What would you buy if you had $19 million to spare? One anonymous collector reportedly spent that sum on the Bugatti La Voiture Noire, a one-off model that stands out as the most expensive new car in the world. We don’t know who bought it yet, the owner wishes to remain anonymous, and it hasn’t even been built yet, let alone delivered.
There are several others above the $10 million mark and numerous cars in six-digit territory. We’ve listed them all below. Note that we’re not including classic cars sold at auction, like the Ferrari 250 GTO that sold for $70 million.
At a glance
ModelPriceBugatti La Voiture Noire$19 millionRolls-Royce Sweptail$13 millionBugatti Centodieci$8.9 million Mercedes-Benz Maybach Exelero$8 millionBugatti Divo$5.9 million Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita$4.8 million Lamborghini Veneno$4.5 millionLamborghini Sian$3.6 million W Motors Lykan Hypersport$3.4 million Limited Edition Bugatti Veyron by Mansory Vivere $3.4 millionFerrari Pininfarina Sergio$3 million Bugatti Chiron$2.9 millionKoenigsegg Jesko$2.8 millionFerrari LaFerrari FXX K$2.7 millionAston Martin Valkyrie$2.6 million Pagani Huayra BC$2.6 million Mercedes-AMG One$2.5 million Ferrari F60 America$2.6 million Aston Martin Vulcan$2.3 millionMcLaren Speedtail$2.2 millionRimac C_Two$2.0 million
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$19 million — Bugatti La Voiture Noire
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Leave it to Bugatti to dethrone Rolls-Royce. The one-of-a-kind La Voiture Noire unveiled at the 2019 Geneva Auto Show stands proud as the most expensive new car ever built. The French automaker hasn’t revealed how much it charged for the one-off, Chiron-based model, though rumors point to a price tag in the vicinity of $19 million. We don’t even know who bought it; it hasn’t been built yet, and the owner asked to remain anonymous.
While the identity of its owner remains a mystery, its specifications are well known. La Voiture Noire — a name which means “the black car” in French — is powered by the same quad-turbocharged, 8.0-liter W16 engine found in the mighty Chiron. It channels a monstrous 1,500 horsepower to the four wheels, making it one of the fastest cars from the brand.
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$13 million — Rolls-Royce Sweptail
Rolls-Royce will build you anything if you have a thick enough wallet to pay for it. Take the Sweptail, for example. It’s a one-off coupe that a customer commissioned from the ground up. Its design draws inspiration from the brand’s classic models while borrowing styling cues from the world of super-yachts. Nearly every part of this car is unique, and the project took four years from start to finish, which explains why it cost approximately $13 million.
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$8.9 million — Bugatti Centodieci
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Bugatti took everyone by surprise when it introduced a one-of-a-kind, $19 million supercar named La Voiture Noire at the 2019 Geneva Auto Show. We didn’t know it at the time, but the French company was already working on its next masterpiece. The limited-edition, Chiron-based Centodieci is a tribute to the EB110 that lined every car-crazed kid’s bedroom wall during the 1990s. It’s a bargain at $8.9 million, at least compared to the La Voiture Noire.
The Centodieci (a name that means one hundred and ten in Italian) wears a more angular design than other members of the Bugatti range. The emblem is positioned above the horseshoe-shaped grille, like it was on the EB110, and five round slots behind each side window create an additional visual link between the two cars. The interior is a lot like the Chiron’s, though it gets model-specific trim pieces, materials, and accents.
The body hides a platform shared with the Chiron, and a mighty, quad-turbocharged W16 engine tuned to deliver 1,600hp. Bugatti capped production at 10 units, and each one was spoken for well before the car made its public debut.
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$8 million — Mercedes-Benz Maybach Exelero
While not the most expensive car on our list, the Maybach Exelero makes its appearance under Honorable Mentions due to its one-off status. The Maybach was also built way back in 2004, but that actually makes its sticker price more impressive.
Adjusted for inflation, the Exelero would cost around $10.1 million in the United States today, which is close to the GDP of a small island nation. Money and Maybach are about as closely related as peanut butter and jelly, but the two-door further justifies its cost with a 700hp, twin-turbo V12 and luxurious amenities.
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$5.9 million — Bugatti Divo
Introduced in 2018, the Divo stands out as the first coachbuilt Bugatti of the 21st century. It’s based on the Chiron, and the two cars share a quad-turbocharged 16-cylinder engine rated at 1,500 hp, but it’s not merely a rebodied version of an existing car. While the Chiron was developed for high-speed runs, the Divowas designed to stay glued to the pavement on a twisty road, and it benefits from a long list of chassis modifications. Forty units are planned, and they’re each priced at 5 million euros, a sum that represents about $5.9 million at the current conversion rate. All were spoken for before the Divo was shown to the pubic. Bugatti began building the car in 2020.
$4.8 million — Koenigsegg CCXR Trevita
Koenigsegg makes its first appearance on our list with the CCXR Trevita. Why so much coin? With no exaggeration, the car is literally coated in diamonds … and diamonds aren’t cheap.
For the Trevita, the Swedish manufacturer developed a new exterior finish called the Koenigsegg Proprietary Diamond Weave, which involves coating carbon fibers with a diamond dust-impregnated resin. We can’t even fathom how much the touch-up paint costs.
Underneath the lustrous finish lies a 4.8-liter, dual-supercharged V8 with a total output of 1,004hp and 797 pound-feet of torque, which means it should have little to no trouble overtaking semis on the freeway. The car’s specifications — in both performance and price — are nearly comical at this point, and just three were ever made.
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$4.5 million — Lamborghini Veneno
Poison. That’s the name Lamborghini chose for the modified Aventador roadster you see above — translated from Italian,of course — built to celebrate the automaker’s 50th birthday. We can’t speak for the company’s motivations, but the name is fitting for a vehicle that looks so positively deadly, so undeniably venomous.
The car is absolutely stunning from every angle, and to this day, we’re not convinced it isn’t an alien spacecraft surveying our planet for eventual takeover. It just doesn’t seem real. The only thing more remarkable than the look is the price — a whopping $4.5 million, clearly putting it on our list of the most expensive cars.
The Veneno is fast, and that should come as no surprise. Its 6.5-liter V12 spins all the way up to 8,400 rpm to deliver 740hp and 507 lb.-ft., surging the car to 60 mph in 2.9 seconds.
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