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Top 10 most expensive cars at auction

Forget knocking out old bangers, BCA's car auctions attract some very serious money.

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The Porsche Carrera GT - not your usual auction banger

 

AN eye-watering £197,000 was the top price paid at British Car Auctions in 2012. Seven of the top ten cars sold saw the bidding go over £100,000.

The top price was for a 2004 Porsche Carrera GT that cost £330,000 when new, so perhaps that’s still a bit of a bargain.

Bentleys occupied the next three places on the list, with a 2009 Azure going for £134,000, making it the second-most expensive car sold through BCA last year.

A Rolls Royce Phantom fetched £113,000 – that’s out of reach for most of us but a lot more affordable, if that is the right word, than the £200,000 or more that Phantoms have fetched in the past.

According to Tim Naylor of BCA “The market for high value prestige vehicles remains buoyant despite the difficult economic conditions, with buyers are prepared to invest six-figure sums for the right vehicle.”

BCA top 10 sellers in 2012*

Year/Plate

Make

Model

Sold Price

Sale Date

2004/54

Porsche

Carrera GT

£197,000

18 October

2009/59

Bentley

Azure

£134,000

3 January

2011/11

Bentley

Continental GTC

£129,500

10 April

2012/62

Bentley

Continental GT

£124,400

20 September

2007/07

Rolls Royce

Phantom

£113,000

14 August

2010/60

Mercedes-Benz

AMG SLS63 S/Shift DCT 7

£104,600

20 April

2010/60

Mercedes-Benz

AMG S65L Bi-Turbo

£102,200

19 April

2010/10

Ferrari

California

£93,500

26 September

2007/57

Ferrari

F430 F1 Spider

£90,500

17 May

2011/11

Audi

R8 Spyder

£86,000

24 January

* List excludes duplicate models

 

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