Who bought $70 million dollar Ferrari?
Chicago-based David MacNeil has turned over a reported $70 million for a Tour de France-winning 1963 Ferrari 250 GTO. Priced at around $18,000 in 1960s, the Ferrari 250 GTO was the most expensive car in the world.One of the headline cars at the Monterey auctions that year, McQueen’s GTB sold for $10. M. It was the fifth-most expensive car of the week (behind four other Ferraris, including a $38M 250 GTO), but it made big news since no McQueen-owned car has ever sold for more at auction.Ferrari 250 GTO – $70 million The Ferrari 250 GTO is the holy grail for every Ferrari collector in the world. With only 36 of these cars ever made, they are already ultra rare. But what makes the GTO lineup so coveted is that they have an illustrious racing history and were a very hard car to get.David MacNeil got more than a rare car last year when he spent a reported $70 million to purchase one of only about three-dozen 1963 Ferrari 250 GTOs. He also got a spot on the list of the world’s top 100 car collectors, a list annually compiled by The Collector Car Trust and published in its yearly magazine, The Key.Ferrari 250 gto ($52 million and $70 million) with the 4 most expensive ferraris ever sold all being the same model, even the smallest of differences can lead to massive shifts in value.