1959 Austin Mini Se7en De Luxe Saloon
Believed to be the oldest surviving un-restored Mini. £15,000.

It was the last deudeuche manufactured and sold in France: the 2CV 6 Special gray cormorant is leaving the Citroën factory in Levallois-Perret May 18, 1988. Parked in a garage since the Orne, the car was stolen between January 19 and March 13: she, Thursday, was later burned in the neighboring department of Eure. "In 1974, Roger Brioult, who was editor of the Revue technique automobile, realized that this car became a legend. He had pre ordered the last 2CV," declares Alan Blondeau Ouest-France, in charge of vehicles belonging to Roger Brioult. At Citroën objected when ordering the production of 2CV did not stop immediately, the collector would have replied: "I do not care, I pay now!"

Just off the production line, the car collector comes to Résenlieu (Orne) in the buyer, also author of numerous books on the history of the automobile. Delivery is by flatbed truck. The ultimate 2CV is then pushed by hand to the garage for the collector: she never moved from its case. And the vehicle was never registered.

No matter for the owner to run the engine! The meter shows only 5 km: a distance corresponding to the usual trials for each car factory. Is glued on a glass copy of the certificate authenticating the Citroën 2CV last produced in France. This antiquity estimated at 110,000 euros she attracted the attention of an unscrupulous lover? Between January 19 and March 13, the 2CV was stolen. 90 years old, its owner, already weakened, died March 24. This flight had, according to a close, left stunned. The new flight has been circulating in the network of automobile clubs and among collectors. "Too well known, the 2CV was unsalable," said one specialist. The discovery of the charred vehicle leaves open the assumptions of the authors of the flight.