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Imagine being able to buy a Bugatti Chiron in 40 years’ time for £3.2 million. Or a McLaren F1 for £960,000. These cars are or have been the most expensive models on the planet, but it’s hard to see their values tumbling - in real terms - to just 60% more than their original list price by 2058, unless we’re banned from driving petrol-powered cars altogether. 

But this has been the fate of the most expensive car back in 1975, which was the Rolls-Royce Camargue. Back then it cost around £30,000 – equivalent to £240,000 today (US$300,000). It's worth remembering that a fancy house in London's fashionable Notting Hill neighbourhood cost about the same amount at the time - and those houses today sell for north of £5 million (US$6 million) today.

Today you can find this ‘sort-of’ £5 million car on sale for little more than £50,000 and for roughly $80,000 in the US. Just 531 were produced during an 11-year run that ended in 1986 - and well over half went outside the UK. But there are bargains of sorts out there, and you get a lot of Rolls for your money.

Today we are offering you the chance to return one of the rarest and sought-after models to the road. This Camargue, unfortunately, suffered fire damage, primarily to the nearside (LH) front of the car. Flying Spares had originally purchased the car as a restoration project, but time constraints have meant we are not able to give this car the love and attention it deserves, and is now offered for sale as a challenging, but ultimately satisfying, project.

Imported from Belgium, where the incident took place, it is a left-hand drive example, and therefore ideally suited to a European future, but could also remain in the UK if preferred.

We are prepared to assist with the sourcing of components for the restoration and offer a generous discount. We would also be keen to follow the project, as it progresses, and feature it on our social media channels, resulting in global exposure.

Please contact us to discuss this exciting proposition. email sales@flyingspares.co.uk  or phone +44 1455 292949