At $13.75 million, this is **w the most expensive American car ever sold
 

At $13.75 million, this is **w the most expensive American car ever sold
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There's a new reigning monarch for the most expensive American car ever sold at auction. And it's a modified British sports car with a Ford V8 under the hood. Go figure.

The roundish blue shape you see above is the 1962 Shelby 260 Cobra "CSX 2000" — a.k.a the first Cobra from lionized car designer Carroll Shelby. It just fetched $13.75 million ($12.5-million bid plus fees) this weekend. That makes it the most expensive American car ever sold at auction.

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Though Shelby didn't k**w it at the time, this little mod-job would go on to change American sports cars forever. **w it's altered the trajectory of American-car values forever, too. Talk about influence. Read more...

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