On Friday night at the RM Auctions in Monterey, California records were broken when a legend in the automotive world was auctioned off to a very luck buyer indeed.
Used mainly as the camera car in Le Mans (1971), the GT40 up for auction was also owned by Steve McQueen (adding to its overall allure and, eventually, final price tag). Part of a gathering of McQueen cars up for auction, the 1968 Ford GT40 was speculated to garner some attention, but the results were rather shocking nonetheless.
After a heated round of bidding, the legendary Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage reached a final, world-breaking total price of $11 million.
Source: Road & Track
Used mainly as the camera car in Le Mans (1971), the GT40 up for auction was also owned by Steve McQueen (adding to its overall allure and, eventually, final price tag). Part of a gathering of McQueen cars up for auction, the 1968 Ford GT40 was speculated to garner some attention, but the results were rather shocking nonetheless.
After a heated round of bidding, the legendary Ford GT40 Gulf/Mirage reached a final, world-breaking total price of $11 million.
Source: Road & Track