Which is the most expensive car in the world?
Bugatti beats car auction record The 1936 Bugatti Type 57SC Atlantic is one of only three of its kind ever produced. Praised for its art deco elegance, the car was considered highly avant garde in its day. It came on to the market following the death of its owner, Peter Williamson, a neurologist and well-known car collector. A Santa Monica auction house, Gooding & Co, announced the sale and claimed to have set a new record. The firm did not officially release a sale price, although people close to the transaction said the Bugatti had gone for between $30m and $40m. David Gooding, head of the auction house, described the car as “one of the world’s most significant and valuable automobiles that has been in a private collection and rarely seen during the past four decades”. The buyer in the deal, which took place last week, was anonymous. Several US reports named the Mullin Automotive Museum, a California collection created by a wealthy executive remuneration expert, Peter Mullin. The mus
