Luxury car fleet found gathering dust in 'bored' owner's barn

A fleet of luxury classic cars were discovered gathering dust in a Suffolk barn after their “bored” millionaire owner died. An auctioneer brought in to assess the owner’s estate made the “extraordinary” discovery after the hoard of vehicles was hidden for more than 20 years.

The expensive fleet, with some of the finest marques produced in Italy and Britain from the 1970s to the 1990s, had been left gathering dust on the rambling estate near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

It was claimed the owner, who has not been named, became “bored” with his prized collection and continued to purchase more rare cars.



His fleet included a rare Bentley Continental R Mulliner – one of only 46 made during four years of production – one of only six 200-mph De Tomaso Longchamp GTSE sports cars with just 440 miles on the clock and a Maserati Quattroporte III, which has done less than 1,000 miles.

The wealthy Suffolk-based businessman, who owned a successful engineering firm, refused to drive the cars, instead relying on his £4000 Japanese-built Nissan 4x4 as his daily transport.

The eight cars, some of which have clocked virtually no miles, are expected to fetch up to £160,000 when they go under the hammer next week after the retired enthusiast died just over a year ago.

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