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The design's initial price tag of US$20,000 ($470,746 in 2023 dollars [1]) during the height of the Great Depression infamously gave it its nickname of Twenty Grand. [2] It is widely considered to be the most famous Duesenberg ever built and the pioneer of the ultra-luxury car design, making it one of the most valuable cars in the world at $50 ...
The 1904 Rolls-Royce 10 hp Two-Seater is currently listed on the Guinness World Records as the most expensive veteran car to be sold, at the price of US$7,254,290 (equivalent to $10,660,000 in 2023), on a Bonhams auction held at Olympia in London on December 3, 2007. [3]
An additional 100 orders were filled in 1930. Thus, the Model J fell short of the original goal to sell 500 cars a year. [9] Most engine and chassis were made in 1929 and 1930, but due to the Depression, high price, etc., ended up sold and bodied throughout subsequent years. Thus the year for a given Model J usually refers to the latter.
Sotheby’s International Realty named the Rolls Royce Rose Noire Droptail as its most expensive car — and with a $32 million price tag, it’s not hard to see why. Check Out: 5 Luxury Cars ...
1954 Oldsmobile F-88. Estimated value or price: $3.24 million Let's just say that this is not your father's Oldsmobile -- unless he's a serious collector. Those looking for rare cars for sale ...
A Duesenberg car was the first American car to win a Grand Prix race, winning the 1921 French Grand Prix. Duesenbergs won the Indianapolis 500 in 1922 (when eight of the top ten finishers were Duesenbergs), 1924, 1925 and 1927. Transportation executive Errett Lobban Cord acquired the Duesenberg corporation in 1926. The company was sold and ...
6. 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante. Gooding & Company. Estimate: $9,000,000 – $11,000,000. You know our list is elevated when a Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante —one of the most beautiful and ...
The Ambassador model lost its position as Nash's most expensive car in 1929 with the introduction of seven-passenger sedan and limousine models carried through the 1934 model year. The Ambassador remained in the Advanced Six range until 1930 when the model was moved to the "Nash Twin Ignition Eight" series.