Interesting, that's higher than the Bullitt Mustang, which we didn't think it would top.

I think the Ford v Ferrari movie's timing & success likely helped a lot. I personally would prefer this GT350R over McQueen's Bullitt movie car, I guess I'm not alone.

 

Ken Miles, the true racer that he is, and probably an unsung hero for Ford, made his Mustang truly unique and up to an extreme level! Imagine a piece of history, Ford beating a Ferrari

The best premium pieces in life are really those that exhibit a unique and defining story of man and machine

 

Bullitt was just a normal Mustang though, albeit with the McQueen name attached to it. The GT350R is a real machine with a real racer who died doing what he loved.

 

This

 

I don't disagree.

Even so, I had speculated that the McQueen attachment and a very famous movie chase scene might carry more clout with regards to collectible status. To my pleasant surprise, such was not the case. Having said that, Ford v Ferrari made Ken Miles much more famous than he was before. I highly doubt that many non-Ford/Shelby fans even really knew who Ken Miles was before the movie. If the movie had never been made, I suspect the Bullitt car would have retained its title as the most expensive Mustang ever sold.

 

Competition provenance, especially with a well-known driver, tends to bring more money from a totally different level of buyer.

(Ken Miles isn't terribly well-known outside of racing circles but in them he's quite respected. Kind of like Bruce McLaren - everybody wants a car with his name on it but they have no clue who it's named after)