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| Subject: World's most expensive car: 1962 Ferrari Sat Jun 02, 2012 6:02 pm | |
| A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO made for race driver Stirling Moss has become the world's most expensive car, selling in a private transaction last month for $US35 million ($34 million).
The distinctive apple-green Ferrari, one of 39 GTOs produced from 1962 to 1964, is listed among May's high-end sales at anamera.com, a website for classic car dealers. Two specialist traders last night independently confirmed the transaction and price to Bloomberg News.
The car was sold with the last two weeks by the Dutch-born businessman Eric Heerema, owner of the Nyetimber vineyard in Sussex, southern England. The buyer is U.-based classic car collector Craig McCaw, the dealers said. Heerema was not available for comment when Nyetimber was contacted by Bloomberg News. McCaw was also unavailable for comment when his company Eagle River Investments was telephoned.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/business/world-business/worlds-most-expensive-car-1962-ferrari-20120602-1zo3p.html#ixzz1wfyDablw
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