> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.verydriver.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # The Most Expensive Cars Sold at Monterey Car Week 2026 - URL: https://www.verydriver.com/the-most-expensive-cars-sold-at-monterey-car-week-2026/ - Published: 2026-08-17T23:20:37.000Z - Updated: 2026-08-17T23:47:13.000Z - Author: Very Driver - Tags: Automotive Industry Monterey Car Week 2026 set an all-time record. Across five major auction houses, total sales reached roughly $758 million, topping the previous Monterey record of $471 million set in 2022. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/IMG_5815.jpg) Bidding for the 1996 McLaren F1 GTR climbs to $31,500,000 on the board at RM Sotheby's Monterey 2026 auction. Media: [RM Sotheby's Official Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/rmsothebys/?hl=en&ref=verydriver.com) ## Most Expensive Cars Sold at Monterey Car Week 2026 The most expensive sale of Monterey Car Week 2026 was a 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe, sold for $42,905,000 at Gooding Christie's and now the most expensive American car ever sold at auction. Ferrari accounted for the majority of the top sales, including the second-highest, the Luce Chassis 0, the marque's first electric car, at $40,000,000. ## 1\. 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe at $42,905,000 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/690_PB26_64She_F3Q_11-1.webp) 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe - Media: [Gooding Christie's](https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1964-shelby-cobra-daytona-coupe?ref=verydriver.com) Sold at Gooding Christie's, chassis CSX2300 is the most expensive car of the week and the most expensive American car ever sold at public auction. It hammered at $39 million and reached $42,905,000 with premium, setting three records at once: top American car, top Shelby, and top result in Gooding Christie's history. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/775048347_1364132908614940_4040675021300037181_n-1.jpeg) 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe - Media: [Gooding Christie's](https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1964-shelby-cobra-daytona-coupe?ref=verydriver.com) CSX2300 is the third of six Daytona Coupes built, and the only one Carroll Shelby personally owned, keeping it from 1975 to 1998\. Shelby built the Coupe to beat Ferrari's 250 GTO in international GT racing. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/774814241_916292414856555_1039097375006092195_n-1.jpeg) 1964 Shelby Cobra Daytona Coupe - Media: [Gooding Christie's](https://www.goodingco.com/lot/1964-shelby-cobra-daytona-coupe?ref=verydriver.com) In 1965, it helped Shelby American win the FIA International Championship for GT Manufacturers in the over-2.0-liter class, ending Ferrari's grip on the category. Power comes from a 289-cubic-inch Ford V8 with four Weber carburetors, good for roughly 385 horsepower. The last Cobra Daytona to sell at auction went for $7,685,000 in 2009. ## 2\. 2026 Ferrari Luce Tailor Made, Chassis 0 at $40,000,000 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/1f87f9fa176b264c6012050a57aeaab691974772-2.webp) 2026 Ferrari Luce Tailor Made, Chassis 0 Media: [RM Sotheby's Media Center](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/r0150-2026-ferrari-luce-tailor-made/?ref=verydriver.com) RM Sotheby's sold the all-electric Luce Tailor Made, Chassis 0, for $40,000,000\. It carried an estimate in excess of $1,100,000, based on a list price near $640,000, and sold for more than 35 times that. As a charity lot, the Buyer's Premium was waived, and all proceeds went to The Ferrari Foundation, which supports the M-TECH Alfredo Ferrari technical education campus in Maranello. The 2026 Ferrari Luce, Chassis 0 set the record for the most expensive electric car and the most expensive automotive charity lot ever sold. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/-40-000-000--1-.jpg) Media: [duPont REGISTRY News](https://news.dupontregistry.com/blogs/ferrari-news/revealed-the-billionaire-who-bought-ferrari-luce-chassis-0-for-40-million?ref=verydriver.com) The buyer was Dr. Herbert "Herbie" Wertheim, a billionaire businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. Wertheim is one of the greatest investors most people have never heard of, with an estimated fortune around $2.3 billion. He built it two ways. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-1.37.29-PM.png) 2026 Ferrari Luce Tailor Made, Chassis 0 Media: [RM Sotheby's Media Center](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/r0150-2026-ferrari-luce-tailor-made/?ref=verydriver.com) His company, Brain Power Inc., grew into a major maker of optical tints and holds more than 100 patents, among them a UV-absorbing dye for eyeglass lenses that has helped millions avoid cataracts and other eye damage. Rather than spend the profits, he fed them into the stock market from 1970 on, buying Apple and Microsoft at their IPOs and building the largest individual stake in aerospace firm Heico. