> http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24865191-954,00.html

> From correspondents in London
>
> January 02, 2009 02:45pm
>
> A RARE Bugatti supercar left to gather dust in an English garage for half
> a century could fetch millions of pounds when it goes under the hammer
> next month.
>
> Experts believe the car - one of just a handful ever made - could fetch
> as much as £6 million ($12.51 million) when it is auctioned at the
> Retromobile car show and sale being organised by Bonhams in Paris in
> February.
>
> Owner Harold Carr apparently abandoned the rare Bugatti in his lock-up in
> Newcastle after buying it in the 1950s.
>
> When the reclusive surgeon died in 2007, his nephew found the Type 57S
> Atalante when he cleared out the garage and was amazed to learn that just
> 17 of the model were ever made.
>
> His nephew, an engineer from Newcastle who wishes to remain anonymous,
> told the city's Evening Chronicle newspaper: "We just can't believe it.
>
> "It's worth so much because he hasn't used it for 50 years. It was one of
> the original supercars. When it was built it could reach 210km/h when
> most cars could only do 50.
>
> "Of course we're delighted and we're going to make sure the money is
> shared out among the family. It's a wonderful thing to leave."
>
> The Bugatti 57S was originally owned by British aristocrat and racing
> enthusiast Earl Howe, who was the first president of the British Racing
> Drivers' Club.
>
> He took delivery of the sporty two-seater Atalante in 1937 and kept the
> car for eight years.
>
> After it changed hands several times, Mr Carr bought it in 1955 and drove
> it for a few years before parking it in the garage in the early 1960s,
> where it remained until his death.
>
> James Knight, international head of Bonhams' motoring department, said:
> "I have known of this Bugatti for a number of years and, like a select
> group of others, hadn't dared divulge its whereabouts to anyone.
>
> "It is absolutely one of the last great barn discoveries... The Atalante
> is incredibly original and, although she requires restoration, it is
> 'restoration' in the true sense of the word.
>
> "From my perspective, save for some of the interior, all original parts
> can be restored or conserved in order to maintain originality."