A rare 1928 Mercedes which spend 60 years gathering dust in a garage in a home in UK has fetched almost 3 million pounds at an auction here.
The S-Type Mercedes-Benz - the supercar of its generation that easily reached over 100mph - still runs perfectly despite not being driven since 1952.
One of the world's fastest vehicles when it rolled off the production line in 1928, the Mercedes sparked a bidding war at the Bonhams' Goodwood Revival sale in Sussex, the Daily Mail reported.
The car has been owned by the same family since the 1920s and went to a mystery buyer for 2,801,500 pounds.
The 680 S-Type was one of the earliest mass produced luxury sports cars and boasted an engine designed by chief engineer Professor Ferdinand Porsche.
Experts hailed the dark battleship grey convertible, which had been languishing in a lock up without seeing the light of day for 60 years, as 'an incredible find'.
The 6.8-litre fast tourer was first registered on the roads in May 1928 and unrestored cars of its type are extremely rare.
The car still has just 13,478 kilometres on the clock.
"It proved to run incredibly well, ticking over with jaw-dropping silence and driving very nicely," according to Bonhams.
Bonhams also said it was 'almost without precedent' for a family to own such a car for 84 years, calling it "an achingly-rare Mona Lisa of the automotive world".
The bodywork of the car was hand crafted by London-based coachbuilders Cadogan Motors and its original blue upholstery is still intact.
from
IBNLive
Marissa Mayer unhesitatingly said that Yahoo has no plans to restrict controversial material, which means that Tumblr's porn content is safe.
from IANS
Pilot locked out as the door gets jammed
An Air India flight had to make an unscheduled landing at Bhopal after the flight commander was locked out of the cockpit.
from IANS
Passenger booted from flight for singing
A passenger was booted off an American Airlines flight en route from Los Angeles to New York on Monday when she would not stop singing Whitney Houston's hit "I Will Always Love You".
from
AP
Smokejumpers skydive into illegal garden
A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Southern Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden being prepared for growing season.
from
IANS
Woman delivers twins on train - a second time!
A woman from Uttar Pradesh gave birth to twins on a moving train - the second time in four years that she has delivered trains in a train!
from
IANS
Man changes name to Jesus Christ
A man from Russia's Chelyabinsk city has changed his name to Yeshua Ben Maryam Al-Masih, which means in Hebrew "Jesus Son of Mary, Messiah"
from
Hindustan Times
Delhi's toilet museum now officially weird
The International Museum Of Toilets that is housed in Delhis Palam area, has made it to the list of the Top 10 Weird and Unusual museums in the world.
