RM Sotheby's Zurich Auction Results: Top 10 Collector Cars from 2026
The RM Sotheby’s Zurich auction on September 26, 2026 grossed CHF16,302,075, with 17 of the 23 offered collector cars finding buyers for a sell-through rate of approximately 74%. The top 10 sales generated CHF15,226,250 – about 93.4% of the auction total – highlighting demand for blue-chip classic cars, limited-production supercars and investment-grade automobiles from Bugatti, Ferrari, Lamborghini, Aston Martin, Porsche and Mercedes-AMG.
Five collector cars sold above their high estimates, four finished within estimate, and one fell below its low estimate.
Zurich Auction Results
- 2014 Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport Vitesse “Jean-Pierre Wimille” – CHF4,505,000
- 1991 Ferrari F40 – CHF3,323,750
- 2023 Ferrari 812 Competizione A – CHF1,850,000
- 1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S by Bertone – CHF1,805,000
- 1965 Aston Martin DB5 Vantage – CHF1,040,000
- 2005 Ferrari Superamerica – CHF961,250
- 1970 Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona Berlinetta by Scaglietti – CHF680,000
- 2018 Ferrari 488 Spider 70th Anniversary “Tailor Made” – CHF443,750
- 1991 Porsche 911 Turbo – CHF353,750
- 2022 Mercedes-AMG GT Black Series – CHF263,750
Bugatti created six “Les Légendes de Bugatti” editions based on the open-top Veyron Grand Sport Vitesse, producing just three examples of each. The Jean-Pierre Wimille edition was the first and honored the French driver who helped secure Bugatti’s first 24 Hours of Le Mans victory in 1937. Its mechanical foundation was suitably extreme: an 8.0L, quad-turbocharged W16 producing 1,200 horsepower, enough for a claimed 0 – 100 km/h time of 2.6 seconds and a 410 km/h maximum speed.
Chassis VF9SV25244M795063 was delivered to its first owner in Dubai on May 21, 2014. Its Bleu Wimille paint and exposed dark-blue carbon fiber reference the Type 57G Tank that Wimille shared with Robert Benoist at Le Mans, while the circuit outline, Wimille’s signature and French tricolor details continue the tribute inside and out. The service book records Bugatti Dubai visits in 2016 and 2017, after which the car passed through German and Swiss ownership; it showed only 3,766 kilometers when catalogued.
The final CHF4,505,000 price exceeded the CHF2,800,000 upper estimate by CHF1,705,000, or 60.9%, making this the strongest estimate-beating performance among the top 10 in percentage and absolute terms. The result also established a public-auction record for a Veyron, demonstrating the premium bidders placed on the model’s three-car production, heritage-themed specification and limited mileage.
Developed from the 288 GTO Evoluzione program, the F40 combined a twin-turbocharged 2.9L V8 with a lightweight structure clothed in Kevlar and carbon-fiber bodywork. It was also the final Ferrari road car developed under Enzo Ferrari’s direction, helping make the 471-horsepower supercar one of the defining collector cars of its era.
Chassis ZFFGJ34B000089781 is a desirable Swiss-market “cat, non-adjust” example, combining catalytic converters with conventional rather than adjustable suspension. Ferrari Suisse Nyon imported the car, and Walter Hasler AG delivered it to its first owner in Emmetten on July 23, 1991. Still in its original Rosso Corsa over Stoffa Vigogna specification, it retains its matching-numbers engine and gearbox and received Ferrari Classiche certification in October 2018. Its history also includes participation in Ferrari’s 50th-anniversary celebrations in 1997 and 70th-anniversary gathering at Fiorano in 2017, followed by time in a prominent Swiss supercar collection and maintenance by Niki Hasler AG.
Its CHF3,323,750 final price landed inside the CHF3,200,000 – CHF3,500,000 estimate, sitting CHF123,750 above the low end and CHF176,250 below the high end. Rather than a breakout result, it represented a solid in-range performance for a Classiche-certified, matching-numbers F40 with 38,725 kilometers.
The 812 Competizione A applied Ferrari’s track-focused Competizione formula to an open-top front-engined V12. Its naturally aspirated 6.5L engine produced 819 horsepower at up to 9,500 rpm, while stated production was limited to 599 cars allocated to favored clients.
This example, chassis ZFF04TMB000293819, was completed on May 9, 2023 and delivered five months later by SF Grand Est Mulhouse to its first and only owner. Its extensive specification added more than €213,000 to the purchase price and paired Extra Range Blu Elettrico with yellow accents, a removable carbon-fiber hardtop and a Cuoio leather cabin. Registered in Switzerland in April 2025, the Ferrari received paint-protection film and regular attention from Garage Zénith SA, including its latest inspection in August 2026. It had traveled only 1,576 kilometers and was accompanied by its Ferrari special-series “Yellow Book.”
