1928 Mercedes supercar fetches nearly £3MILLION at auction

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A rare 1928 Mercedes which spend 60 years gathering dust in a garage has fetched almost £3 million at auction.

The S-Type Mercedes-Benz - the supercar of its generation that easily reached over 100mph - still runs perfectly despite being stuck in a 'time warp', and not 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.

Super discovery: The rare 1928 Mercedes was found rusting and covered in cobwebs

Rare find: The unrestored 1928 Mercedes S Type was unearthed after 60 years sitting in a garage

The car has been owned by the same family since the 1920s and went to a mystery buyer for a staggering £2,801,500 - nearly double the £1.5 million it had been tipped by Bonhams pre-sale.

Auctioneer James Knight, group director of Bonhams' motoring department, beamed with delight as he finally brought down the gavel at the Sussex sale.

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.


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