World's Most Expensive

Good Thinking

The world's most and least expensive cities plus the most expensive extreme hardship postings

Comparing the Economist Intelligence Unit's expat coat-of-living rankings with Mercer's guide shows how much cost-of-living varies depending on what you take into account.

The decade long development campaign could not possibly be amortized effectively across just 500 cars - the LFA Nurburgring is a bargain, even at this price

Automotive

The US$465,000 Lexus LFA Nurburgring – the most expensive Japanese car ever

Only 50 Lexus LFA Nürburgrings will be produced with refinements designed to enable the coupe to lap the Nürburgring Nordschleife circuit under 7:20. At US$465,000, it's the most expensive Japanese road car ever.

Marine

The Triple-E Maersk container ship will be the world's largest ship and the most efficient

Korea's Daewoo is to build the world's largest ship for Mærsk line. The US$190 million, 400 metre 'Triple-E' class behemoths will carry 18,000 TEU containers, 2500 more than the current largest, Emma Mærsk.

The AcuTouch 9500 massage chair provides welcome relief for those at CES 2011

Around The Home

AcuTouch 9500 could be world’s most expensive iDevice peripheral

The AcuTouch 9500 massage chair from Human Touch works in conjunction with the HT-Connect app for iOS devices to deliver a completely personalized massage via instructions sent over Bluetooth.

Motorcycles

Which is the superior Brough Superior? New authentic replicas undercut pricing of the world's most expensive motorcycle

Brough Superior has emerged as the most valuable motorcycle at auction. In October, a Brough (below rt) set a world record and last week another Brough (top lt) was passed in just short of the record. You can now also buy a brand new one (below lt).

Brough and Howarth's Definite Wax Marble

Automotive

'World's Rarest and Most Expensive' car wax

A London luxury car care company has released a car wax that costs GBP24,000 (US$37,070) a container.

Automotive

Bugatti's 268mph Veyron Super Sport - the world's fastest production car

Bugatti’s new 1200 bhp Veyron Super Sport is now officially the world's fastest production car, with an official two-way run of 431 km/h, eclipsing the former record of 412.28 km/h (256.18 mph) set by SSC’s 1200 bhp Ultimate Aero TT.

Stick an iPad on your fridge with the FridgePad

Around The Home

FridgePad turns an iPad into the world’s most expensive fridge magnet

The FridgePad is little more than a magnetic mounting bracket that turns your iPad into the world’s largest and most expensive fridge magnet.

The remarkable progress of the record in the last 16 months.

Remarkable People

BrewDog's 55% ABV beer: the strongest and most expensive beer in history

BrewDog has reclaimed the world record for the strongest beer with a 55% ABV beer named “The End of History.” Each bottle will come inside a stuffed animal with a price of GBP700.

Automotive

The world's most expensive speeding ticket

Yes folks, public roads are not the place to exercise your testosterone and adrenalin, and authorities are quickly putting penalties in place to ensure that you'll feel the pain, no matter who you are ... but let's make sure the right guy gets hung

Not for hacks ... the Garia Soleil de Minuit golf car has many luxury marque features

Sports

Out of the Porsche factory comes the world's most expensive golf car

The Garia Soleil de Minuit is labeled the world's most expensive golf car (not cart) - at US$52,000 for the top-of-the-range model, it's no wonder.

Peter Coeln, the CEO of WestLicht Photographica Auction Vienna, with the Giroux Daguerreotype up for auction

Photography

World's oldest and most expensive camera to go under the hammer

A Giroux Daguerreotype – the world’s first commercially-produced camera – is expected to set a world record price when it goes up for auction this May at WestLicht Auctions in Vienna.