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So-called barn finds of old or rare cars are not uncommon. In August, as part of Monterey Car Week in Pebble Beach (USA), twenty Ferraris thought to have gone missing will come under the hammer, which resurfaced in a barn that collapsed years ago thanks to Hurricane Charley in 2004. earlier. While some are badly battered, automotive treasures are expected to bring in more than $30 million to the Bonhams auction house.
Three Tesla Roadsters recently rediscovered in a port in China were anything but battered 13 years later (Blick reports)! According to the Insideevs.com online platform, three electric sports cars were once ordered by a Chinese company to disassemble it to analyze the competition. But that never happened: The company is said to have filed for bankruptcy shortly after the Teslas were ordered, after which no one took delivery of the vehicles after they crossed from the US to China.
The hit of financial luck
A few months ago, dockers finally discovered neglected containers with amazing contents. The US company Gruber Motors also became aware of this and bought the old but brand new Tesla Roadster. For Americans who have properly mastered the maintenance and repair of Tesla models, the find will likely be financial luck. Tesla’s first production model, which produced around 2,500 units between 2008 and 2012, is now considered an absolute collector’s item and costs at least $100,000 even in poor condition.
Just the keys are missing
According to Gruber Motors, three of the finds are new cars – the ad on the company’s website is given as zero mileage. Even the fact that some seats are covered with a protective film and paper protectors are spread over the foot spaces also support this situation. Two of the three roadsters with the colors “Very Orange” and “Radiant Red” are also the sports version with 306 hp (225 kW) and 400 Nm of torque, which is especially popular with collectors and can reach speeds of up to 100 km/h. It should be 3.9 seconds. Despite its relatively small 56 kWh battery, the roadster weighs only 1220 kilograms and is said to have a range of approximately 350 kilometers.
It is not currently possible to determine whether there is a loss of capacity and range due to the long service life of the batteries. The reason: Nobody knows where the keys of the cars are! The docker who was once in charge of the keys is said to have died in the meantime. No problem, says Gruber Motors: Since all other documentation for vehicles is available, new keys can be made easily.
million bids
The bidding process on Gruber’s website started at $50,000 per vehicle in early May – all three roadsters will be sold as a package with a container full of spare parts. Just one week after bidding, the highest bid was $750,000, until the end of May an unknown bidder put two million dollars – the equivalent of more than CHF 1.8 million – on the virtual table. Madness!
The three Tesla Roadsters are now heading to Dubai, where they will arrive towards the end of June, as the interest in old-new cars is huge, according to Gruber Motors. Interested parties will have the opportunity to take a closer look at the vehicles if they have not been sold by that time.
Source: Blick
I’m Ella Sammie, author specializing in the Technology sector. I have been writing for 24 Instatnt News since 2020, and am passionate about staying up to date with the latest developments in this ever-changing industry.
