With the launch of the new Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie, the world has gone mad for the plastic fantastic doll, wanting to know everything, from her origin story to the brands desperate to work with her.
While she's famous for her fashion sense, the iconic doll also has an eye for a nice set of wheels and since her debut in 1959, she's owned more than 15 vehicles, from beach buggies and VW Beetles to Porsches and Rolls-Royces. To mark the release of the new film, classic car valuation specialists Hagerty have run down her a list of her previous motors and worked out how much the entire collection would be worth in the real world.
Assuming the icon has kept all her cars in “excellent” condition, the line-up, some of which we explore below, would be worth in the region of £12.5 million, thanks in no small part to one particularly rare vehicle.
9. 2005 Ford Mustang
It’s clear Barbie just can’t resist a muscle car and over the last 60+ years, she’s owned a fair few versions of the iconic Ford Mustang. In 2003 she even got her plastic hands on a prototype of the upcoming new GT model. Anyone looking to add a similar example of this blue-collar hero will need about £20,000 in the bank. (Photos: Mattel/AdobeStock) | Mattel/AdobeStock
10. 2004 Ferrari F1 car
Yes, Barbie has even owned a Formula 1 car. Sort of. In 2004 a one-off Ferrari F1 model, based on ⅙ scale remote control model, was put up for sale at the International Barbie Doll Collections Convention for reason that escape us. It’s hard to put a value on such a rare piece of machinery but in November 2022 RM Sotheby’s sold an ex-Michael Scumacher 2003 F1 chassis for just over £13m, with Hagerty’s experts reckoning that makes a 2004 version worth about £11.7m. (Photo: RM Sotheby's) | RM Sotheby's