Car found after 49 years in a garage
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A classic car has been found in a garage in Newcastle in the North East of England. Its owner, a doctor called Harold Carr, drove it for the last time in 1960, and then parked it in his garage. When Dr Carr died in 2007 he gave everything in the garage to his family, but his relatives found the car only last month.
The family sold the rare Bugatti at an auction, where it was bought for £2.9 million. The Bugatti Type 57S is one of only 17 made by the famous Italian car company, and so there are many collectors who wanted to buy it at the auction in Paris on Saturday.
A relative of Dr Carr said "Of course we're very happy and we're going to share the money out between the family."
Have you have finished reading the article? Now try and answer these questions:
1) Why did so many collectors want to buy the Bugatti Type 57S?
(a)It is Italian (b)It is very old (c)There aren't many of them
2) What are the family going to do with the money?
(a)Use it to buy another classic car (b)Divide it between family members (c)Give it to charity
Here are the answers:
1) c - There aren't many of them - "The Bugatti Type 57S is one of only 17 made by the famous Italian car company, and so there are many collectors who wanted to buy it"
2) b - Divide it between family members - "...we're going to share the money out between the family."
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