the legendary scooter he used to go see Julie Gayet put on sale at a crazy price

It is an affair which will have marked the Fifth Republic. No one has forgotten the scooter rides of François Hollande, freshly elected president of the Republic. Out of sight, the former mayor of Tulle left the Élysée, helmet screwed on his head trying to pass between the drops of photographers’ flashes to join
Julie Gayet, the one who was at the time only his mistress becoming his wife on June 4, 2022
. Unfortunately, the “scooter affair” was not without consequences on the popularity of François Hollande who, in addition to traveling without a security agent, was still in a relationship at the time with Valérie Trierweiler
. The journalist who, moreover, had reported in her book “Thank you for this moment” (Éditions Les Arènes) this dark passage in his life which put an end, a few weeks later, to his idyll with the successor of Nicolas Sarkozy.

Since then, it is true that we have tended to forget this scooter that caused so much talk in January 2014. Had François Hollande separated from it? Had he continued to go on trips with his beloved? The former head of state actually sold it in 2015 and after a new sale in 2021, the machine will soon be put up for auction at a price that may surprise you!

A scooter for the price of a car

First resold in 2015 to a resident of Vienne, the famous gray Piaggio three-wheeler was then sold in 2021 to a retiree now aged 71 who no longer has any use for it. “You have to be comfortable carrying him, the grandpa! 200 kilos! He shouldn’t fall on me. It’s in good condition, but I haven’t driven it much.. I would like it to go to a museum or to a collectorr” confided the seller in the columns of Paris Match. But to acquire this piece which has become emblematic in spite of itself, you will have to put your hand in your pocket. Starting price: 10,000 euros for a model that generally costs between 2,000 and 3,000 euros. The sale will take place on May 26 from 2 p.m. at the Château d’Artigny, located in Montbazon, in Indre-et-Loire.