1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible Sold For $3.3 Million
A rare 1971 Plymouth Hemi Cuda Convertible was sold at the Mecum Auctions event in Kissimmee, Fla., for a high bid of $3.3 million.
That’s the second-highest price a Plymouth has sold for, behind the $3.5 million bid an even rarer example of the model was auctioned for in 2014.
The $3.5 million car was one of four Hemi Cuda convertibles sold in the U.S. that year with a four-speed manual transmission and the only one left that still has its original engine. The $3.0 million car is one of the five convertibles sold that had an automatic. The final price paid after auction fees were added was $3.3 million.
It doesn’t have its original engine, but the fully restored car is equipped with a period-correct 426-cubic-inch V8, an A727 TorqueFlite transmission and an A36 performance axle with a 3.55 Sure Grip limited-slip differential.
1971 Hemi Cudas are particularly valuable, as it was the final year the Cuda was offered with the engine. The sale sets a new bar for where the market for the model is, as the same car was sold at the 2016 Kissimmee auction for $2.53 million.
The auction saw another second-best sale for an American car as a 1966 Ford GT40 MKII Lightweight went for a $12,375,000 bid, which was just short of the $13,205,000 bid that another 1966 GT40 sold for in February 2025 to set an auction record for the model and all Fords.
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