Uruguay leader won't sell car even for $1 million
The 79-year-old leader leaves office next year.
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) -- Uruguay s President Jose Mujica says he s turning down a $1 million offer for his famous 27-year-old Volkswagen Beetle.
Mujica says an Arab sheikh had offered to buy the car, which has become a symbol of Mujica s ostentatiously unpretentious style.
But he told a radio program on Friday that he couldn t sell the sky-blue Volkswagen because it would offend some friends who had given it to him, and he also says he s fond of the car.
He also has another sitting at his ramshackle flower farm, and officially declared the value of both together as $4,385.
The 79-year-old leader leaves office next year.
