Hey great but it's a crazy amount of money in my book. Caveat emptor too as this wasn't the only car and one wonders if it actually was the one that did the jump scenes in the final cut of the movie. Knock-offs will not only soar for awhile in price but this will also re-start the craze to make duplicates of the car.
Think of all the iconic cars that in some cases sold for less than that $2M large, some for more. GT-40's, all Marks, many with actual racing wins in the late 60's. Lola racers of all forms of motorsports. McLaren Can-Am cars. Porsche 917's. Ferrari's of all forms (F1, Lemans, etc.). Dan Gurney's All-American racers. The GT-40 that was modified and used as a camera car in Steve McQueen's Lemans movie did sell for more than $2 million. Lotus Indy cars, NASCAR race winners and more.
Much as I loved the movie and the San Francisco scenery, the buyer instead could have bought a stable of other cars with real racing heritage.