Outrageously Expensive Cars That Will Make Your Jaw Drop

1953 Jaguar C-type Lightweight – $13,200,000

Few sports-racing cars have achieved such legendary status as the Jaguar C-Type, which won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice for Coventry during the company’s domination of the event in the 1950s. The C-Type began life as the famed XK120 roadster, which had taken the world by storm in 1948 with its revolutionary dual overhead-cam engine. 

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