4.2 $ Million for the Oldest Car in the World
The ancestor De Dion Bouton and Trépardoux Dos to Dos Runabout Steam has been auctioned by RM for 4 4.2 $ Million.
Adorned with the honorary title of "oldest car in the world still capable of putting a wheel at the other," De Dion Bouton and Trépardoux Dos to Dos Runabout Steam arose under the hammer of the RM house on last October 7.
The old lady of 127 years has the luxury of doubling expected to reach the tidy sum of 4.2 $ Million (3.4 million euros). Good score for a steam Tricyle of autonomy of 32 km for a top speed of just over 50 km / h.
Main feat of the De Dion, his first involvement in motor racing history organized in 1887, three years after its release. The identity of the new owner is not known, it will be only the fifth to welcome the former in his garage.
The ancestor De Dion Bouton and Trépardoux Dos to Dos Runabout Steam has been auctioned by RM for 4 4.2 $ Million.
Adorned with the honorary title of "oldest car in the world still capable of putting a wheel at the other," De Dion Bouton and Trépardoux Dos to Dos Runabout Steam arose under the hammer of the RM house on last October 7.
The old lady of 127 years has the luxury of doubling expected to reach the tidy sum of 4.2 $ Million (3.4 million euros). Good score for a steam Tricyle of autonomy of 32 km for a top speed of just over 50 km / h.
Main feat of the De Dion, his first involvement in motor racing history organized in 1887, three years after its release. The identity of the new owner is not known, it will be only the fifth to welcome the former in his garage.
