Before he became president, Barack Obama drove a Chrysler.
If you’re in the market for a new car, the 2005 Chrysler 300C once leased by the president is now for sale on eBay—with a starting bid of a cool $1 million. Full disclosure: President Obama traded the gas guzzler for a 2007 Ford Escape Hybrid after being criticized for being environmentally insensitive.
When it was traded, the Chrysler had 19,000 miles on it. (We assume most of the miles are highway miles.) It currently has just over 20,000 miles. The seller scoffs at those who are skeptical of the high price tag, citing a recent auction for Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 1977 Peugeot 504, which fetched $1.5 million at auction in 2011.
(The New York Times is a tad skeptical, noting that a 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee also owned by Obama sold for a relatively measly $26,438 in 2010.) The eBay listing will expire Wednesday night.