For all of those new lottery winners out there (and those of us who dream of being in that position themselves), here's a shopping guide to the world's 10 most expensive production and exotic cars. Prices given are best estimates. On all but the Rolls and the Bentley you'll have to pay additional import and luxury taxes.
Bentley Mulsanne -More than $700,000
Bentley's current range-topper in Australia is the two-door Azure convertible, which costs about $750,000. You get a 6.8-litre V8 engine and all the luxury trimmings.
2009 Rolls-Royce Ghost -About $1.3 million What discussion of fantasy wheels would be complete without reference to a Rolls Royce? The lidless Phantom uses a V12 engine measuring 6.8 litres. It needs the power such a massive engine can generate because it weighs about 2.6 tonnes.
2009 Lamborghini Reventon Roadster -About $1.6 million If you thought a Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster at almost $870,000 was a dollar sign too far, then you aren't going to like the Reventon Roadster.
2008 Koenigsegg CCXR Edition -About $2.3 million Trust those crazy Swedes to come up with something that's fast and green.
Maybach 62 Landaulet -About $1.5 million Back in the 1920 and '30s, the Landaulet body style was popular with the rich set. You basically took a car and chopped off the rear section of the roof. That way, James the chauffer got a roof over his head while the duchess in the back could choose either roof up or roof down.
Aston Martin One-77 -About $2.4 million No Aston Martin is what you'd call cheap but the One-77 takes the idea of conspicuous consumption to the next level. It's widely regarded as the world's most expensive production car, a title it stole from the Bugatti Veyron (see below) by upping the ante in terms of driving technology.
Prombron Monaco Red Diamond Edition -About $1.8 million We're still not sure this is fair dinkum but a Russian company named Dartz has announced plans to launch a super-luxury, armoured SUV aimed at, er, colourful racing identities the world over.
SSC Ultimate Aero -About $720,000 It's difficult to imagine that a company that started out building kits to turn your Pontiac Fiero (a horrid little pseudo sports car) into a Ferrari replica could also come up with the Ultimate Aero. But that's what happened when US-based SSC (Shelby Supercars Company) got serious a couple of years ago.
2009 Pagani Zonda Cinque -Between $1.6 million and $1.7 million Pagani is a niche Italian sports-car manufacturer, so you'd think its Zonda production car would be exclusive enough.
Bentley Azure -More than $700,000 Bentley's current range-topper in Australia is the two-door Azure convertible, which costs about $750,000. You get a 6.8-litre V8 engine and all the luxury trimmings.
