What would your dream car garage looks like?
Given the choice, we’re pretty sure any of these 10 modern-era hypercars would make it into your collection.
And that could become reality for some of the thick-walletted individuals attending Abu Dhabi’s first ever major vehicle auction, which is being hosted by RM Sotheby’s and takes place on the eve of the Formula One season finale at the Yas Marina Circuit on 30 November.
Here’s a rundown of our favourite picks – from unused Ferrari track-only weapons to one-off concept Lamborghinis – and how much they’re expected to go for…
2017 Pagani Zonda Aether
Estimate: $5.5m (£4.3m)
Just 140 Pagani Zondas were ever made, and this is one of the final run – example number 131. It’s also a complete one-off, called the Aether
What makes this Zonda unique? It’s finished in exposed carbon fibre with matte and glossy body accents contrasted by red trim. Classy. More importantly it has the very rare six-speed manual gearbox
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Pagani’s Zonda is arguably one of the greatest modern-era hypercars of them all. And this one in particular is something a little special.
Part of the final run of ‘760’ models was this one-off Aether – number 131 of the 140 Zondas ever produced.
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It’s a roofless roadster with an F1-style air scoop arching over the cabin – meaning you get the full chorus of 7.3-litre V12 engine soundtrack, with the engine revving beyond 8,000rpm to deliver its full 749bhp.
This one is built to order, finished in exposed carbon fibre with matte and glossy body accents contrasted by red trim. Classy. More importantly it has the very rare six-speed manual gearbox, which boosts its overall appeal – and value.
Considering this is the first Zonda to be available at auction for almost seven years, expect it to attract some serious bidding.
2019 McLaren Senna GTR
Estimate: $1.75m (£1.6m)
Cashing in: Just 75 McLaren Senna GTR’s will be made in total, and the first batch delivered to owners who paid £1.1m for them a couple of months ago. The keeper of this one could be set to make a quick half a million
This example is offered to auction with a total of zero miles on the clock, having never been driven under its own power
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Just 75 McLaren Senna GTR’s will be made in total, and the first batch were only delivered to their rightful owners a couple of months ago. That means someone is cashing in early on theirs, looking to make half a million having paid the factory around £1.1million for it originally.
The GTR is a track-only special, meaning it’s an extremely expensive play-thing for petrolheads with plenty of disposable income.
It features the same 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 engine as the standard (if you can call it that) Senna hypercar, though GTR spec means power has been upped from 789bhp to 814bhp.
As you can see from the images, it doesn’t lack for spoilers. The rear wing, for instance, is hydraulic and can act as an airbrake to slow the car down, increases downforce in cornering and has an F1-style ‘Drag Reduction System’ (DRS) mode to increase straight-line speed.
This particular example is offered for sale with a grand total of zero miles on the clock. That’s right, it’s as new.
2010 Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss
Estimate: $2.75m (£2.1m)
Exclusivity is the key to this super-rare Mercedes. Or is it a McLaren? The two brands teamed up to create the ferocious SLR, though just 75 examples of the Stirling Moss special edition were created
It has no roof or windscreen, meaning this is one of the most visceral four-wheeled experiences £2.1m can buy
Like the Senna GTR, just 75 examples of the Stirling Moss edition Mercedes SLR were made in conjunction with McLaren from 2009. And as far as extreme modern-era road cars go, this has to be near the top of the list.
It has no roof or windscreen, meaning this is one of the most visceral four-wheeled experiences money can buy.
Breathtaking performance comes from a 641bhp, 5.5-litre supercharged AMG V8 motor meaning – along with the 200kg weight saving of no roof or windows – a sprint to 62mph takes just 3.5 seconds.
This one has been owned by one person from new, who has totalled just over 300 miles in it. Some of those even came at the hands of former F1 champion Mika Hakkinen, who drove it for a Hermes advert filmed in Barcelona.
And you don’t just get the car. The vendor is selling it with the factory-spec goggles it came with as new.
2006 Lamborghini Concept S
Estimate: $1.6m (£1.2m)
Unicorn car: If you want to be seen in something nobody else drives, this is the car for you. The Lamborghini Concept S was an open-roof Gallardo the Italian firm deemed to expensive for production
The Concept S was shown at the Geneva Motor Show over a decade ago with a promise that 100 would be made. One buyer placed a deposit, so when the plans were scrapped he was given the fully-operational pre-production vehicle
If rarity is your thing, this is the standout car from the Abu Dhabi auction.
It’s called the Lamborghini Concept S. It was first shown as a design concept at the Geneva Motor Show in 2005 as a teaser for the forthcoming Gallardo Spyder.
Like the Mercedes-Benz SLR Stirling Moss, it went for an extreme take on top-down driving, featuring no roof, https://atomix8.io a barely-there windscreen and twin cockpit layout inspired by single-seat racers.
