A vintage vehicle set a record when it sold over the weekend for $7.92 million US at an auction in Florida, auction house Gooding & Co. said.

A 1937 Bugatti Type 57SC Atalante Coupe set the record for the highest amount ever paid for a car at a North American auction, Gooding & Co. said.

"We're proud to have set the North American auction record with the $7.92-million sale of the 1937 Bugatti," said David Gooding, president and founder of Gooding & Co.

The Bugatti was also one of 20 cars that sold for more than $1 million, the auction house said. Five other cars sold for more than $2 million during the auction, which occurred Saturday and Sunday in Pebble Beach, Fla., the auction house said.

The 58th annual auction sold $64.2 million worth of the world's rarest automobiles, Gooding & Co. said.