World?s oldest car sells for £2.9m
 

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Have many dollars? Like the hard shoulder? Don't like
buying petrol? Unlucky - you've just missed out on this
colossally antiquated steam-powered De Dion Bouton,
which has just sold for $4.6m (£2.9m) at auction in the
USA. That's in America.

In fact, the 1884-built steam-powered contraption, or
Et Trepardoux Dos-A-Dos Steam Runabout in full, is the
world's oldest working car. No surprise that it's selling
price set a new world record for an early motorcar sold
at auction.

Its new owner is one of only five collectors to own the
car, which is known as "La Marquise" (named after the
original owner's mother).

The Bouton was originally commissioned by French
entrepreneur Count de Dion and features a front-mounted
boiler and engine powering the rear wheels. Steering
comes via a sort of tiller thing and it tops out at 37mph.
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where do i put the groceries?

37 MPH on that would be a wild ride.

Pretty impressive how fast it can go, question is how well can it stop once you're at that speed?

Where do you fuck the bitches?

Would be pretty cool if the buyer offered it to museums on occasion.

Very cool

Cool indeed!

+1 for France lol

55km / hour, that was machine back then in 1884 :)

37 mph on that thing? Yeah, that looks safe.

Sitting on the back with no seat belt at 37 mph hit a bump and your flying off:1orglaugh

one crazy looking car

Wonder if it will get driven or just sit in a museum.

Looks cool :thumbsup

No room for baby seats... :(

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37mph is supposed to be 37kph most likely which is still just a hair under 23 mph.

Cool, but wouldn't want it for that much of money.

The back seat of course :Graucho

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thats not a car... lol

Low Rid - ers get a little lower