05 January 2009

The most expensive car ever to be put up for auction...


... is a 1937 Bugatti:
The 130mph Type 57S Atalante is one of only 17 ever made, and could be worth up to £6 million at auction. That would make it the most expensive car ever to go under the hammer.

Dr Harold Carr died in June 2007 aged 89, a childless bachelor. He left the lock-up [garage] in Newcastle to his nephews and nieces, without telling them of its invaluable contents.

It was capable of going 130 mph... in 1937? I'm impressed.

3 comments:

  1. in 1937 - where would you drive it at that speed

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  2. why is this car so expensive??

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  3. because there is only 17 made, it was owned by several famous people, it was 60 mph faster than all competition at that time. read the story

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