### Bugatti Type 57 Atalante Up for auction in December [выставили](https://motor.ru/news/bugatti-type-57-27-12-2024.htm) a rare Bugatti that was released before the war. Despite the fact that the car came off the assembly line back in 1939, its condition is perfect, and the whole history is clean. The rare model was valued at $1.75 to $2.5 million.
RM Sotheby’s ### Mercedes-Benz W 196 R Another unique model last year [ушла](https://motor.ru/news/mb-w-196-r-27-11-2024.htm) auctioned at RM Sotheby’s. The car was released in 1955 and took part in Formula 1 races. A total of ten such models were assembled and the cost of one of them was estimated to be $55 million.
Mercedes-Benz AG ### Rolls-Royce Corniche Under the hammer [пустили](https://motor.ru/news/rolls-royce-corniche-dakar-26-11-2024.htm) the iconic Rolls-Royce Corniche, which participated in the Paris-Dakar rally and is still considered one of the most the brightest cars in the history of the race. Moreover, the car still fully complies with the requirements of Dakar Classic and can officially participate in the competition.
Aguttes ### Mercedes-Benz Leonid Brezhnev In Moscow for auction [выставили](https://motor.ru/news/mb-auction-22-11-2024.htm) 50-year-old Mercedes-Benz 450 SLC, which belonged to the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee Leonid Brezhnev. This is a special version with a blue body and beige velor interior, which was made especially for the Secretary General in 1973. The starting price of the rare model was 28 million rubles.
platesmania.com/slavchick ### Elvis Presley’s Cadillac Seville Bonhams auction in November [выставил](https://motor.ru/news/last-caddy-elvis-02-11-2024.htm) Elvis Presley’s last car, which the king of ron’n’roll drove the day before his death, was up for auction, and he purchased it just a few weeks before his death. The car, produced in 1977, had recently been parked without movement and came to auction in a “non-driving” condition. Although its mileage is quite modest for its age, 93 thousand kilometers.
bonhams.com ### Ferrari 248 F1 Sotheby’s auction house in mid-autumn [выставлял](https://motor.ru/news/schumacher-last-ferrari-21-10-2024.htm) Michael Schumacher’s last racing car is up for auction – this is the car the driver drove for the last time as an active driver. The car was released in 2006, and behind the wheel of it Schumacher won five Grand Prix, received three second places and set four lap records.
RM Sotheby’s ### Lamborghini Veneno One-of-a-kind supercar sets online auction record. Bidding for one of nine models built [организовала](https://motor.ru/news/lambo-record-14-06-2024.htm) SBX Cars site and, according to the organizers, they still managed to find an owner for the supercar, who paid more than 530 million rubles for it. Moreover, during the auction it was not possible to sell the model; the organizers found it after the time had expired.
SBX Cars ### Ferrari F40 with V12 engine Unique and literally one of a kind like a Ferrari [выставили](https://motor.ru/news/unique-f40-listetd-31-07-2024.htm) for auction at the auction house Iconic Auctioneers. It is based on the classic F40, but instead of the usual V8 it has a twelve-cylinder unit from the more modern Ferrari 550. The exclusive model managed to take part in several racing series and even took prizes, but in recent years it has stood idle without movement.
Iconic Auctioneers ### Mercedes Typ 122 In November, RM Sotheby’s auction house [выставил](https://motor.ru/news/mercedes100-11-11-2024.htm) a hundred-year-old Mercedes sports car is up for auction. Only four of these cars were built and they were developed specifically for the 500 mile race in Indianapolis, America. Released in 1923, the sports car could develop power of up to 150 horsepower, but over time many of the units failed: for example, the body had to be completely replaced (the original one came as a bonus to the car) and the engine had to be restored.
RM Sotheby’s ### Rocket car Spirit of America Sonic I In December on the list of the auction house RM Sotheby’s [появился](https://motor.ru/news/spirit-of-america-sonic-03-12-2024.htm), perhaps the most unusual lot is a rocket car, which in 1965 was able to accelerate to 965 kilometers per hour. This model became the first car in the history of the automobile industry that was able to overcome the 600 mph mark on earth. Bidding for it will take place only in February 2025, and it is estimated that it will cost the new owner a million dollars.
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Every year, auction houses put up for auction unique, rare and unusual cars that we can only look at with admiration. These are pre-war models, favorite cars of cult artists and racers, original projects of tuning studios, one-of-a-kind models, each of which costs fabulous money. Over the past year, auctions included items ranging from a 100-year-old Mercedes to a record-breaking rocket car that accelerated to 965 kilometers per hour.