In fact, the so-called ‘saute-vent’ screens not only serve to visually divide the cabin into two distinct compartments but create a spine that runs between the passenger and the driver that doubles as an air inlet for the powerful 520-horsepower V10 engine at its heart.
Lambo promised to make 100, but soon backed out when production costs were deemed far too pricey. However, one customer had already placed an order and was duly presented with the one and only concept car.
It has just 124 miles on the clock, most of which were clocked up when the car was driven around the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance lawns during displays in the US.
2011 Aston Martin One-77
Estimate: $2m (£1.6m)
Forgotten hypercar: When the Aston Martin One-77 first arrived in 2009 jaws dropped. But the arrival of cars like the LaFerrari less than 5 years later means the Aston is almost the overlooked hypercar of a generation
This particular example has covered just 620 miles from new. Whatever the sale fee, all proceeds are being donated to an African animal-preservation charity
The One-77 has almost become Aston’s forgotten hypercar. The arrival of Ferrari’s LaFerrari, McLaren’s P1 and Porsche’s 918 Spyder pushed the 77-model-only beauty to the back of an expanding wishlist of mental road machines.
Example number 38 of the limited run is going under the hammer in Abu Dhabi.
Power comes from a Cosworth-tuned 7.3-litre Aston V12 with 750hp, meaning a top speed in excess of 220mph.
It’s been owned from new by Danish nature conservation philanthropist, Markus Jebsen, who has kept it at his home in Hong Kong having forked out $1.8million for an Aston that’s so rare even James Bond wasn’t allowed one.
It’s been garaged and fastidiously maintained ever since, clocking less than 620 miles in its lifetime.
The car is being sold for a good cause, too; all proceeds are being donated to the African Parks charity that specialises in saving the continent’s endangered animals – something that’s said to be close to Mr Jebsen’s heart.
For those who are James Bond fans, there is a Jaguar C-X75 film car up for grabs at the same auction – you can read our full detailed report on the car in our separate feature.
2005 Maserati MC12
Estimate: $3.5m (£2.7m)
Lesser-known hypercar: The Maserati MC12 has a more famous sibling. It’s a rebodied Ferrari Enzo, featuring a Le Mans endurance racer silhouette
Just 50 street legal MC12s were ever produced compared to the 400 Enzos, meaning the Maserati has more unicorn status
Ferrari’s Enzo is – and probably always will be – iconic, given how closely it replicated the Scuderia F1 machines from that era. But the Maserati MC12 is the lesser-known sister car featuring an extended Le Mans-racer body that has to go down as one of the most jaw-dropping silhouettes of modern time.
Just 50 street legal MC12s were ever produced compared to the 400 Enzos, meaning the Maserati has more unicorn status, too.
While it shares the same 6.0-litre V12 engine, the MC12 has slightly different engine mapping and traditional dampers instead of the electric dampers of the Fezza.
This particular example was originally delivered to its first and only owner in Hong Kong, where it has remained ever since and been driven ‘sparingly’.
How sparingly, you ask. It will be sold with a mere 1,950 miles on the odometer – working out at an average of 139 miles each year – and has to be among the least-used examples in existence.
2015 Ferrari FXX K
Estimate: $4.5m (£3.5m)
Ferrari reserves the FXX name for its super-extreme track cars created by its Corse Clienti division. These models are offered exclusively to ‘friends of the house’ – essentially the Italian brand’s most dedicated customers
Using a 187bhp electric motor and a 848bhp 6.2-litre V12 engine, the FXX K’s maximum output is a gargantuan 1,035bhp. Not that the vendor would know, as he’s reportedly never driven it in anger on track
The FXX name is reserved for super-extreme track cars created by Ferrari’s Corse Clienti division and offered exclusively to ‘friends of the house’ – essentially the Italian brand’s most dedicated customers who’ve forked out million on a number of prancing horse models in the past.
The FXX K is the most brutal of them all. It takes the already ballistic LaFerrari hybird-electric hypercar and treats 40 examples to a dose of psychopathic performance.
Combining a 187bhp electric motor to a 848bhp 6.2-litre V12 engine, the maximum output of the two working in harmony is a gargantuan 1,035bhp.
As well as the powerplant, the bodywork’s aero has been modified to replicate something that NASA might send into space. The nose has a two-part splitter that looks like it is swallowing the front-end of a Formula One car, the rear gets a twin-profile spoiler to manage downforce and the flanks are adorned with shark-like fins.
This one, painted in the traditional Rosso Corsa, wears race number 7 and is being offered from the collection of its first and only owner. Incredibly, despite having it for four years, the vendor hasn’t even used it at one of the uber-exclusive invite-only track sessions.