Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow, owned by Freddie Mercury, will leave the hammer

The Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow car of 1974, which belonged to the leader of the legendary group of Queen, Freddie Mercury, was put up at the CoYS auction. He used the car for 12 years, until his death in November 1991. On the speedometer - a little less than 100 thousand km.

Freddy never had a driver’s license and always drove this car with a driver, Vedomosti notes.

The car will be sold on January 12 as part of the AutosPort International show in Birmingham. Estimeite - 9-11 thousand pounds.

The most expensive auction lot should be the ALLARD J2 Competition Car 1950 racing car - 325-375 thousand pounds.

Silver Shadow produced Rolls-Royce in various modifications from 1965 to 1980. A model equipped with a V8 engine with a working volume of 6.75 liters and an automatic gearbox showed progressive technologies: disk brake mechanisms instead of drum, independent rear suspension instead of a solid rear axle of previous models of the company.