The CHF1,850,000 result sat comfortably within the CHF1,600,000 – CHF2,000,000 estimate. It finished CHF250,000, or 15.6%, above the low estimate while remaining CHF150,000 under the upper range.
The Miura established the transverse mid-engined V12 architecture that helped define the modern supercar. Introduced in late 1968, the P400 S raised output from the original Miura’s 345 horsepower to 365 through revised combustion chambers, higher-lift camshafts, Weber carburetors and a reworked exhaust. Lamborghini produced 338 P400 S examples through March 1971.
Chassis 4103 was dispatched on May 29, 1969 and delivered through Voitures Paris Monceau to Paul Ferrandi, who registered it in Paris that June. The car later passed to Maurice Dembiermont & Cie and returned to the supplying dealer before being acquired by Formula 1 driver René Arnoux during his Renault years. Arnoux reportedly sent the Miura to Lamborghini for a year-long restoration. Now in Switzerland, it retains its matching-numbers 3.9L V12, most of its original body panels and its factory-correct Rosso Corsa over Nero presentation.
The CHF1,805,000 sale price fell within the CHF1,500,000 – CHF2,000,000 estimate range. That put it CHF305,000 above the low estimate but CHF195,000 short of the high estimate, a credible result reflecting both its preserved character and its unusually compelling Arnoux provenance.
The DB5 combined Touring-derived Superleggera styling with Aston Martin’s 4.0L inline-six, but the Vantage specification added triple Weber carburetors and revised camshafts for greater output. Only 60 DB5 saloons were built with the Vantage engine, and just 21 were configured in left-hand drive, placing this car among the rarest closed DB5 variants.
Chassis DB5/2228/L left the factory in Silver Birch over Dark Blue leather and was sold new to Captain Panos A. Tsagaris in Hamburg. By the early 1980s it belonged to Swiss enthusiast Adrian Heineger; a later Swiss owner commissioned a lengthy restoration by Roos Engineering between 1999 and 2006. The consignor acquired it in 2017 and sent it to Aston Martin Works for a three-year, factory-supervised restoration costing more than £400,000. Completed in 2021, the work returned the car to its original appearance and rebuilt its restamped replacement engine to Vantage specification; the sale also included an unused factory-built continuation Vantage engine.
The final CHF1,040,000 price surpassed the CHF950,000 upper estimate by CHF90,000, or 9.5%. Its rarity, documented European and Swiss ownership, and costly Aston Martin Works restoration appear to have outweighed the fact that its installed engine was not the unit originally fitted by the factory.
Ferrari based the Superamerica on the 575M Maranello and distinguished it with an electrochromic glass roof that rotated rearward. The 5.75L V12 produced 533 horsepower, and Ferrari built 559 examples; only 43 were equipped with the traditional six-speed open-gate manual transmission.
Chassis ZFFGT61B000144001 is one of those 43 manual cars and also carries the HGTC handling package, which added carbon-ceramic brakes, revised suspension, a quicker steering rack and a titanium exhaust. Finished in Argento Nurburgring over Nero, it was delivered through Kuwait Automobile & Trading Co. to the Kuwaiti royal family in October 2005. A second Kuwaiti owner had Ferrari of Kuwait replace the Revocromico roof and electric motors in 2017. Registered in Switzerland from September 2022, the car gained Ferrari Classiche certification in 2024 and showed only 7,437 kilometers at cataloguing.
The CHF961,250 final price landed in the upper half of its CHF850,000 – CHF1,000,000 estimate. It exceeded the low estimate by CHF111,250, or 13.1%, while missing the high estimate by just CHF38,750 – a strong but still in-range result for a manual, HGTC-equipped, royal-provenance example.
Introduced in 1968, the 365 GTB/4 Daytona paired Pininfarina styling and Scaglietti construction with a front-mounted 4.4L Colombo V12 and five-speed manual transaxle. Early examples used a fixed-headlamp nose covered by a Perspex panel, a configuration believed to account for roughly 400 to 500 cars.
Chassis 13423 was completed on May 14, 1970 in Blu Dino over Nero leather. Luigi Chinetti Motors sold it to Mr. Scapula, an American living in Geneva, and the car was registered in Switzerland before spending roughly a year in the United States, where it was seen at the 1970 United States Grand Prix. It later returned to Switzerland, passed to England, and was repainted yellow with a dark-green interior. An Italian owner based in England retained it from 1993 until at least the late 2000s and showed it at concours events. The Daytona retains its matching-numbers V12 and received Ferrari Classiche certification in July 2022.
