The most expensive car part on British eBay was the engine from an Audi R8

In 2024, he was accompanied by sets of carbon fiber seats from Porsche, an engine from a Macan and Mercedes-Benz E63, as well as the body of a Ford Escort Mk2 rally and a subframe from a Ferrari 488 Spider.

The eBay marketplace has published a ranking of the most expensive auto components sold on the site in 2024. In the British top 10, engines took the most places, with the V10 5.2 from the 2012 Audi R8 taking first place (£16,567, or RUR 2.1 million). The three-liter petrol V6 from the Porsche Macan, the V8 from the Mercedes-Benz E63, the V12 from the Aston Martin DB9 and the V8 from Audi also found their buyers.

Second and third places go to carbon fiber seats for the 991 generation Porsche 911 and the current Cayman GT4. Also, some of the most expensive auto parts were the body shell from the rally Ford Escort Mk2 (9,146 pounds sterling, 1.1 million rubles), a composite front diffuser from McLaren MP4−12C (9,051 pounds sterling), a set of wheels for the Lamborghini Urus (8 thousand). £7,678) and Ferrari 488 Spider rear subframe (£7,678).

Among the non-automotive parts, the most unusual lot was the Rolls-Royce engine from the English Harrier Jump Jet attack aircraft, sold for 10,189 pounds sterling (1.25 million rubles). We are talking about the turbofan Pegasus 6/Pegasus 11, which was installed on all varieties of Harrier – from Kestrel FGA.1 to AV-8B+.

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