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.


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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

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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