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.
