But GTO
prices have actually been on a downward trend, so the new price record is
surprising.
A Ferrari
250 GTO from 1963 which has chassis number 4153GT and was originally driven by
French racing driver Pierre Dumay. Despite the fact that the car took part in
most of the major competitions of the time, it managed to manage without major
damage, which affected quite a few of the 39 Ferrari 250 GTOs that were built.
The car is largely completely original.
The Ferrari
passed through several car collectors and was renovated by British Ferrari
specialists DK Engineering during the 90s.
Car broker
Lukas Hüni was involved in the sale and the new owner is David MacNeil, CEO of
car accessories company WeatherTech. According to sources with insight, the
purchase price was 70 million dollars, at today's exchange rate 616 million
kroner.
When cars
are auctioned, the final price is naturally public, but a lot of these
exclusive cars are sold privately and the purchase price is often secret.
Classic Bugatti models are likely to have fetched $30-40 million in private
deals, but David MacNeil now holds the unofficial record for his $70 million
Ferrari 250 GTO.