ROANOKE TIMES 

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DATE: MONDAY, April 30, 1990                   TAG: 9004300054
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A9   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LONDON                                LENGTH: Short

MORE THAN $14 MILLION PAID FOR ITALIAN CAR

A group of Japanese businessmen has paid more than $14 million for a 59-year-old Bugatti Royale, making the Italian car the world's most expensive, The Sunday Times reported.

The three-ton luxury car, one of only six of its kind, overtakes a 1963 Ferrari GTO that fetched about $13 million from a Japanese buyer in November, the report said.

The Type 41 Royale cost $22,300 when it was built in 1931. Its last owner was Hans Thulin, a Swedish real estate developer.

- Associated Press 


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