At CHF680,000, the car finished near the top of its CHF600,000 – CHF700,000 estimate. The result stood CHF80,000, or 13.3%, above the low estimate and only CHF20,000 below the upper end of the estimate.
To celebrate Ferrari’s 70th anniversary, the company created 70 heritage liveries for application across five contemporary models, making each model-and-livery pairing unique. This 488 Spider is the only example finished in livery number 30, “The Masterpiece,” which recalls 1961 Ferrari 250 GT SWB chassis 2335 GT, formerly owned by Eric Clapton.
Completed in March 2018, chassis ZFF80AMB000233741 was delivered by Garage Zénith of Sion to a Swiss collector who kept it for more than seven years. Its Grigio Scuro Metallizzato paint, Red Mic stripes and Heritage Bordeaux leather closely follow the historical inspiration. Six service visits between March 2019 and January 2025 support its 3,879-kilometer odometer reading. Ferrari Classiche issued a “Grey Book,” while a separate factory attestation confirms its special equipment.
The car’s CHF443,750 result demolished its CHF280,000 – CHF310,000 estimate. It sold CHF133,750, or 43.1%, above the high estimate, making it the top 10’s second-largest percentage over-performance behind the Bugatti. The bidding suggests that factory-sanctioned one-of-one specification carried significantly more weight than the market’s valuation of an ordinary 488 Spider.
The 964-generation 911 Turbo arrived with a 3.3L turbocharged flat-six producing 320 horsepower and a five-speed manual transaxle. Its combination of traditional rear-engine character, improved 964 chassis technology and unmistakable wide-body styling has made the model an increasingly collectible bridge between Porsche’s classic and modern eras.
This Polar Silver Metallic over Black leather example was configured for the Swiss market with an electric sunroof, limited-slip differential and Porsche CD-10 stereo. It was delivered by AMAG Centre Porsche in Geneva on June 11, 1991 to Swiss racing driver Heinz Schiller, who competed in Formula 1, finished on the Le Mans class podium and later operated a Porsche dealership in Geneva. The car subsequently remained in the Lake Geneva area, with service stamps extending from 1991 through December 2025. Its matching-numbers engine and 28,421-kilometer reading added further appeal.
The Porsche’s CHF353,750 final price edged past its CHF350,000 high estimate by CHF3,750, or 1.1%. Although technically above estimate, the narrow margin indicates a result essentially in line with presale expectations, supported by Schiller provenance, attractive specification and documented low use.
The AMG GT Black Series was the sixth model to receive Mercedes-AMG’s most track-focused designation. Its extensively revised 4.0L twin-turbocharged V8 adopted a flat-plane crankshaft and produced 730 horsepower, while carbon-fiber bodywork, advanced aerodynamics and revised suspension targeted circuit performance.
Finished in AMG Magma Beam over black Dinamica and Nappa leather, this example had one Swiss owner from new. Purchased in August 2022, it received paint-protection film in February 2025 and was maintained by Mercedes-Benz Walter Hasler AG. It showed only 2,320 kilometers when catalogued and was offered with its owner’s guides.
Its CHF263,750 final price was the only top-10 result below estimate. Against a CHF300,000 – CHF350,000 range, it missed the low estimate by CHF36,250, or 12.1%, suggesting that low mileage and single ownership were not enough to overcome softer bidder demand for this particular modern Black Series.
Collector Car Market Takeaways
The RM Sotheby’s Zurich results reveal a collector car market willing to stretch decisively for rarity paired with exceptional provenance. The three-car Bugatti Veyron and one-of-one-livery Ferrari 488 Spider produced the largest premiums over estimate, while the restored left-hand-drive Aston Martin DB5 Vantage also cleared its upper boundary. By contrast, most of the blue-chip Ferraris and the Lamborghini Miura sold within their expected ranges, suggesting disciplined bidding even for highly desirable classic cars.
Provenance mattered most when it reinforced rarity rather than standing alone. René Arnoux’s former Lamborghini Miura, Heinz Schiller’s Porsche 911 Turbo and the Kuwaiti royal family’s Ferrari Superamerica all sold well, but within or only marginally above estimate. The Mercedes-AMG’s below-estimate result also showed that near-new condition and very low mileage do not automatically create competition when supply and collector sentiment are less favorable. Overall, the Zurich Auction Results underscore continued interest in limited-production supercars, documented ownership history, Ferrari Classiche certification and well-restored European classics.