When American David MacNeil paid 70 million dollars on a Ferrari 250 GTO 1963 (pictured below) in 2018, it was clear as day that he wanted to be part of the elite of rare car collectors. The purchase considered the most expensive car wise, sent him on the 38 Th place in the top of the most zealous car collectors in the world.
The ranking issued by The Collector Car Trust is been managed in the past years by Fred Simeone, a billionaire call collector with a diploma in neurosurgery. His collection reaches 70 classic cars that are hard to make an estimate on because it contains rare pieces or even unique models. The collector doe not want to talk about the material value of his cars more even so when the annual top published by The Key magazine, takes into consideration multiple other criteria than the material one.
His collection is set to have modes like Mercedes-Benz 300 SL Gullwing Coupe 1955, American Underslung Traveler 1909, Mercedes-Benz S-Type Sportwagen 1927 and an Alfa Romeo 8C 2900A from 1937. The Alfa was given as a gift by his father and is a one of kind in the USA.
The sultan’s car park
The 73 years old, Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, is the most popular businessman in Asia. With an impressive fortune of more than 20 billion dollars, his passion for expensive cars was never neglected. Currently, his car park has somewhere between 5000-7000 cars. Nobody knows the exact numbers as the cars are being kept in various storehouses across the country.
His collection has unique models like a Ferrari Mythos a Bentley SUV and Rolls Royce covered in real gold. More than 600 other Rolls Royce models along with 570 Mercedez Benzes and 450 Ferarries are also part of the impressive car collection. A wild estimate puts the total value of the collection at around 500 million dollars.
Ralph Lauren, a stylish billionaire driver
The fashion designer Ralph Lauren (age 80), once said that cars can tell as many things about an individual as clothes do. For him, the automobiles are works of art like cloths are for their style and beauty.
The billionaire started to collect cars in the ’70 and his first purchase was a Mercedes 280SE from 1971. Today his entire collections have more than a couple of hundred cars and are valued at around 350 million dollars. Among his favorite pieces are a 1930 Mercedes-Benz SSK Count Trossi, a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, and a 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder.
Jay Leno sleeps in his garage
Th show hos Jay Leno collected rare cars all his life. HE cared for them and spends so much time in his garage that he even had a TV Show called Jay Leno’s Garage.
His collection boasts two models that are steam-powered, one Chrysler with a turbine engine and 2 cars that once belonged to Howard Hughes.
He also purchased modern cars like a McLaren F1 estimated at 17-20 million dollars. All his collection is said to be worth around 150 million dollars.
The Jaguar aficionado dentist
James Hull, a dentist, and British entrepreneur, is passionate about cars and he constantly upgraded his collection. His weakness is Jaguars, this is the reason most of his cars are Jaguar models like the E-Type from 1961 that once belonged to pilot Mike Hailwood.
After fighting cancer 3 times and coming through victorious, he decided to sell his entire collection which in 2014 had 543 cars. The lucky buyer was the company Jaguar Land Rover who paid no less than 145 million dollars.
Jerry Seinfeld’s unconditional love for Porche
The actor Jerry Seinfeld is known for his passion for collecting Porche cars. today he is one of the most important collectors of the German brand. Only a few years ago because of a lack of space, he was forced to sell 15 of his cars. His entire collection is estimated at 100 million dollars.
