Determining the most expensive car brands in the world is not as easy as it might seem at first glance. The problem is that most automobile concerns produce a wide range of cars, from budget subcompacts to limousines and sports cars.
Sports cars
Sports cars are the most expensive in the world. Most often they have only two doors, are equipped with the best equipment and therefore are distinguished by high speed performance and engine power. Sports cars differ from racing cars in that they are not intended for special tracks, but for driving on ordinary roads. Sports cars are quite often produced in exclusive versions for individual orders and in single copies.
Focusing on them, you can determine the leaders among the most expensive and exclusive car brands.
Top 4 most expensive cars in the world
In the first place, we can confidently put the Bugatti Veyron with an exorbitant cost of $ 1, 700, 000. For the first time this car was presented to the general public in 2013 at the world auto show in California. With an engine of 1000 horsepower, it remains the fastest and most powerful car in the world today. So, in the first place is the Bugatti brand.
An engine with 660 horsepower, a speed of 350 km / h, acceleration to 65 km / h in 3.65 seconds and a cost of $ 1 million takes the Ferrari Enzo, and with it the Ferrari brand in second place. The aerodynamic body lines and suspension of this car were directly borrowed from Formula 1 racing cars. Thanks to the extensive use of aluminum and carbon, the car body itself is ultralight.
Only 399 cars were produced of this model.
In third place, you can put, rather, not a car, but a jewelry store on wheels with a motor - Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren 999 Red Gold Dream Ueli Anliker 2011. Wheels, headlights, interior, emblem and many other body elements were covered by the designers of the Mercedes-Benz concern 24 carat gold. The protruding elements in the cabin are lavishly decorated with rubies. And it's no surprise that all of this is worth $ 11 million. However, it is worth noting that the developers did not stint and installed a 700 horsepower engine on their creation of jewelry art, which allows it to accelerate to 340 km / h. However, the fact that this model is based not on an automobile, but on a design basis puts the Mercedes-Benz brand only in third place.
The next in the ranking of the most expensive cars is the elegant British handsome Aston Martin One-77. The number 77 in the title indicates the number of cars produced. The latter was sold in April 2013. In the manufacture of the body of this coupe, carbon was used together with aluminum, the suspension has variable characteristics and at the time of sale was adjusted for each owner individually. The 760 horsepower engine gives the car a speed of up to 354 km / h. This model makes Aston Martin the fourth most expensive car brand in the world.
