AudiLover

Source: AutoExpress

Is this the most expensive car ever sold? The answer is almost certainly yes, if auction house Christie's has its way. The rare GP racer from Audi goes under the hammer this weekend - and is expected to reach £7.88million.

It's a 1939 Auto Union D-Type, one of only two in existence, powered by a 450bhp 12-cylinder supercharged engine and capable of 205mph. An American searched for more than 10 years for the D-Type and its 1938 sister model before eventually finding them stripped down into parts in the former USSR.

Both had been transported there from Germany just after World War II. Potential bidders can view the machine at the Retromobile international vintage car fair in Paris. The car has also been on display at the Audi Forum centre in New York, while the 1938 model was recently shown in Paris. Auto Union, formed in the Thirties, later became known as Audi.

SCD Simon

iTrader: (1)

Wish i'd found it

BLACK V5

Christies have cancelled this auction until further notice. They want to check into the cars history.

AudiLover

The car should be given to audi.

stilover

Some people obviously have too much money in the Bank.


























Lucky B@stards

Fantom

Can't be the most expensive car ever sold though? In clarksons top 100 car book he mentions a Japanese businessman paying £10m for a Ferrari GTO.

Steve

James Neill

iTrader: (1)

Very nice. I always had a soft spot for the W125 from the same era myself

Mercedes-Benz W125 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Year: 1937. Power: 646hp !!!!

treehack

why?

AudiLover

because they were stolen

JGRIFF

This is one of two put together by Crossthwaite & Gardener for two brothers from New York, who collected parts from all over Russia after WW2 and during the Cold War, until they had enough for the two cars, hence the confusion over it's provenance. Audi are assisting with access to the Auto Union factory records, so they can specifically identify the cars that the bits came from.

GrahamG

tbh it looks like crock of ****e. Why would you pay that much for it..... i would rather buy a Fiat.

Ray_li

It was on the shown on the audi channel IIMC car was on display at their HQ