Saturday, May 19th

Last update06:10:07 PM GMT

Headlines:
You are here: Auto World Most Expensive Cars The most costly Porsches

The most costly Porsches

The most costly Porsches

Based on New York’s Luxury Institute, who surveyed five hundred households with earnings over $200,000 in year 2006, Porsche is one of the most esteemed brands of automobiles. Whereas some might argue in favor of Rolls-Royce or Bugatti, that is still highly recommended indeed.

The most costly new Porsche presently available is the Porsche Carrera GT at $440,000. With a maximum speed of 205+ mph and the ability to accelerate from 0 to 60 in 3.9 seconds, it is fast enough to justify its cost.

The Porsche 918 Spyder, would be the German firm’s next most costly production car. The 918 Spyder is a two-seater convertible with a 500 hp V8 engine. It has a maximum speed of 199 mph and can accelerates from 0 to 60 within 3.2 seconds. Its electric drive-systems permits it to run fifteen miles on electric power and it takes fuel at a rate of seventy eight miles per gallon.

This brand new Porsche is probably be priced at around $650,000. If you are looking for the most costly car then Porsche is the best option. This Porsche, primitively a 1970 Gulf-JWA Le Mans 917K Coupe numbered 026, created history when it was driven by Mike Hailwood and David Hobbs in the 1970 Le Mans. In the halfway of a downpour in the fiftieth lap, Hailwood gone past the hollow stop where rain tires had been readied and clanked into a parked car. The original 026 chassis, presently numbered 031, was modified and re-issued as a 1972-73 Porsche 917 Interserie Spyder. Ernst Kraus drove it in the 1972 European InterSerie Championship and Jurgen Barth drove it in the 1973 series.

This glorious Porsche is armored with a 5.4 liter, flat-twelve cylinder, six hundred and thirty hp engine and weighs exactly 1,600 lbs. At an August 2010 Bonhams & Butterfields auction it was sold, where it reached an astonishing $3.9 mn price.