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Ferrari 1957 250 Testarossa

18 May 2009 - 11:00

Ferrari hits £8m

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A 1957 Ferrari 250 Testarossa has become the most expensive car ever to be sold at auction.

The gorgeous, curvy Testarossa fetched nine million Euro (£7.97 million) at Maranello's Leggenda e Passione event this weekend, breaking the previous world record - paid for by Chris Evans for a black 1961 Ferrari 250 GT California - by almost two million Euro.

Just 22 of the Scaglietti-designed 250 TRs were built between 1957 and 1958, winning 10 international championship races between them. This car - chassis 0714TR, if you're keeping notes - finished fourth at the Buenos Aires 1,000km in 1958 before racing in the SCCA championship in the USA.

As you can see, though, it's in pretty tidy nick. No details are known about the large-walleted buyer, who remained anonymous and conducted their bidding by telephone. Rumours that the giant cheque was signed by a Mr S.Tig could be neither confirmed nor denied.

And what about that gorgeous Ferrari 330 P4 we flagged up a few weeks ago? Well, that failed to reach its 7.25 million Euro reserve. Which just shows what we know...

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im sorry but isnt the general lee the most expensive car to be auctioned off at 10 million? or maybe its the currency exchange...

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Mr S.Tig LoL

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I'll die laughing if the car turns out to be a replica based on an E-type Jag or something.

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Careful Mr. S Tig - could just be a 2.0 Mitsuoka Windbreak based on an S2000 or something...

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That's pretty expensive. And pretty, er, pretty. But what about the Shelby Daytona???

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What a b-e-a-utiful car, love it. Why can't current Ferrari's look like this?

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hmmm id prefer the 330 p4

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i disagree with top gear. i think the f430 is good-looking and that that will be more than £8m in 50 years time

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What a wonderful car :) had a model of a dark red one ever since i was 5. Its still in my room :P

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bondy there are hundreds, thousands even of the F430. Thats common trash in the world of ferrari. The F40, which there are only about 200 of, they are worth about £300,000 if i seem to recall and that is 20years old. Sorry mate but your deluded if you think the F430 will be worth £8m at ANY point in time over the next 40years

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What lines, it looks so slick, super damn gorgeous.

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Red Ferrari needs more red. Plus that steering wheel could turn a yacht! Otherwise, a classic racing Ferrari that looks like that deserves such a title as this. I'm sure it'll enjoy the rest of its life in a hermetically sealed glass case indoors... [I know I commented earlier but I'm bored]

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Beautiful!

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Niceeeeee!

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Why can't ferrari make a car that looks like that and drives like the Scuderia 430........ then I would'nt mind paying 180,000£ for it (given that I have so much to spend :) even if was a bit slower.

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nonsense, i would newer pay 8million for it. what i would do is buy a pagani zonda or the ferrari daytona instead of this. sure think about it youre only paying for its history!!!

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put in a museum or zoo would be better

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