The £42.75 million sale of a classic car reopened an old debate: should owners of these historic race cars put them on display, or drive?

The 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO (Chassis 3413GT ... At one point, it was even driven by the legendary Sir Stirling Moss, who piloted it to a second-place finish at the 1957 Mille Miglia. But this car wasn’t ...

“I have no comment.” Stirling moss The Italian marque’s 250 GTO, created in 1962 to compete at the Le Mans 24-Hour and other Grand-Touring car races, is the world’s most desirable and ...

Another legendary yet highly limited Ferrari released in the early 1960s with ambitions of dominating the racing world was the 1963 Ferrari 250 LM. Unlike the 250 ... Formula 1 champions Mike Hawthorn ...

1962 Ferrari 250 GTO Berlinetta This historic car remained with the same ... securing victory for Juan Manuel Fangio at his home race in Buenos Aires. It was also driven by Stirling Moss at the 1955 ...

Stirl Moss said the 300 SLR was “The greatest sports ... One of 39 made, this was the only 1962 250 GTO raced by the Ferrari works team and it has the bigger 4-litre V12 engine.

This 250 LM was the only Ferrari built in the Enzo ... as well as having been used by Stirling Moss at the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. The car had spent almost 60 years on display at the Indianapolis ...

Previously, the world’s most expensive cars have always been Ferraris of the 250 GTO, 330 LM, and 335 Scaglietti variety ... raced by Roy Salvadori, Stirling Moss, Jack Brabham, and Carroll Shelby.

The 1954 Mercedes W196 Streamliner driven by Formula One legends Juan Manuel Fangio and Stirling Moss was sold ... the previous record for a Ferrari 250 GTO set in 2018. Auctioneers Sotheby ...

The £114.4m hammer price is the current world record price for any car, more than doubling the previous record, which at the time was held by the Ferrari 250 ... Sir Stirling Moss took the ...

All have come since 2018, and all are either a 1950s Mercedes race car or a variant of Ferrari's storied 250 GTO ... stars ...