Another year, another couple-million dollars.
For the second consecutive year, the highest prices paid for cars from American brands that were sold on the Bring A Trailer auction website were all for second-generation Ford GTs.
The supercar remains the hottest trading card… uh, car among U.S. enthusiasts.
Several were sold through the platform, but the top dog was a 2022 ’64 Heritage Edition model with just 123 miles on the odometer that went for $1,221,000.
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That’s a sharp drop from last year’s winner, which was an 84-mile example of a 2020 GT that sold for $1,791,000. There was a 2023 GT Mk IV track-only car that was bid up to $1,786,000 last year, but it failed to reach the seller’s undisclosed reserve price. It was VIN 001 of the model and was later sold at this January’s Mecum Auctions event in Kissimmee, Fla., for $1,870,000 including auction fees.
Second on last year’s Bring A Trailer list was a 2022 GT Carbon Series showing 48 miles that sold for $1,070,000, which was followed by a 2021 GT Carbon Series with 14 miles that was a relative bargain at $1,050,000.
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The first American car that was not a GT on the list was a 1964 Shelby Cobra 289 Mark II sold for $900,000 in 15th position. In something of a coincidence, both models aren’t 100% American as they were collaborations with outfits from other countries. The second-generation GT was built by Multimatic in Canada, while the Ford-powered Shelby was a hopped up AC Ace from the U.K.
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Another British-American collaboration actually received the highest bid of any car from a U.S. make last year. A Hennessey Venom F5 Roadster, which the Texas outfit works with the U.K.’s Delta Motorsport on, was bid up to $1,850,000, which was below the reserve price. That’s probably not much of a surprise as the Venom F5 Roadster listed for around $3 million when it was new.