Particularly expensive cars often cost so much money because the manufacturers had to invest an above-average amount of work in production. Example Aston Martin One-77: Instead of spending the usual 200 hours assembling the vehicle, with this particular vehicle it took around 2,700 hours before a copy could leave the factory.
Or the Rolls-Royce La Rose Noir Droptail: Rolls-Royce states that paint alone was a particular challenge. This apparently required a special surface treatment, which consisted of 150 passes.
If you want to count, you need to be rare
It’s no wonder that the vehicles in this gallery, if they ever sell, are also the cars that fetch record prices. True to the motto: the fewer copies, the better. For collectors, this is both a blessing and a curse. Anyone who owns a car can look forward to constant growth in value. If you want one, you need a lot of patience and even more money.
With the newer vintages, it is noticeable that the manufacturers are well aware of this – the purchase price alone is often astronomically high. In that regard, things used to be better. For example, anyone who wanted to buy the exotic Stratos from Lancia only had to shell out 15,000 German marks when it was released. The value today? Over 500,000 euros.
In the gallery you will find ten examples of very special cars, some of which are only available ten times in the world.
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