The most expensive cars in the world are so much more than transportation. These rolling art pieces encapsulate the priorities of the one percent, and in that universe, flamboyance and swagger take precedence over practicality and efficiency. Lifestyle criticisms aside, these are truly mind-boggling machines, and we’d like to count down our favorites for you here.
Kicking off our list is less of a car and more of an unchained animal in the ST1. Assembled in Zealand, Denmark, the Zenvo creates an absolutely obscene amount of power by combining a 6.8-liter V8 with both a supercharger and a turbocharger. Just how much is obscene exactly? How about 1,104 horsepower and 1,054 pound-feet of torque, all channeled to the car’s rear wheels.
Unlike the least-expensive cars, where you can simply check the window sticker on a handful of economy cars, there is a never-ending arms race among the top 0.1% of cars.
In this rare air, the race for the fastest is almost inconsequential compared to the most exclusive, and therein lies the problem. The classification of “production car†is important, as hypercar manufacturers will produce an extremely limited run, or even a one-off, in order to provide something desirable to the billionaire who has it all. If an automaker produces one or two examples, we’ll pass over it, but if there were maybe 20 or so made, that’s good enough for us.
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You may never see any of the following vehicles on the street. It's more likely the next time you see one will be at a Concours (extremely upscale car show) or at a museum. But when you do, you’ll be able to impress others by knowing just how much money such a machine costs.
