Top five most expensive cars on sale in Australia

Should you be lucky enough to share in this week’s $120 million Powerball lottery, we’ve sorted out a list of Australia’s most expensive cars – naturally, the first thing you should be spending the whopping jackpot on.

With the car market as crazy as it is at the moment – prompted by semiconductor shortages bumping up the price of used cars – and private sellers able to ask eye-watering amounts, we’ve limited the selection only to new cars you can buy in Australia.

We’ve also disregarded models that you’re unlikely to qualify for – looking at you limited-edition Ferrari Monza SP2 and the discontinued Pagani Huayra.

Bring your cheque books for this extravagant quintet of 2022’s most expensive cars. All prices exclude on-road costs.

Unsurprisingly you’ll find a Rolls-Royce topping the list as the most expensive car on sale in Australia. The flagship variant of the flagship Phantom model is the Extended Wheelbase which is almost six-metres long and weighs in at a hefty 2610kg.

Of course, buyers can stump up extra cash for the large palette of optional colours – or can even develop their own hue in consultation with the factory.

Standard though is a 6.75-litre twin-turbo V12 engine, which sends 420kW/900Nm to the rear wheels. Though it’s a heavy beast, that engine will still propel the Phantom EWB from zero to 100km/h in 5.4 seconds.

In the Italian corner Ferrari offers the SF90 Stradale at the near-million-dollar mark. Specify a few options and that list price will easily eclipse the seven-figure barrier.

This high-priced hypercar is powered by a plug-in hybrid powertrain. A 3.9-litre turbocharged V8 is paired with three electric motors for a combined 735kW/800Nm.

This is all routed through an eight-speed dual-clutch transmission and all-wheel-drive system.

While there’s no official stipulation on who can purchase an SF90, buyers might run into trouble finding an allocation.

Arguably Rolls-Royce’s first attempt at a daily driver capable of running the kids to school, the high-riding Rolls-Royce Cullinan SUV is one of the British marque’s best-sellers.

The most expensive variant is the Black Badge, which equips the Cullinan with an exclusive dark-themed makeover. It retains the standard Cullinan’s 6.75-litre twin-turbo V12 engine, though tweaks the drivetrain and chassis for “enhanced dynamic performance”.

Rolls-Royce notes that each car is built to bespoke specification, so your price will almost certainly vary.

For those keen on a more traditional look, Rolls-Royce sells the sinister Black Badge kit on the conventional-looking Ghost sedan. Priced from $745,000, the Ghost Black Badge sees many of the same style-based additions and the car is powered by the same 6.75-litre twin-turbo V12 engine.

The look is primarily aimed to lure in younger buyers with more subversive tastes, but interestingly Rolls-Royce says the buyer split is roughly 50/50 male and female.

Buyers will have to wait some time before delivery day though – the current wait time extends between nine and 12 months.

Back to supercars, the lightened and more hardcore version of McLaren’s 720S is the brand’s current most expensive model available to order in Australia.

In 765LT Spider guise, the car nearly tops the $700k mark and can be optioned up with myriad extras should that base price not satisfy.

In fact, the most expensive option is to have the car’s exterior finished in satin-tinted carbon-fibre which costs $538,360.

Like its hard-topped range-mate, the 765LT Spider uses a 4.0-litre twin-turbo V8 to the tune of 563kW/800Nm and can run from zero to 100km/h in 2.8 seconds.