Most expensive car in the world in 2019-20 Money doesn’t buy happiness, but enough of it can put a really nice car in your garage. One that’s well-built, exclusive, gorgeous, and fast. We’re not talking about a fuel-sipping commuter, or a well-equipped premium SUV. The most expensive cars in the world blur the line between a mode of transportation, and a masterpiece that belongs in a museum.
For the sake of clarity, we’re categorizing recent production vehicles only and we’re leaving out classic cars sold at auction. We’re also limiting the list to one entrant per nameplate, so don’t look for multiple iterations of the same Bugatti Veyron. And, note that these aren’t necessarily the fastest cars in the world, though many of them are damn fast.
So whether your name is Zuckerberg, Gates, Bezos, or McDuck, these rides are for you.
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. Some say it belongs to former Volkswagen Group boss Ferdinand Piëch; others believe soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo added it to his collection.
While the identity of its owner remains a mystery, its specifications are well-known. The 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.
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.
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 1,600 horsepower. Bugatti capped production at 10 units, and each one was spoken for well before the car made its public debut.
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