12.1 million USD..

[Ferry_vO]

For a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa:

http://www.worldcarfans.com/9090518...-for-12million-at-auction-breaks-world-record

:isadizzy:

 

[demorier]

It lines look so much like an E-Type Jag.

 

[wombat666]

Noticed it was coming up for auction a few days ago, but I forgot to look up the car's history!
Lovely car but really (except for the first few works 'mules') only built for privateers .........
Still one of my fave Ferraris, almost as good as the 250SWB California Spyder.

 

[Wing_Z]

50's rarities do seem to command quite a price.
Wonder who's buying them?
And what a Birdcage Maserati might fetch today?

 

[JSpal]

They point out in the article that Testa Rossa means red head, but the car isn't red.

I was under the impression that it was the cam covers that were painted red that earned it the name Testa Rossa???

Beautiful car, but I can think of a few other cars, and a house, and plane I would rather have than that one car.

 

[Ferry_vO]

I was under the impression that it was the cam covers that were painted red that earned it the name Testa Rossa???

Correct!.

 

[wombat666]

And more to the point, the original 'Testa Rossa' was a 2.0 Litre four .... :isadizzy: