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    Sep 23, 2009 1:00 PM 85,866
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    Ten Most Exotic Cars Destroyed By Cash For Clunkers

    Though the most popular vehicle destroyed under Cash For Clunkers was the Ford Explorer, there were also AMGs, Rolls-Royces and even a LaForza crushed. The ten most exotic cars that fools parted with below. Click through if you dare.

    We'd point out these vehicles have to have been insured and driven for a year, so it's not as if these were merely broken shells of these exotic makes. Someone had to destroy a roller for, at most, $4,500 off a new car. Click next to see what cars were destroyed, how much they originally sold for, and how rare they were.

    [NHTSA via Detroit Free Press

    Vehicle: BMW 850i
    Year: 1992
    Original MSRP: approximately $100,000
    Rareness: Only 30,000 built

    Vehicle:Aston Martin DB7 Volante
    Year: 1997
    Original MSRP $137,000
    Rareness: Only 7,000 built; therefore, there are only 6,999 left at most

    Vehicle: Roush Stage 3 F-150
    Year: 2006
    Original MSRP: Approximately $46,000 after upgrade
    Rareness: Unknown

    Vehicle: GMC Typhoon
    Year: 1992
    Original MSRP: $29,320
    Rareness: Only 4,697 produced

    Photo Credit: Obnoxious Motorsports

    Vehicle: LaForza SUV
    Year: 1990
    Original MSRP: $60,000
    Rareness: Unknown, but assumed rare since the Ford-powered $60,000 Italian SUV wasn't amazingly popular.

    Vehicle: Mercedes C43 AMG
    Year: 1999
    Original MSRP: $53,000
    Rareness: Only 4,200 units built

    Vehicle: Bentley Continental R
    Year: 1997
    Original MSRP: $307,000
    Rareness: Only 1,290 built

    Vehicle: Excalibur Autos Phaeton
    Year: 1987
    Original MSRP: Unknown
    Rareness: Unknown, but fairly rare

    Vehicle: Buick GNX
    Year: 1987
    Original MSRP: $29,900
    Rareness: Only 547 produced

    Vehicle: Maserati Quattrporte
    Year: 1985
    Original MSRP: $80,000
    Rareness: If it's a 1985 U.S. model then it is likely the Royale, of which only 55 were built to order for Americans


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