Mercedes Leonida Brezhnev left the auction in Germany from the hammer

In Germany, one of the Mercedes cars, which the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the CPSU and the head of the Soviet state, Leonid Brezhnev, traveled from the hammer at the auction.

In good condition, the 1966 limousine, which returned to his homeland in July 1991 from the government car park under the circumstances, was sold on February 1 at a auction in Potsdam (land Brandenburg) for 103,600 euros. Its original price was 53.5 thousand euros. The name of the buyer rarity is kept secret.

According to the newspaper Financial Times Deutschland , the W100 model, also known as the Mercedes Benz 600, has a length of 5.5 meters, the color is black -metallic, the engine volume is 6.3 liters, mileage is only 90 thousand km, and a chic minibar. Gasoline consumption - 25 liters per 100 km.

According to the newspaper of German motorists Autogazette , Mercedes Brezhnev - one of the 2,200 copies made from 1964 to 1981, which enjoyed great success among representatives of the political elite, the largest entrepreneurs, leading figures of show business of that era. Such limousines adorned, in particular, the garages of Mao Zedong, Kim Il Sen, Nikolai Chayescu, go Amin, Aristotle Onassis, John Lennon, Elizabeth Taylor, Elvis Presley, many Western politicians and even Roman dads.

As for the auction at the Mercedes Brezhnev, a great lover and one of the largest "collectors" of cars, he was confiscated from a certain owner of the Ministry of Finance of Brandenburg for debts, and his officials are very pleased with the price for which the car left, ITAR-TASS reports.