World's Most Expensive Cars

Price in U.S. dollars: $1.4 million

Even with a sticker price (as if Aston would put a sticker in the window of this car) of more than a million U.S. dollars, all 77 examples of the Aston Martin One-77 supercar have been snapped up already. The distinctive shape has won design awards already in the model's short life.

• Front-mounted 7.3-liter V12
• 700 bhp, 553 lb-ft of torque
• carbon fiber body with aluminum panels

Price in U.S. dollars: $2 million

The Bugatti Veyron 16.4 coupe is expensive enough at $1.5 million, but if you're going to put down that kind of cash, why not go all the way to two mil? That's what it costs to get a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport, with an open top through which you can see a sliver of sky. The tinted glass roof can be removed and stored inside the car, and a fabric canopy can be popped up in a pinch in case of rain.

• Chassis #1 sold for $2.9 million at the 2008 Gooding Pebble Beach auction
• The fabric panel is only good for 80 mph - in a car that does 217
• 1001 hp from an 8-liter engine

The Koenigsegg CCXR is notable for being the first FlexFuel supercar. That's right -- this monster runs on gasoline or biofuel. But while lower greenhouse gas emissions are a nice perk, the CCXR uses bioethanol to go even faster. Can fuel make that much of a difference, you ask? Oh, yes -- a 200 hp and then some difference.

• 4.7-liter twin turbo engine
• 806 bhp on gasoline; 1008 bhp on E85
• Still only gets about 11 mpg on E85

Price in U.S. dollars: $1.4 million

Only 20 examples of the Lamborghini Reventon were ever built for sale, though there was one extra built at Sant'Agata for the Lamborghini museum. The Reventon was offered only to loyal Lamborghini customers, and even at more than a million dollars, it sold out before the production run was complete.

• Exclusive fighter-jet inspired Grey Berra exterior
• The G-force meter is displayed on a 3D TFT panel, like in a jet
• The transmission shifts faster than any human driver

The Maybach Landaulet is the same under the skin as its fellow Maybach sedan, the 62S. But the Landaulet takes a tip from the early days of the auto age by offering a body style not seen since, oh, World War I. The top over the driver (or, more likely, chauffeur) is fixed, while the rear seat occupants can open the roof over their heads.

• Sport-tuned V12 engine has 612 hp
• Each car built to order
• Options list nearly endless: embroidered coat of arms, 24k gold trim, etc.

Price in U.S. dollars: $1.4 million

Cinque is Italian for five, so you could have guessed that only five Pagani Zonda Cinques will ever be built, making it one of the most exclusive supercars as well as one of the most expensive. And, of course, all five are already spoken for. Amazingly, the carbo-titanium-bodied car is street legal, even with a 0-62 mph time of 3.4 seconds.

• AMG-tuned engine from Mercedes-Benz
• 0-62 mph in 3.4 seconds; 62-0 mph in 2.1 seconds
• Leather and carbon racing seats