Rare factory specifications

Rare factory configurations: engines, packages and option combinations, with what exactly is rare.

In numbers

Cars
2070
Makes (195)
Chevrolet (105), Ford (94), Mercedes-Benz (85), Toyota (77)
+ 191 more makes · show all 195
Years covered
1912–2026
Rarest
Spyker C8 Spyder T · 1 built
Most built
Mercedes-Benz 500 E / E 500 “Limited” (W124) · 10,479 built
Coachbuilders (11)
Pinin Farina (3), Bertone (2), LeBaron (2), Pourtout (2)
+ 7 more coachbuilders · show all 11
Individual cars documented
10 – listed on each car’s page

Production counts link to their sources on each car’s page.

“Built” shows the figure with the strongest evidence for what each entry counts – the whole model, or only the rare specification. Rarity labels are editorial; the exact numbers and their sources are on each page.