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-1.37.37-PM-1.png) 2026 Ferrari Luce Tailor Made, Chassis 0 Media: [RM Sotheby's Media Center](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/r0150-2026-ferrari-luce-tailor-made/?ref=verydriver.com) One year earlier, at the same sale, Wertheim paid $26 million for a one-off Daytona SP3 Tailor Made, also for The Ferrari Foundation. His $40 million Luce bid topped that by more than half. Chassis 0 now returns to Maranello for final assembly, with delivery set for the first quarter of 2027. ## 3\. 1996 McLaren F1 GTR at $34,655,000 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/3df76f0b96ec341b3cc9c5de37c30de9c68bfa89--1--1.webp) 1996 McLaren Pop-Art F1 GTR Media: [RM Sotheby's Media Center](https://rmsothebys.com/media-center/press-releases/the-pop-art-f1-a-factory-xp-prototype-mclaren-f1-gtr-to-headline-rm-sotheby-s-monterey-sale-with-a-value-in-excess-of-35-million/?ref=verydriver.com) Sold at RM Sotheby's, chassis 10R is now the most expensive British car ever sold at auction, a new marque record. It spent 25 years with Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason and is known as the "Pop-Art F1." ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-1.25.30-PM-1.png) 1996 McLaren Pop-Art F1 GTR Media: [RM Sotheby's Media Center](https://rmsothebys.com/media-center/press-releases/the-pop-art-f1-a-factory-xp-prototype-mclaren-f1-gtr-to-headline-rm-sotheby-s-monterey-sale-with-a-value-in-excess-of-35-million/?ref=verydriver.com) It is the first F1 GTR built to the developed 1996 specification and one of only two Short-Tail factory prototypes. McLaren kept it and later converted it for road use, and it is the only F1 GTR to wear a factory pop art livery in blood red and yellow. Against an estimate in excess of $35 million, it came up about $345,000 short. ## 4\. 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport at $18,705,000 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/651083d6298085223f211f23634ffe73ffe62241.webp) 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport- Media: [RM Sotheby's Media Center](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/r0081-1963-chevrolet-corvette-grand-sport/?ref=verydriver.com) Sold at RM Sotheby's, the 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport was the work of Zora Arkus-Duntov, the Russian and American engineer whose work on the Corvette earned him the nickname "Father of the Corvette." He built the Grand Sport to beat Carroll Shelby's Cobra, but Chevrolet canceled the program after only five were made, which makes each one among the rarest Corvettes ever produced. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-1.57.26-PM.png) Chassis 003 driven by AJ Foyt and John Cannon at the 1964 Sebring 12 Hours. Media: [RM Sotheby's Media Center](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/r0081-1963-chevrolet-corvette-grand-sport/?ref=verydriver.com) Chassis 003 is the first of three coupes. It earned the nickname "Snake Eaters" at the 1963 Bahamas Speed Week, where the Grand Sports overpowered the Cobras, and it ran at the 1964 Sebring 12 Hours with A.J. Foyt and John Cannon sharing the wheel. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-1.57.10-PM.png) 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport- Media: [RM Sotheby's Media Center](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/r0081-1963-chevrolet-corvette-grand-sport/?ref=verydriver.com) Beyond Foyt and Cannon, chassis 003 was raced by Jim Hall, Augie Pabst, Dick Doane, and Delmo Johnson. Johnson called it "like a dragster, the only car I ever drove that would lift the front wheels off the ground in all four gears." ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-2.14.33-PM.png) 1963 Chevrolet Corvette Grand Sport- Media: [RM Sotheby's Media Center](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/r0081-1963-chevrolet-corvette-grand-sport/?ref=verydriver.com) A four-year restoration past 4,000 hours returned chassis 003 to its 1964 Sebring livery, with its 377 V8 now making an estimated 600-plus horsepower and more than 600 lb-ft. of torque. Rather than sit in a museum, it has run at Goodwood and the Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. ### ## 5\. 2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3 at $17,825,000 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-2.15.35-PM.png) 2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3 - Media: [RM Sotheby's](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/v0003-2023-ferrari-daytona-sp3/?ref=verydriver.com#/smallgallery%5F1462326) RM Sotheby's sold the 2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3 from The Driver's Philosophy Collection for $17,825,000, the most expensive regular-production Ferrari of Monterey Car Week. The SP3 is the third car in Ferrari's Icona series and carries an 829-horsepower naturally aspirated 6.5-liter V12\. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-2.21.21-PM.png) 2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3 - Media: [RM Sotheby's](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/v0003-2023-ferrari-daytona-sp3/?ref=verydriver.com#/smallgallery%5F1462326) This Atelier-configured example is finished in Giallo Triplo Strato with Nero racing stripes and showed only 227 miles across two owners. Against a $10 million to $12 million estimate, it set a record for a standard, non-charity SP3. