The 1962 and 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO is already considered one of the best and most expensive cars of all time, and now it has broken the record for the most expensive car ever sold at auction. At an auction on the other side of the Atlantic, 19 of the 39 produced examples were sold for almost 29 million euros.
Namely, it is a model 250 GTO berlinetta manufactured in 1962 namely 19th of 39 produced specimens owned by a French rally racer Jo Schlesser, who is with him along with a co-driver – a well-known French skier to Henri Oreiller raced in the famous automobile derivative of the Tour de France.
In this race, Schlesser also lost control of the vehicle and went off the road badly, and the collision was so violent that Oreiller succumbed to his injuries.
Later they are at Ferrari took care of the restoration of this vehicle, where it was then owned by some unknown wealthy Italian family from 1965 until today. Well, on August 15, the aforementioned rare super sports car was auctioned in USA sold, otherwise the new owner had to pay astronomical sums for it 28,896,000 euros, which broke the previous record of 23,865,020 euros set last year for the model Mercedes-Benz W196 R F1 Racer year 1954 paid by a private buyer.
