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For sale: Hot red Ferrari, seller included

A 26-year-old woman in Germany is offering an incentive to auction off her Ferrari Enzo on eBay.  With a starting bid of  $1.6 million, you get a 659-horsepower engine, alloy wheels — and the seller.
With car sales in the doldrums these days, buyers are looking for incentives. This Ferrari Enzo, for sale on eBay's German site, comes with Leila, the seller, included.
With car sales in the doldrums these days, buyers are looking for incentives. This Ferrari Enzo, for sale on eBay's German site, comes with Leila, the seller, included.
/ Source: msnbc.com

OK, so car sales have been a little slow lately. But one enterprising seller has gone the extra mile in her effort to move a bright red Ferrari Enzo on eBay’s German site (starting bid: $1.6 million).

In addition to the 659-horsepower engine, air conditioning and alloy wheels, the seller, who goes by the alias “womanwithdesire,” is throwing in an added incentive: herself. The 26-year-old woman, identified only as Leila by the Sunday Times of London, told the newspaper she is looking for a soulmate who isn’t after her money.

"Only a millionaire could afford such a car," she said.

Interested bidders will have to produce a passport and proof they can pay for the car.

But with no takers yet, Leila is apparently hedging her bets. If you can’t afford the Ferrari (or already have one), you can bid on a “Romantic Dinner with Leila” — starting at just $380.

Leila says she’ll meet you anywhere within 100 kilometers of Bielefeld, a city of 300,000 located at the intersection of the A2 and A22 autobahns, about halfway between Dusseldorf and Hamburg.

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