How does the price of VW Beetle models kabriolet? The most expensive is also $ 1 billion. It was full of gold and diamonds. However, the price of the German people's car this one is actually opened with a number of U.S. $ 250,000 or USD 2.13 billion at auction.
What's so special? In addition to its owners, the high price of this car is also due to his greatness. Frog kabriolet origin belongs to veteran Hollywood actor, the late Paul Newman. He bought a 1963 production car and modify it with the help of Jerry Eisert (indy car modifiers.) The result, "frog" is able to jump with power 300 HP from the engine-size Ford 351 cubic inch V8 coupled 5-speed transmission.
In order to maintain stability in high speed, Jerry modify the legs. Also included, two additional engine radiator placed in front hood and rear.
Sang aktor pemenang Piala Oscar dari film The Color of Money (1986) ini jatuh cinta pada dunia balap saat terlibat produksi layar perak Winning. Bahkan, Newman pernah muncul di salah satu iklan VW menggunakan mobil ini.
Sebelum meninggal, Newman menyumbangkan mobil tersebut ke bengkel Chaffey College di Alta Loma, California. Bengkel ini sempat memberi beberapa sentuhan, seperti cat pada bodi mobil. Namun, seiring perjalanan, bengkel tersebut bangkrut dan salah satu mantan anggota direksi Sam Contino membeli VW itu.
Contino membuat janji pada dirinya bahwa ia akan mempercantik tampilan VW itu dengan mengembalikan ke warna aslinya. Namun, Newman telanjur meninggal dunia pada September 2008, dan pengerjaan mobil belum tuntas sehingga ia tak bisa melihat karyanya. Malah, Contino melegonya via internet melalui situs oldbug.com. Kalau Anda tertarik, atau sekadar ingin melihat seperti apa tampilannya, langsung surfing saja ke situs itu!
