First new Volvo FH truck fetches record price on eBay03 October 2012

The eBay charity auction for the first new Volvo FH to roll off the production line generated a winning bid of eur 150,000 (£120,000), greatly exceeding the market price.

All proceeds will now go to the Star for Life charity programme, which aims to stop the spread of HIV among young people in Southern Africa, according to Claes Nilsson, president of Volvo Trucks.

The winning bid was placed by Jean-Pierre Ducournau, founder of Ducournau Transports in France, who owns a fleet of more than 300 Volvo trucks.

He is now the proud owner of the first new series-built FH, with an exclusive 'number one' emblem on the front.

"I am so pleased to have won this auction," says Ducournau. "In the mid-seventies, I was first in the south of France to own a Volvo F12 truck and for several decades I have been supporting different charity auctions."

The auction web site attracted almost 165,000 visitors. All told, 35 bidders from all over Europe placed more than 95 bids for the first new Volvo FH during the 10-day eBay auction.

Author
Brian Tinham

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