To Be OFFERED AT AUCTION at RM Sothebys' The Monterey Auction event, 13 - 15 August 2026.

$4,500,000 - $6,000,000 USD One of five competition 12-cylinder 145 chassis producedBelieved to be the car that famously beat Germany’s finest for the Prix du MillionFitted with astonishing custom roadgoing coachwork by Franay in 1946Exhibited by its coachbuilder at the 1946 Paris SalonBest in Show Nominee and First in Class at the 2015 Pebble Beach Concours d’EleganceRolex Circle of Champions Best of Show at The Quail in 2024A masterpiece Delahaye of the ultimate specification The story of this automobile is one of the Germans using their technology to frighten Europe with cars that had two or three times the horsepower, but which could not beat the twelve-cylinder Delahaye in the city-to-city courses with cobblestone streets.

Delahaye took advantage of that, knowing that success had as much to do with the nature of the track for which it was designed as with the performance of the car proper.
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