--- description: It's the most expensive car ever sold at auction title: 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti: The $36 Million Car image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7a6cab79cfabb33/69887d2bab6d7728106a8608/ferarri-335-spider-most-expensive01.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Wealth](/tag/wealth/) ## Wealth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # This Is the Most Expensive Car Ever Sold at Auction by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2016 6:04 PM CUT  The 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti is one of the rarest Ferraris in existence. The 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti is one of the rarest Ferraris in existence.Bournemouth/REX/Shutterstock by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 11, 2016 6:04 PM CUT One of the rarest Ferraris in existence has become the most expensive car ever sold at auction. Price tag: £25 million, or about $36 million. Adding to its rarity, only four of the 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti were ever made. Auction house Artcurial Motorcars put the vehicle on the block during its annual Retromobile sale in Paris. Auctioneers there compared it to Picasso’s paintings or Rodin sculptures. Ferrari’s workshop equipped the model with a 4.1-litre V12 engine, giving it a massive 400 horsepower and enabling it to reach a top speed of 190 miles per hour—unheard of at the time. The fact that it was driven by some of the world’s best drivers—including British Formula 1 champions Mike Hawthorne and Stirling Moss—only increased the price. Here’s a closer look.  The 1957 Ferrari 335 S Spider Scaglietti is one of the rarest Ferraris in existence. Bournemouth/REX/Shutterstock  The Ferrari sold for about $36 million. Bournemouth/REX/Shutterstock  Auctioneers at Artcurial Motorcars auction house compared it to Picasso’s paintings or Rodin sculptures. Bournemouth/REX/Shutterstock  The car is equipped with a 4.1-litre V12 engine, giving it a massive 400 horsepower and enabling it to reach a top speed of 190 miles per hour. Bournemouth/REX/Shutterstock  Only four were ever made. Bournemouth/REX/Shutterstock ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4216858/ferrari-335-s-spider-scaglietti-auction/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4216858/ferrari-335-s-spider-scaglietti-auction/"},"headline":"This Is the Most Expensive Car Ever Sold at Auction","datePublished":"2016-02-11T18:04:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:00:25.751Z","description":"No surprise it's a stone looker","url":"https://time.com/4216858/ferrari-335-s-spider-scaglietti-auction/","keywords":["Wealth","photography","Auction","Ferrari"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7a6cab79cfabb33/69887d2bab6d7728106a8608/ferarri-335-spider-most-expensive01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb7a6cab79cfabb33/69887d2bab6d7728106a8608/ferarri-335-spider-most-expensive01.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Rare Ferrari sells for record breaking price, Paris, Britain - 5 Feb 2016","caption":"Rare Ferrari sells for record breaking price, Paris, Britain - 5 Feb 2016","creditText":"Bournemouth/REX/Shutterstock","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/wealth/","name":"Wealth"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4216858/ferrari-335-s-spider-scaglietti-auction/","name":"This Is the Most Expensive Car Ever Sold at Auction"}}]}] ```