World’s oldest running car, ‘La Marquise,’ sells for $4.6 million at auction (2024)

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World’s oldest running car, ‘La Marquise,’ sells for $4.6 million at auction? ›

The four-wheeled De Dion-Bouton was constructed for the French Count De Dion — one of the founders of the company that built it. It was named “La Marquise” after the count's mother. The $4.6 million price tag includes a 10 percent buyer's premium, which goes to the auction company.

Images courtesy RM Auctions. In a way, it's surprising that RM Auctions even bothered at all to put a pre-auction estimate on "La Marquise," the 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos steam runabout that currently holds the title of world's oldest operating motor vehicle.

A vehicle billed as the "World's Oldest Car" has sold at auction for the surprising price of $4.6 million, breaking the previous record of a price paid for an early-era automobile. The vehicle is the oldest car in the world that still works, and is powered entirely by steam.

La Marquise is the world's oldest running automobile, as of 2011. It is an 1884 model made by Frenchmen De Dion, Bouton and Trépardoux.

The First Car. The Benz Patent-Motorwagen built in 1886, is widely regarded as the world's first automobile; that is, a vehicle designed to be propelled by an internal combustion engine. The original cost of the vehicle in 1885 was $1,000.

Who owns the most expensive car in the world? Only three people own the Rolls-Royce Boat Tail. According to Daily Mail, one is owned by music power couple Jay-Z and Beyoncé. The second is owned by Mauro Icardi, Argentine footballer and Galatasaray striker.

A 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé is the most expensive car ever sold, having gone under the hammer for a staggering $135m in 2022 - the equivalent of £114.4m. Previously owned by Mercedes-Benz, the car was sold by RM Sotheby's at the Mercedes-Benz Museum to an anonymous buyer.

The oldest running car in the world is La Marquise, an 1884 model made in France. It has a steam engine and three wheels. The car was entered in an 1887 exhibition race from Paris to Versailles. It was the only competitor to show up.

Rolls-Royce La Rose Noire Droptail is the world's most expensive car, priced at $30 million (Rs. 211 crore approx).

Ford manufactured the Grand Marquis, alongside the Mercury Marquis, Mercury Marauder, Ford (LTD) Crown Victoria, and (beginning in 2007) the Lincoln Town Car, at two facilities: the St. Louis Assembly Plant in Hazelwood, Missouri (1979-1985) and the St. Thomas Assembly Plant in Southwold, Ontario, Canada (1986-2011).

What is the oldest car sold? ›

The 1884 De Dion Bouton et Trepardoux Dos-a-Dos Steam Runabout fetched a record-breaking $4,620,000 at auction in Hershey, Pennsylvania late Friday evening, according to CNN Money.

1927 Ford Model-T. The first car to achieve one million, five million, ten million and fifteen million units sold. By 1914, it was estimated that nine out of every ten cars in the world were Fords.

Volkswagen Beetle – Over 23 million sold

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Recent used model years of the Mercury Grand Marquis are currently priced at an average of $7,335, according to our used car price index.

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1962 Ferrari 250 GTO

It was driven to the auction block by five-time Le Mans winner Derek Bell – and the auctioneer opened bidding at a staggering $35million. Three bidders competed for the car over the course of ten minutes, with the final sum reaching $48,405,000.

It's a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, which RM Sotheby's expects it to sell for over $45 million. And that, boys and girls, stands to make this the most valuable car ever offered for auction. With only 36 examples made and a legend as stellar as its timelessly beautiful bodywork, the 250 GTO is the Holy Grail of collector cars.