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-2.21.30-PM.png) 2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3 - Media: [RM Sotheby's](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/v0003-2023-ferrari-daytona-sp3/?ref=verydriver.com#/smallgallery%5F1462326) The Daytona SP3 is named after Ferrari's famous 1-2-3 finish at the 1967 24 Hours of Daytona. Its styling borrows directly from the low-slung mid-engined Ferrari prototypes of the 1960s. ## 6\. 1996 Ferrari F50 at $14,575,000 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/758964410_1978859356096115_1955987550682353032_n.jpeg) 1996 Ferrari F50 - Media: [Mecum Auctions](https://www.facebook.com/mecumauction?%5F%5Fcft%5F%5F[0]=AZZ89JQnQKHrCqsdGiDmIiPvci7Kk1YgLLHjTBrdpIbQQe9UpyPBaGKZTViNTvi1u3Kp7yoxysWZ0gEdqJGLuNUmI7drGibDF5mFRz7dTGL1z-k5ni7MJqPgPvyPnLy64p7ronG--MmyJmwxXYKRE4xn&%5F%5Ftn%5F%5F=-UC%2CP-R) The 1996 Ferrari F50, finished in the rare Giallo Modena yellow, was sold at Mecum Auctions for $14,575,000\. It topped the two F50s that crossed the block elsewhere in the week, a reminder of the premium that color and specification command at the top of the market. ## 7\. 1995 Ferrari F50 at $12,105,000 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/dc07b782d1390d2b0efcd5044bed7deac2dd12a4.webp) 1995 Ferrari F50 - Media: [RM Sotheby's](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/r0050-1995-ferrari-f50/?ref=verydriver.com) RM Sotheby's sold chassis 104220, the 73rd of 349 F50s built and one of just 55 finished to US-market specification, for $12,105,000\. Its first private owner was boxing champion Mike Tyson, who bought it in 1996 not long after reclaiming his heavyweight titles. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-2.26.29-PM.png) 1995 Ferrari F50 - Media: [RM Sotheby's](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/r0050-1995-ferrari-f50/?ref=verydriver.com) Finished in Rosso Corsa over a Nero interior with rosso seat inserts, it shows 6,196 miles. Offered without reserve against a $7 million to $9 million estimate, it more than doubled the low figure. ## 8\. 2003 Ferrari Enzo at $12,100,000 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/Screen-Shot-2026-08-17-at-5.41.52-PM.png) 2003 Ferrari Enzo - Media: [Mecum Auctions](https://www.mecum.com/lots/1176628/2003-ferrari-enzo/?aa%5Fid=795043-0&ref=verydriver.com) This Rosso Corsa Enzo, with just 589 miles, brought $12,100,000 at Mecum Auctions. It was the most expensive standard red Enzo of the week, part of a run of eight-figure Enzo results that confirmed the model's move into the top tier of modern collectibles. ## 9\. 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO at $11,555,000 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/ee1e848592c36736e327991812e04cc0d418e30f.webp) 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO - Media: [RM Sotheby's](https://rmsothebys.com/auctions/mo26/lots/r0066-1985-ferrari-288-gto/?ref=verydriver.com) A 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO sold for $11,555,000 at RM Sotheby's, a new model record. The first of Ferrari's halo bloodline, built for the FIA's Group B category before the series was canceled, the European-specification car is the 99th of fewer than 300 built, finished in Rosso Corsa with a Nero interior. It sits at just 958 miles on the odometer, believed to be one of only six or fewer true sub-1,000-mile 288 GTOs left, and it is Ferrari Classiche Red Book certified with matching numbers. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/2003-ferrari-enzo-2_24444f8c-fd0e-4f5d-a0ab-cc25ba3cb383.webp) 2003 Ferrari Enzo - Media: [Broad Arrow Auctions](https://www.broadarrowauctions.com/news/Ferrari-Enzo-Tops-Broad-Arrows-Record-Setting-97-Million-Debut-of-The-Quail-Auction?ref=verydriver.com) ## 10\. 2003 Ferrari Enzo at $10,675,000 The Nero D.S. over Rosso leather Enzo, a color combination shared by just three examples, brought $10,675,000 at Broad Arrow, Hagerty's auction house. Ferrari Classiche certified in 2026 with single-family ownership from new, it landed within its $9 million to $11 million estimate and led Broad Arrow's record $97.4 million Quail Auction. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/f9/94/f99452cd-a930-4f25-894c-20551819444a/content/images/2026/08/11434.jpeg) Media: [RM Sotheby's](https://rmsothebys.com/driver-s-philosophy-landing-page/?ref=verydriver.com) ## Honorable Mention: The Driver's Philosophy Collection at $53,359,500 The Driver's Philosophy Collection was the standout single-owner consignment of RM Sotheby's sale, totaling $53,359,500\. It was headlined by the 2023 Ferrari Daytona SP3 at $17,825,000, the 2025 Bugatti Mistral at $8,310,000, and the one-off Pagani Huayra Roadster "Executor" at $8,035,000. [40 Years of the BMW M3For four decades, the BMW M3 has set the standard for performance sedans. 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