The Fer­rari 250 Testa Rossa is with­out ques­tion one of the most beau­ti­ful cars ever built, and a 1957 model sold for a record-setting $12.1 mil­lion. One of only twenty-two of its kind, chas­sis no. 0714TR fea­tures a dis­tinc­tive pontoon-like design by Car­rozze­ria Scagli­etti. The Fer­rari 250 TR is famous for hav­ing won ten of the nine­teen races in which they were dri­ven between 1958 and 1961.
This par­tic­u­lar TR won 4th place when dri­ven by Piero Drogo in the 1000 km Buenos Aires in Jan­u­ary of 1958. Drogo drove it one more time, in the Grand Prix of Cuba, before he sold it to Amer­i­can Alan Con­nell who drove it in nine races and spent most of that time in 1st or 2nd place in class. It fea­tured in twelve more races between 1960 and 1963, mak­ing it one of the most raced Fer­raris of all time. It was sold at auc­tion in Maranello, home of Car­rozze­ria Scagli­etti and birth­place of the TR, for an impres­sive sum of €9,020,000.