: High-performance machines like the Bugatti Tourbillon ($4.6M) or the Ferrari F80 ($3.1M) are built in small batches (often under 800 units) and typically sell out before they are even publicly announced.

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: If "buying" includes the secondary market, the record for the most valuable car ever sold belongs to the 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupe , which fetched $142 million at a private auction in 2022.

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: The first in the series, " La Rose Noire ," features a complex interior parquetry made of 1,603 hand-crafted wooden pieces designed to resemble falling rose petals—a process that alone took nine months to complete.

One of only three units, showcasing the height of Pagani's hand-built legacy. $14.4 million

: Only four units will ever be produced, each uniquely customized to the owner’s specific lifestyle and aesthetic preferences.