World’s Most Expensive Rolls-Royce Up For Auction

A bespoke, one-of-a-kind Rolls-Royce built in 1934 for an Indian Maharaja is set to become the world’s most expensive car.

Part of famed Rolls-Royce collector Hans-Gunther Zach’s private collection, the luxury car built for the Maharaja of Rajkot and named the ‘Star of India’ is expected to fetch up to £8.5 million at auction

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One-of-a-kind: The 1934 Phantom II 40/50 HP Continental ‘All-Weather Convertible’ Rolls-Royce is expected to fetch £8.5 million at auction

Previously the crown jewel of Zach’s Rolls-Royce museum in Muhlheim in Germany, the Star will be offered up for bids on September 15th.

When sold the 1934 Phantom II 40/50 HP Continental ‘All-Weather Convertible’ is expected to eclipse the sale of a 1957 Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa that sold at auction in May for £7.2 million.

One of the Star’s unique features is extra headlights that track the steering wheel and therefore follow the road.

This technology was a forerunner of today’s ‘adaptive-curve lights’ found on modern saloon cars such as BMWs and Mercedes.

Zach is accepting bids on 24 other rare Rolls-Royces and three Bentleys including a 1926 Rolls-Royce 40/50 HP Phantom I Open Tourer, known as the ‘Aluminium Sculpture’ because of its natural aluminium body and chassis.

Also in the auction is a Phantom II Cabriolet ‘Hunting Car’ built for the India’s Maharajah of Rewa.

Designed to hunt India’s tigers, the ‘Hunting Car’ has a specially designed gun rack built into the chassis.

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