The 10 Most Expensive Muscle Cars Sold At An Auction

The 10 most expensive Muscle Cars is a pretty exclusive club as entry starts at about $1 million. Let’s see how high the prices go on these rare classics.

This list is all about muscle cars. While there’s not really a clear criteria for a car to be considered a Muscle Car, we’re going to go ahead and set our own rules. (Why? Because we can).

First, originally built by an American manufacturer (basically GM, Ford, Chrysler, and AMC) between 1964 (first GTO) until 1972 (final year before choking emissions controls). Modifications by a third party are allowed (i.e. Shelby, Yenko, etc.).

Second, the body is steel and there are only two doors (not counting a hatchback as a door). There is room for four adults, or the car was designed to carry four adults and the particular model deleted the rear seat (like the AMX). Four door cars with high performance engines and modifications deserve their own category, it’s just that no one has come up with one yet.

Third, a Muscle Car is powered by an OHV V8 engine with a higher output than the same engine in its base model configuration.

Fourth, the car is intended for street use and carries full road equipment. Special version made for racers that deleted road equipment are race cars, not Muscle Cars.

10. 1969 DODGE HEMI DAYTONA – $900,000

Sold just this past spring at the Mecum auction in Kissimmee, FL is a 1969 Dodge Hemi 4-speed Daytona, which has been driven only 6,435 miles. It is the lowest-mileage example known to exist with its original 426/425 hp Hemi engine still intact. Of the 503 Daytonas built, only 70 were Hemi-powered, and only 20 combined that with a 4-speed manual transmission, making this example a very special Mopar indeed.

9. 1965 SHELBY GT350 R – $984,500