Desirable Cars
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Desirable Ferraris

A 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO holds the current auction record for any Ferrari at $51.7 million — and a private sale of another example is reported to have reached $70 million. Only 36 were ever built.

Different Era, Same Obsession

Whatever the decade, whatever the powertrain, the throughline never really changes: engineering pushed as far as it can go, wrapped in a body designed to match. Nowhere is that clearer than the 250 GTO, built between 1962 and 1964 in a run of just 36 cars, each one raced by Ferrari's own factory team or privateers competing at the very top of endurance racing. That combination of genuine scarcity and genuine competition pedigree has made it the single most valuable Ferrari in existence, with the current public auction record standing at $51.7 million and at least one private sale reportedly reaching $70 million.

The gap between a car like that and the current range is vast on paper, but the underlying philosophy hasn't shifted — Ferrari's newest hybrid supercars still chase the same relentless pursuit of performance that made the 250 GTO a legend in period, just with a different powertrain doing the work. Below are the models we've covered so far, spanning both eras.