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GBStraight 8
Convertible (cabrio)
779 cu in
2
579 ft.lb
4/5
Rear wheel drive
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3, Manual
Petrol
95.27 hp/ton
7035 lb
NCAP
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779 cu in
304 hp
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125 mph
annual
The Kellner coupe was the fifth Type 41 to be built and it was also kept by Bugatti as it remained unsold. During World War II the car was bricked up behind a false wall with the Coupe Napoleon and the Berline de Voyage at Bugatti's family house in Ermenonville to prevent being seized by the Nazis.
Until 1950 the luxurious coupe remained in the hands of the Bugatti family. However in that same year it was sold alongside the Berline de Voyage to Briggs Cunningham an american Le Mans racer for a mere $3000.
In 1987 the car was once again sold at London's Royal Albert Hall to Hans Thulin, a swedish property owner, now for an increased value of £5.5 milion. In 1990 Thulin faced the collapse of his estate empire and sold the Kellner Coupe for an estimated $15.7 million to Meitec Corporation, a japanese company, where it remained in the building's basement until 2001. Its current owner is at the moment unknown.
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