well I think it is,
it being a Bugatti Type 54, this particular one won the 1931 Grand Prix at Monza in its first season and is one of the rare few owned privately, the 4.9 litre, 8 cylinder machine could be driven at speeds of up to 160 mph around the rudimentary racing circuits of the day, in a sign of the age, the only concession to safety was the lack of a seatbelt - as the theory was you were most likely to survive a crash if thrown clear of the wreckage, the car's one time owner Czech Prince Georg Lobkowicz however was not so lucky as he was killed whilst racing the car in 1932,
but now the difficult bit, be prepared to write out a cheque with lots of 0000's on it, Bonham's thinks that in its auction on February 7th it will go for around £2.1 million!
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