When we look around for a list of the most expensive cars in the world, we typically think of luxurious living and ultra chic cars. Typically, brands like Koenigsegg, Bugatti, Rolls Royce, and Maybachs come to our minds when we picture these cars. Well, most of these brands have made it to the top-five list presented below.
Over the years, Bugatti has consistently been at the top in the list of the most expensive cars. From the time of its launch, the brand has been the favorite of the rich, famous, and powerful. This time it is no different! With a whopping price-tag of around $18.67 million or around INR 130 crores, the Bugatti La Voiture Noire is the most expensive car of 2020.
This wondrous piece of advanced machinery and style made its debut at the Geneva International Motor Show last year. The name itself is quite elegantly minimalistic, i.e., La Voiture Noire meaning The Black Car.
This new luxurious play-toy from Bugatti comes with torque of 1,181 pound-foot and 1,510 of horsepower that allows it to gallop from zero to 60 mph in just over 2.4 seconds. Its W-16 quad turbo engine offers a peak speed of 260 mph.
The Atlantic Type 57SC art deco designed classic car is one of the most prized and sought after cars around the globe. It was conceptualized by Jean Bugatti in 1934. Jean is the eldest son of Ettore Bugatti, the founder of the car company. The design of this Bugatti is based on that classic car and pays homage to it.
It may be noted that just four ‘Atlantic Type 57SC’ were manufactured by the company. One vanished during WWII, while the rest three are with their respective owners. If found, it is estimated that the lost Type 57SC will be worth over $95 million!!
It is no shock that an exotic vehicle will find its way into this list. It is priced at an incredible $17.4 million or around INR 125 crores.
Created by Horacio Pagani from Pagani Automobili, the renowned sports car manufacturer from Italy, the Pagani-Zonda made its debut at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in 2018 held at West Sussex in England.
The Zonda HP Barchetta comes with a naturally aspirated 7.3-litre V12 engine boosted by 790 bhp. It has a manual gearbox with 6-speed transmission. The car is open top, but does come with a roof scoop. The wheels are made of forged aluminum, with the fairings on the rear wheels manufactured from carbon fiber. The wheel size on the front is 20 inches, while it is 21 inches on the rear.
It may be noted that out of the 3 Pagani-Zonda Barchettas, H. Pagani presented one to himself as a gift for his 60th birthday.
At around $12.9 million or around INR 91.8 crores, the Rolls Royce Sweptail comes in at third spot in this list.
The car was conceptualized after a special order placed by a patron of the brand. The patron was especially fond of the RR cars from the early 1900s as well as several modern and classic yatchs. The patron and now owner of the RR Sweptail has placed the order for this incredible luxury car in the early 2010s and it took over 4 years for the company to conceptualize the design and produce it for the loyal customer.
There is not much to say about the engine and other machinery that drives this deluxe beast; it is top of the line as comes with other RR cars. Its attractive and distinctive features include its graceful tapering design with sweeping lines, a seamless roofline, a stylishly declining waist-rail, and a unique swept tail. The interior has light and dark color schematics with open-pore paldao and lots of buffed-up macassar ebony. An extensive Passarelle with illuminated glass linings are observed instead of backseats. There is also a shelf for hats with the name Sweptail embossed on it as well as many other luxuries.
This is the second Bugatti car that makes its way into this top-five list. The Bugatti-Centodieci costs around $8.9 million or around INR 63.8 crores. The Italian translation of Centodieci is 110; it may be noted that the car was designed to be unfurled on the 110th year of the founding of the company.
The design of this new model, which will have a limited release of just 10 cars, is based on a modern interpretation of the ground-breaking EB110 on the basis of the Chiron series. We all know that at the time of its launch the EB110 was one of the most amazing and fastest supercars in the world.
The Centodieci gets its power from a finer adaptation of the powertrain of Chiron. It has an 8-litre engine with an unbelievable 577 bhp. It can go from 0 to 100 kmph in just under 2.5 seconds. The top speed in this car has however been electronically restricted to 379 kmph. It is a known fact that the top speed of Chiron is 420 kmph.
A list of the most expensive cars cannot be complete without a Lamborghini in it. The limited-edition Lamborghini Veneno Roadster ends this top-five most expensive cars list with a price-tag of around $8.29 million or around INR 58 crores.
The perks of this most expensive Lamborghini include an aspirated 6.5-litre V12 engine, a self-locking rear mechanical differential, 750 hp or 552 kW max output, and an electronically regulated permanent all-wheel drive system. The Veneno Roadster also boasts of really quick-shifting ISR transmission with 5 modes, horizontal damper/spring units, and a fast chassis along with pushrod suspension.
With a top speed of around 354 kmph, this hulk of a car goes from 0 to 100 in just under 3 seconds.