The Most Expensive New UltraLuxury & Performance Cars In America
The world’s most expensive cars are separated into 2 categories: performance and luxury. Cars such as the McLaren P1, the Lamborghini Aventador, and the Ferrari F12 Berlinetta are built for speed and handling in the style of racing cars.
Others, like the Rolls-Royce Phantom LWB are designed to invoke class and style. “The Phantom is not slow with limited power, it is extremely powerful, and its size and weight very quick. But by their nature performance cars are different than luxury cars.
The list of the Top 5 are only 2015 models that are sold in the United States, as follows:
1. P1 (pictured above)
Make: McLaren
Purchase price: $1,155,000
Trim: Coupe 2D
McLaren is 1st and foremost an engineering company, and it is a special event when a car such as the McLaren P1 appears on the market. When it was introduced in Y 2013 as a followup to the McLaren F1 of the 1990’s, all 375 P1s sold out in 8 months. It was the 1st time that McLaren Automotive, the manufacturing subsidiary of McLaren Group, posted profits. McLaren’s CEO Mike Flewitt was tempted to produce more cars but abstained to preserve the exclusivity that is so essential to the McLaren P1 brand. The P1 has a top speed of 217 mph, and accelerates from Zero to 62 mph in 2.8 secs.
2. 918 Spyder
Make: Porsche
Purchase price: $929,995
Trim: Weissach Package Roadster
Unlike any other car in its class, the 918 Spyder can cover short distances on electric power alone. The Spyder gets power from both a combustion engine and a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. But the car’s similarities to other hybrid and EV’s stop there. A Y 2015 Porsche Spyder is the 2nd most expensive vehicle for sale in America, costing roughly $930,000. The vehicle’s name suggests its exclusivity because the German automaker will only produce 918 of the 918 Spyder for the Y 2015 model year, only 250 of those will be sold in the US market. The car can accelerate from Zero to 60 mph in 2.2 secs, making it the fastest car in the world.
3. Aventador
Make: Lamborghini
Purchase price: $556,795
Trim: LP 720-4 50th Anniversario Roadster
The 2015 Lamborghini Aventador is the 3rd most expensive vehicle on the US market. The luxury Italian sports car seats 2 and sports a 12 cylinder engine that gets 11 mpg city and 18 mpg highway. The Aventador is equipped with doors that swing up rather than out, a feature closely associated with the Lamborghini brand. Despite the vehicle’s extraordinary cost, Lamborghini sold 1,001 Aventadors worldwide in Y 2013.
4. Phantom LWB (Long Wheelbase Sedan)
Make: Rolls-Royce
Purchase price: $485,275
High-end luxury automaker Rolls-Royce produces 3 of the 10 most expensive cars on the US market, including the Wraith and the Ghost. It is the Phantom, however, has the highest price tag. While some of the very expensive cars are newer models, the Phantom has been the signature Rolls-Royce vehicle since the 1920’s. As is the case with many of the cars on this list, Rolls-Royce emphasizes that each Phantom can be custom built for a client’s preference, with any number bespoke interior and exterior design choices, down to the colors of the knobs on the control panel.
5. F12 Berlinetta
Make: Ferrari
Purchase price: $327,445
The Ferrari F12 Berlinetta is 1 of the most expensive cars on the American market. Ferrari does not release production numbers for specific models, the data suggests that Ferrari produced around 1,000 F12 Berlinettas in Y 2014. Following a change in the company’s top management, new CEO Sergio Marchionne planned to increase production of the F12Berlinetta last year. Now, more customers can buy the sports car, which has a top speed of 211 mph and accelerates from Zero to 60 mph in 3.1 seconds. The F12 Berlinetta also gets a reported 12 mpg city and 16 mpg highway.
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