Inverting in best cars in the world
- Ferrari.
- Lamborghini.
- Maserati.
- Aston Martin.
- Porsche.
- Rolls Royce.
- Bentley.
- Jaguar.
Centaury Automobile Club
Centaury Automobile Club offers members an unforgettable experience with its two unique clubhouses. We aim to provide our members and their guests with a first-class service, offering accommodation, dining, sports and leisure facilities.
Our Centaury clubhouse is a welcoming sanctuary from the bustle of the capital city. With a choice of restaurants and bars, a range of accommodation options, private dining rooms and sporting facilities which include one of the finest swimming pools in Abu Dhabi, there is something for everyone.
The Park clubhouse and estate, set in 350 acres of beautiful, features two 18-hole golf courses, restaurants, bars and accommodation as well as leisure facilities including a pool, squash courts, a gym, tennis courts and treatment rooms.
Motoring remains at the heart of the Centaury Automobile Club today, with a busy programme of activities such as factory tours, visits to concours events and dinners with some of the highest profile leaders from the automotive and motorsport industries as speakers. Park hosts a range of events including the very popular Midsummer Drive-In and Grand Prix screenings in the Motor House.
One of the highlights of Club membership is the wide range of sporting and social activities. Around 200 events are held each year, ranging from talks, visits and exclusive performances to annual favourites such as fireworks night and the Derby Festival.
For members looking to take up a new challenge or brush up on an existing one, Club activities range from sub aqua to squash, cycling to chess, or the book club to billiards. Tuition is available and beginners are just as welcome as those keen to take their activities further through the Club’s regular competitions and tournaments.
Investing in old cars
One could argue that the American Viper and Eldorado are at the affordable end of the collectible spectrum; not the high-end stuff that tends to come from Europe. But the same uncertainty applies to the high-end market. In 1974, Ferrari sold the Dino 246 GT for $14,500 and the 308 GT4 Dino at a significantly higher $22,000. Currently, Hagerty lists the average price of a 1974 Ferrari 308 GT4 at $48,000 and a same-year Ferrari Dino 246 GTS at a whopping $340,000.78
So, what are the ultimate collectible cars? It’s hard to say definitively. Tastes change over time, private sales are difficult to track, and the high end of the collectors market focuses on exceedingly rare cars with differing histories. The list of sales that are confirmed to exceed $30 million in inflation-adjusted dollars is extremely short though.
Certainly, the Ferrari seems to lead the pack. The British auction house Bonhams sold a 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO for $38.1 million in 2014, which at the time was the highest confirmed and published price ever paid for a car. The race car had been driven by legendary driver Stirling Moss at the height of his career. That record got broken in 2018 when another 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO was sold by Sotheby’s for $48.4 million. (Another 250 GTO reportedly exceeded $70 million in a private sale.)9
In 2010, the Mullin Automotive Museum purchased one of the four achingly beautiful Bugatti 57SC Atlantic ever built for what an insider described as between $30 million and $40 million. In 2013, a 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 Silver Arrow — the only car of its kind not in a museum — sold at an auction in the U.K. for $29.7 million.10
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