The most expensive car in the world is the rolls-royce la rose noire droptail. Touted as the costliest car ever made at a staggering rs. Rolls-royce la rose noire droptail serves as the british luxury car maker’s tribute to automobile craftsmanship. The $38. Ferrari 250 gto. A gto did set what was the record for world’s most expensive car ever sold in 2018, when a 1963 model (chassis 4153gt) sold in a private transaction for $70 million to weathertech founder david macneil.