Cars
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- Seat Reports Declining Profits And Sales In 2008fy, Announces New Ibiza St Estate
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Yes that’s right; the €1 million (approx $1.48 million with the current exchange rate) Lamborghini Reventon didn’t even come close to making it in Business Week’s list of the 15 most expensive cars sold in 2007. Heck, the least...
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Steam Punk: World’s Oldest Working Car to be Auctioned Off in October
For Sale: ’84 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos “La Marquiseâ€. Low kilometre (mileage), twin engined four-seat convertible with leather / wood interior, only four owners since new and restored in the mid-‘90s by a dedicated individual. Would suit classic car / steam enthusiast with large amounts of disposable income. Price is US$2 - $2.5 million (€1.5 - 1.9 million) ONO with all enquiries to RM Auctions, Pennsylvania.
At 127 years, the 1884 De Dion Bouton Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos or “La Marquise†is the world’s oldest running motor car. It’s a steam-powered quadricycle built by toymakers Georges Bouton and Charles-Armand Trepardoux with the financial backing of the Comte Di Dion in 1884.
It’s 9 feet (2.7 metres) long, weighs 2,100 pounds (953 kilograms), has solid axles front and rear and dos-a-dos (back-to-back) seating for four.
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