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Despite being considered by many as possibly the greatest supercar of all the time, the F40, Ferrari鈥檚 last car signed off by company founder Enzo Ferrari, fails to attract the multimillion-dollar bids at auction typical of other rare聽Ferraris. That may soon change, however, as values of F40s have skyrocketed in recent times.

A 1992 F40 has just sold at auction house Coys鈥� recent event held at the N眉rburgring for an impressive 鈧�1.12 million (approximately $1.23 million). According to Coys, this is the highest price paid for an F40 at auction, though there are rumors previous examples of the F40 have been exchanged for close to $1.6 million. Incredibly, it wasn鈥檛 that long ago that you could find an F40 on eBay Motors with a聽鈥淏uy It Now鈥� price of less than $600k.

The latest F40 to cross the block was one of the last privately owned, single owner examples in the world. It鈥檚 been in the hands of an Italian聽family聽since it rolled off the line back in 1992, and now it鈥檚 been bought by an unnamed buyer from Germany.

First introduced in 1987 to honor Ferrari鈥檚 40th anniversary, the mid-engined F40 is considered one of the company鈥檚 鈥楽pecial Series鈥� models and sits in the series between the 288 GTO and F50. The聽car聽was built for only a few years and during its heyday was the fastest, most powerful, and most expensive road car from Ferrari. A total 1,315 examples were built and most are believed to be still in existence.

Other notable results at the Coys鈥� auction included a 1937 BMW 328 Roadster, which was sold for 鈧�562,000 ($616,250), a 2000 Ford GT that went for 鈧�227,000 ($248,915), and another record price of 鈧�145,000 for a 1971 Lamborghini Espada ($158,990).