sought-after cars, especially as there were only 36 models built between 1962 and 1964, the car won a plethora of FIA races in the early '60s, 


for the technical, the car has a 3-litre V12 engine developing 300bhp - meaning a 0-60mph time of 6.1 seconds and reach a top speed of 174mph and boasts a five-speed manual transmission, the '250' refers to the volume of the displacement caused by the pistons in the cylinders,


this record-breaker was bought by Connecticut-based car collector Paul Pappalardo in 1974 and recently sold to an unknown buyer, the model sold by Mr Pappalardo – chassis number 5111 – has seen plenty of action, with Jean Guichet driving it to victory at the 1963 Tour de France road race and the price? a cool $52 million! now where did I put that 100 trillion dollar note? I have just remembered wrong currency!


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