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For Sale: Obama's Old Car; Price: $1M

Previous bidding reached $125,000 before seller canceled auction

By Ambreen Ali, Newser User

Posted Jan 15, 2009 12:10 PM CST

(Newser) – As Barack Obama upgrades to a customized Cadillac limo fit for a president, the 2005 Chrysler 300C he once drove around Illinois is up for sale on eBay. Bidding starts at $100,000, but eager fans can fork out $1 million to buy it immediately, Time reports. The seller bought the car from a dealer last year, after Obama swapped it for a Ford Escape Hybrid.

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Obama owned a Chrysler 300C for three years before he swapped it for a Ford Escape Hybrid in Illinois. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Barack Obama takes daughter Sasha for a spin in a bumper car at the Iowa State Fair Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, in Des Moines. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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