一輛曾屬於德國主教練克林斯曼的大眾甲殼蟲汽車在拍賣中現身。它賣出的價格，超過了一年前本篤16世教皇的賣出的另一輛大眾車。
這輛1967年産的藍色敞篷大眾，克林斯曼曾在1994到1995年在托特納姆熱刺效力時開過。現在在網上的EBAY拍賣網站，它的身價已經從10萬5千歐元一躍漲到超過30萬歐元。克林斯曼在新聞發佈會中説：“我可不推薦你們為這輛車開高價，我放棄它的時候它真的徹底是銹鐵一堆了。”
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原文:World-Bidding Beetle mania over Klinsmann's old car
By Erik Kirschbaum
STUTTGART, July 8 (Reuters) - A 39-year-old Volkswagen Beetle that once belonged to Germany coach Juergen Klinsmann is on sale in a frenzied auction and has surpassed the price of another Volkswagen once owned by Pope Benedict sold a year ago.
The blue 1967 VW convertible that Klinsmann drove in 1994 and 1995 while playing at Tottenham Hotspur has jumped from 105,000 euros to over 300,000 euros ($383,200) in the internet auction eBay.
The car's owner, who lives in the Stuttgart suburb Boeblingen, wants to remain anonymous but has registration papers that includes "Juergen Klinsmann" as a previous owner, according to the Stuttgarter Zeitung newspaper on Saturday.
The price for the auction that began on July 1 and runs to Tuesday is well above the $245,000 an internet casino paid last year for a used Volkswagen Golf owned years earlier by Pope Benedict XVI.
"I really couldn't recommend bidding for that car," Klinsmann said at recent news conference. "It was already completely rusty when I got rid of it."
Klinsmann has said he gave away the car, which was fun to drive as well as being something of an anti-establishment symbol, over 10 years ago when a mechanic told him it was "kaputt".
Local newspapers reported that the restored car with a 44-horsepower air-cooled engine had never been involved in a traffic accident since its first registration on Sept. 20, 1967.
They said it had a nominal book value of about 12,000 euros. But the hometown frenzy over the coach who unexpectedly took Germany to the semi-finals before losing to Italy has only grown in recent days and has propelled its value higher.
All of Stuttgart seems to be going berserk over their native son on Saturday ahead of the match for third place between Germany and Portugal on Saturday night.
Local political leaders want to name a street after Klinsmann in the Botang district where he grew up and trained as a baker in his family's shop.
The Stuttgart history museum "Haus der Geschichte" is handing out to customers free freshly-baked pretzels from Klinsmann's bakery.
The museum is also offering free admission (normally 4.50 euros) to all those who use the code word: "Klinsmann".
作者-北京第二外國語大學英語系王帥
責編：盧爽