Anonymous buyer pays £15.7m for desirable Italian motor

We were all suitably impressed when ginger geek Chris Evans forked out £5.6million for a 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB California Spyder earlier this year, however, according to Top Gear Blog, a Ferrari 250 GTO, not too dissimilar to the one shown above, has just been sold for nearly three times that amount - a mammoth $28.5m (£15.7m).

Perhaps fearful of the propsect of his or her new baby being nicked, the buyer has remained anonymous, but it is understood that the precious motor is in English hands.

Since the 1980s boom in price of classic cars, the 250 GTO has been the most valuable of all Ferraris, as it is said to ‘embody all the salient traits of the marque’. Only around 39 250 GTOs were ever made, and in the early sixites when they cost around $18,000 new, Enzo Ferrari personally approved each buyer.

Interested in buying a used F1 car? Step this way…

Ever wanted to own part of an F1 team? Now you can. Super Aguri’s assets, including one if its cars, will go up for sale at the end of this month. Auctioneers SHM Smith Hodgkinson have been instructed by administrators to sell the defunct team’s assets between July 29-31.

Interested bidders can view all the lots, located at SAF1’s UK base in Langley, Oxfordshire, then between Tues 29th and Thurs 31st July they are able to register and place bids online via the SHM Smith Hodgkinson website.

The lots include one SA06 F1 car, transporter vehicles, and a Super Aguri sign. As much as we’d love to buy the race car and drive it around the M25 (75mph in the middle lane, baby), the humble sign is probably more within our budget.