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With its auction prices hitting eight figures, the McLaren F1
is one of the most highly regarded supercars in history. But
back in the ’90s, its near $1 million price proved too much
to bear. Only 106 were sold, well below the 300 the company
anticipated. After the F1, the $1 million sports-car field had
lain largely fallow until the Bugatti Veyron appeared in 2005.
It took a decade, but Bugatti sold all 450 of the 1000-plus-hp
Veyrons. Today, you can hardly swing a dead cat without
hitting someone’s gilded vehicular codpiece. Here is just a
sampling of modern-era million-dollar sports cars that the
Veyron inspired. —Austin IrwinAston Martin One-77
$1.9 million • Revealed: 2008
An Aston supercoupe that claimed
to be only 0.1 second quicker to
60 mph than the $73,255 2009
Corvette Z06.Aston Martin Vulcan
$2.3 million • Revealed: 2015
An even more super Aston
supercoupe.Aston Martin Valkyrie
$3.2 million • Revealed: 2016
The most radical-looking supercar
since the Countach.
Bugatti Chiron
$2.6 million • Revealed: 2016
You could spend $2.6 million on a
Chiron, but why be cheap? Better to
unload $3.9 million on the even
faster, more exclusive Chiron
Super Sport 300+.
Bugatti Divo
$5.8 million • Revealed: 2018
Did we tell you to spring for a
$3.9 million Bugatti? We meant
that you should pay $5.8 million for
the Divo. It’s a claimed 77 pounds
lighter than the Chiron.
Ferrari LaFerrari
$1.4 million • Revealed: 2013
This hybrid hypercar is so nice,
they named it Ferrari twice.Ferrari Monza SP1 and SP 2
$1.8 million • Revealed: 2018
Nearly two mil each and you don’t
even get a windshield!Koenigsegg Agera RS
$2.5 million • Revealed: 2015
The quintessential Swedish
hypercar.Koenigsegg Regera
$1.9 million • Revealed: 2015
A twin-turbo V-8, three electric
motors, and hydraulically actuated
power doors: the strangest
hypercar of all.Koenigsegg Jesko
$2.8 million • Revealed: 2019
A 1600-hp hypercar for very
quick trips to IKEA. You’ll have
room for roughly one Njutning
scented candle.
Lamborghini Veneno
$4.0 million • Revealed: 2013
A 740-hp pile of sharp knives. Just
three coupes were sold.Lamborghini Centenario
$1.9 million • Revealed: 2016
The 100th birthday of founder
Ferruccio Lamborghini is as good
a reason as any to construct a
759-hp missile.
McLaren P 1
$1.2 million • Revealed: 2012
The only hybrid hypercar that looks
like a dollop of molten lava.McLaren Speedtail
$2.3 million • Revealed: 2018
The company’s second go at a
three-seater, the Speedtail is more
of a grand tourer than the F1.
Mercedes-AMG One
$2.7 million • Revealed: 2017
A lozenge with a dorsal fin and a
Formula 1–based hybrid powertrain.Pagani Huayra
$1.4 million • Revealed: 2011
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