Monday, March 2nd, 2009
If I were ever to drive an SUV, I’d probably want it to be a GM Typhoon. I mean it just screams badass with it’s turbocharged V6 and 0-6 in 5.3 seconds, the Typhoon was a force to be reckoned with.
Well, unfortunately, GM decided to discontinue the Typhoon with 1993 being it’s last year in production. Lucky for us, an eBay user by the name of ptpurplepenny has put the last ever Typhoon to be produced up for auction with a starting price of just $10,000. This is the real deal, the car only has 130 miles on it.
Don’t get too excited though, $10,000 is definitly well below the reserve for this car as it was apparently bought for over $50,000 when it was originally auctioned off.
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Collectible,
eBay,
typhoon,
Vintage
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Monday, February 9th, 2009
1937 Type 57S Bugatti
Newcastle doctor Harold Carr drove his 1937 Bugatti Type 57S Atalante for a little while and then stashed it in his garage, where it sat waiting for 50 years alone and unused before being put on a Paris auction block after Dr. Carr’s recent death. Only 17 of the rare automobiles were ever made, making it one of the hottest and most valuable collectible cars in existence. The Bugatti was discovered by Dr. Carr’s relatives who put it up for auction, where it sold for $6.5 million this week.
Harold Carr drove the rare Bugatti for about five years before parking it in his garage and forgetting about it, and he drove it lightly even when it was in use. The odometer on the vehicle at auction was still at only 26,284. Coveted greatly by collectors, the Bugatti 57S is a prize possession – at least four out of the seventeen similar cars are believed to be the property of the Musee Nationale de L’Automobile in Mulhouse, France.
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57S,
Bugatti,
classic car,
Collectible
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