A car is not just a mode of
conveyance, but also a piece of art cherished, often decades after its
production. Big names like Lamborghini, Aston Martin and of course, Rolls Royce
often come at very high prices and are only meant for rich collectors as many
of them are often sold out before they reach the public. While most of the cars
listed here are wildly out of the reach for most, it is a sheer pleasure just
to look at them. What are the most expensive cars in the world? Why do they
cost so crazy money and who does drive them? Here’s a collection from
10 most expensive autos all over the world – from Bugatti Chiron with price tag
$2.7 million to Rolls Royce Sweptail for $13 million.
1. Sweptail by Rolls Royce – $13 million, before you gasp at the
price, note that this car is off the markets. That’s because it was made on the
recommendations of one specific customer whose name the company has refused to
divulge. A company famous for its luxurious rollouts, there were only 4,000
Rolls Royce cars manufactured in 2016! This particular exclusive car comes with
its custom coach work, reminiscent of the royal carriages of yore. Probably
modeled on the Wraith, this car can seat only two people (see what they mean by
being exclusive?).
The sunroof is fully panoramic, tapering down sharply like
those of the racing yachts, as per the orders of the customer. 
2. Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita ($4.8 million) It’s the most expensive
street-legal production car in the world, this is coated with real diamonds. The carbon fibers are indeed coated with a
diamond dust-impreganted resin, called the Koenigsegg Proprietary Diamond
Weave. This technology transformed the fibres from the traditional black to
shining, silvery white, making the bodywork of this car renowned throughout for
its unique design and perfection. And that’s not all. Beneath the coating is a
4.8 liter, dual-supercharged V8 having a total output of 1,004 horsepower and
797 pound-feet of torque. This makes it well-equipped at overtaking semis in
the freeway.
3. Lamborghini Veneno Roadster – $4.5 million was built to
celebrate the company’s 50th birthday, ‘Veneno’ literally means poison in
Spanish, and well, the design does look deadly. Looking almost like an alien
space capsule, this car can reach speeds that can give one of those a run for
their money, literally. The 6.5 liter V12 with a seven-speed single clutch ISR
automated manual transmission can spin at 8,400 rpm to yield 740 horsepowers
and 507 pound-feet of torque, meaning that the car can do a 60 mph at 2.9
seconds! The monoque is heavily inspired by the LP700-4 Aventador, and is made
of carbon fiber. The sprung portion is placed on the top of a pushrod-actuated
suspension, and its total dryweight of this carbon-fiber vehicle is a mere
3,285 pounds, although it is driven by a full all-wheel-drive system.
4. McLaren P1 LM – $3.6 million. It’s not a production car, this is
more or less a street-legal version of the track-only McLaren P1 GTR. Converted
by the British firm Lanzante, who bought the original P1 built by McLaren, it
was made keeping in mind a select group of buyers in the U. S., Japan, U. K.,
and the UAE. This car has a lot in common with the P1 GTR and the legendary
McLaren F1 road car. For example, the gold plating surrounding the engine bay
with a 3.8 liter twin-turbo V-8. It is much smarter than the P1 GTR. Not only
does it weigh 132 pounds (60 kg0 less than the P1 GTR, but its modified rear wing
and enlarged front splitter join with the dive planes to generate 40% increased
downforce as compared to the P1 GTR.
5. Lykan Hypersport – $3.4 million. The headlights being made of,
urm, 240 15-carat diamonds, is the price very surprising? And then there are
the LED blades made of 420 15-carat diamonds. And all the gems are
customizable. Looking like an armored car with scissor doors and an interior
straight out of a sci-fi movie, this featured in the ‘Furious 7’, and has
actually been drafted by the Abu Dhabi police for patrol duty! Built by W
Motors, based in Lebanon, this is the first Arab supercar.
6. Limited Edition Bugatti Veyron by Masory Vivere – $3.4 million
Upgraded four times since its releasze in 2005, the Mansory Vivere edition of
the Bugatti Veyron is not only among the priciest cars of the world, but also
one of the fastest. Modelled on the Grand Sport Vitesse Roadster, this German
car has an awesome lacquered carbon-fibre body along with a new spoiler package
providing new diffusers, a smarter cabin and front grill, larger side scoops, a
shortened hood, and the like. The upgraded LED lights are everywhere – the
headlight and taillight clusters, the cockpit.
7. Aston Martin Valkyrie – $3.2 million While there has been no
price announced for this car as of yet, expert estimates place it at around 3.2
million dollars. Built under Andy Palmer, the new president of Aston Martin committed
to solvency and relevance with awesome cars, this model is a renovation of the
old Aston Martin-Red Bull AM-RB 001. Legend has it that Palmer agreed to this
car over a drink with Red Racing’s Adrian Newey and Christian Horner. Newey,
renowned aerodynamicist behind Red Bull’s expensive and award-winning sports
cars in the Formula 1 tracks, devised an aerodynamic scheme specifically for
this car that pushes air via the chassis, resulting in downforce without using
the wings. The 6.5 liter, naturally- aspirated V-12 designed specifically for
the Cosworth, has a 1:1 power /weight ratio, and comes with a Rimac-built
hybrid battery system coming with the engine which yields about a 1,000
horsepower.
8. Ferrari Pininfarina Sergio – ($3 million) was originally
introduced as a concept car in 2013 in memory of a deceased son of the founder
of Pininfarina, the legendary Italian design house, only six of these cars have
been made as of yet, thus becoming one of the most coveted cars. This is one of
the costliest Ferraris ever made and is based on the Ferrari 458 Spider. Each
of the handmade units has an all-carbon-fibre frame, and is an open air luxury
car with two seats. Like the Ferrari 458, it has no roof, side windows and
windshield, and is 330 pounds lighter than its ancestor. This makes it smarter
and quicker, though it has the same naturally-aspirated 4.5 liter F136F V-8
engine, which sends 562 hp to the rear wheels.
9. Pagani Huayra BC – $2.8 million Coming after the Pagani Huayra,
the Pagani Huayra BC is the priciest Pagani car ever made. Named as a tribute
to Benny Caiola, a noted Italian investor with probably the best collection of
Ferraris and a very close friend of Horacio Pagani, this car is a delight for
the lovers of Pagani’s details. Debuting at the 2016 Geneva Motor Show, this
car has a wider rear track, new side tracks, and many cool aero features. Like
the earlier version, the 6.0 liter V-12 bi-turbo engine of the BC is sourced
from AMG, and produces 790 horsepower and 811 lb-ft torque.
10. Bugatti Chiron – $ 2.7 million Bugati’s latest is quite
high-priced and starts at around $2.7 million based on the present exchange
rates. However, prices are expected to reach $3 million in the least, long
before it hits the market. Touted as the ‘world’s most powerful, fastest, most
luxurious and most exclusive production super sports car’ by the manufacturers,
it is the vision of former VW czar Ferdinand Piech, who demanded the fastest
cars from Bugatti. So now here is a car handmade in an atelier, faster, more
advanced and more powerful than the Veyron. It is a fine example of the
collusion of aerospace and automotive engineering to produce a classic device
that could give a speed of 268 mph.
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