, which handles many of the district attorney's seized vehicle auctions.Among them are 13 examples of the fourth-generation
, which was made famous by "The Fast and the Furious" film franchise and has risen in value dramatically in recent years.and a customer Supra with 7,000 miles on it was auctioned a few weeks later for a non-film car record $200,000.Online bidding is currently open on the seized cars ahead of an on-site event at the Orange, Massachusetts, municipal airport on June 4, and the early bidding suggests new records could be set.
A 1996 model with 22,962 on the odometer has seen a flurry of activity pushing the high bid up to $170,000, as of this writing, while a 1997 car was at $155,000 and offers on a 1993 car that's been driven just 8,169 miles had reached $130,000. Stanley Paine told Fox News Autos that bidders must provide a $5,000 deposit to show they are serious.
The Supras are the most highly-sought after cars at the auction, but there are also several BMW M3s and a pair each of the Honda S2000, Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution and Nissan 350Z.