As vehicles from the last decade turn into rarer and nostalgia for previous occasions grows stronger, some ’80s vehicles are skyrocketing in worth. It is occurring in any respect ends of the market, from once-affordable classics just like the Toyota Supra and Volkswagen GTI to high-end supercars from the likes of Ferrari and Porsche. Among the most dear efficiency vehicles from the ’80s now appeal to seven-figure sums at public sale, because the wealthiest collectors compete for the possibility to personal probably the most pristine examples.
A couple of ’80s vehicles stand out from the remainder as being notably helpful, with a number of having crossed the hammer for unprecedented sums simply in 2025 alone. We went digging by way of information from main world public sale homes to unearth just a few of the most costly ’80s street vehicles ever offered at public public sale. Every of them was among the many most fascinating vehicles available on the market on the time of their launch, and immediately, solely the wealthiest fanatics might ever contemplate including one to their assortment.
1989 Lamborghini Countach twenty fifth Anniversary Version — $1.655 million
Regardless of being simply as well-known as its rivals from Ferrari and Porsche, the Lamborghini Countach of the ’80s hasn’t fairly reached the identical worth ranges because the likes of the F40 or 959. That is most likely as a result of it was already an previous automobile by the beginning of the last decade, and was celebrating its twenty fifth anniversary by 1989. Nevertheless, one notably well-known instance of the twenty fifth Anniversary Version Countach set a brand new public sale document in 2023, promoting for $1,655,000 at RM Sotheby’s.
It was the only intact Countach that was used within the filming of the 2013 movie, “The Wolf of Wall Avenue,” with the opposite Countach utilized in that manufacturing being intentionally crashed throughout filming. The auctioned automobile was reportedly used for close-up photographs within the movie, in addition to for a number of driving sequences. Eagle-eyed viewers of the movie will be capable of inform which instance of the Countach is in every shot, because the surviving instance featured a European-spec entrance bumper whereas the crashed automobile featured a bigger U.S.-market bumper.
1989 Ferrari F40 — $3.715 million
The Ferrari F40 wants no additional introduction to gearheads, being one of many well-known vehicles from some of the well-known producers on the planet. Values for the F40 have continued to stay sky excessive lately, with an instance that appeared at an RM Sotheby’s public sale in Switzerland in 2025 promoting for the equal of roughly $3,715,000.
That determine is without doubt one of the highest on document for an ’80s instance, though some 1990 examples of the automobile have offered for barely extra. The race-spec F40 LM is a fair rarer and even costlier variant, with one 1987 instance promoting for round $5 million. Nevertheless, it was by no means meant for street use, and so we’re not counting it right here.
The $3,715,000 instance that hit RM Sotheby’s earlier in 2025 had 11,882 km (round 7,383 miles) on the clock when it appeared at public sale. That is the equal of simply over 200 miles per yr. It is one among a reported 1,315 examples of the automobile that left Maranello, regardless of the Italian automaker initially solely intending to provide 400 examples of the F40.
1985 Ferrari 288 GTO — $4.405 million
Within the early ’80s, Ferrari had its sights set on getting into the World Rally Championship, and so it wanted an appropriate automobile. Enzo Ferrari introduced that he was engaged on a brand new mannequin designed particularly to fulfill rallying’s homologation necessities in 1983, and the next yr, his creation was unveiled. The GTO, or 288 GTO because it grew to become recognized, was initially meant to be restricted to 200 examples, however demand for the automobile was so excessive amongst collectors that 272 had been finally constructed.
The upper manufacturing figures nonetheless weren’t sufficient to fulfill the demand of Ferrari collectors, and numerous consumers who had gotten themselves a spot on the waitlist infamously offered their construct slot to others for a revenue. Demand from collectors nonetheless stays very excessive immediately, with an extended line of examples promoting at public sale for seven-figure sums lately. The priciest 288 GTO went below the hammer at an RM Sotheby’s public sale in 2022, promoting for $4,405,000.
It had simply 9,323 miles on the clock and got here with Ferrari Classiche Crimson Guide certification, which means that Ferrari had licensed that all the automobile’s parts had been authentic. Based on its itemizing, it had additionally been exhibited at a number of prestigious concours occasions, together with on the 1989 Ferrari Membership of America meet, the place it received a first-in-class award.
1988 Porsche 959 Sport — $4.9 million
Though the Porsche 959 was banned in America for a few years, it all the time remained a favourite amongst American collectors. Its most notable fan was Invoice Gates, who was instrumental in lobbying for “Present and Show” laws to permit his 959 to lastly be imported after years of getting it caught in a customs compound. Different American consumers weren’t as persistent as Gates, with one purchaser flying out to Stuttgart in Germany to gather his new 959, solely to promote it just a few weeks later after he realized he could not import it into America.
That purchaser would promote the automobile, a 959 Sport, by way of a Swiss Ferrari supplier. Over the next many years, it will change arms between numerous European homeowners earlier than being finally imported to America and ending up at an RM Sotheby’s public sale in 2023. It fetched $4,900,000, making it some of the costly examples of the 959 ever offered. A part of the rationale for that top value was the automobile’s rarity, with Porsche solely constructing 29 examples of the 959 in Sport trim. The remaining had been offered in Komfort trim, which was notably heavier but additionally featured an modern adaptive suspension. On the time of the sale, the automobile had a mere 3,757 miles on its odometer.
1989 RUF CTR Yellowbird — $6.055 million
German boutique carmaker RUF was solely formally licensed by the German authorities as an unbiased carmaker in 1981, having proven off its first sports activities automobile in 1977. By the top of the ’80s, it had risen from its humble roots to turn into the maker of the world’s quickest street automobile, the CTR. The “Yellowbird” moniker was not an official one, however was as an alternative given to the automobile by journalists at Street & Observe journal after they examined one quickly after its launch.
The Porsche 911-based CTR might attain a prime velocity of 211 mph because of RUF’s powertrain modifications, which included the addition of two beefy turbochargers. Regardless of its world-beating energy, it was by no means a gross sales hit, with a complete of 29 examples of the automobile constructed. Examples solely not often seem for public public sale, however at a Gooding & Co public sale in 2025, the Yellowbird set a brand new gross sales document of $6,055,000. Later within the yr, a second instance of the automobile appeared at a Broad Arrow Public sale, promoting for $4,680,000.
