Buy Lucas Ordoñez’s Sofa, Go to The 24 Hours of Dubai

Motorsport December 6th, 2011 by Jordan

An extremely valuable piece of Gran Turismo memorabilia has gone up for auction on eBay: Lucas Ordoñez’s red couch. As of writing, bids for the stylish red sofa are already well over £400, and the auction doesn’t end until Monday!

That’s not the only thing up for grabs, though – the sofa’s new owner scores a V.I.P. trip for two to the 24 Hours of Dubai next month. That includes accommodations for 3 nights in a 5-star hotel, pit and garage tours, along with a complete race experience at Nissan’s hospitality suite overlooking the start/finish line.

As an added bonus, you can rest easy knowing your money went to a good cause: 100% of the winning bid will be donated to CARE International, which provides critical aid to people in need around the world.

For all the details and eligibility requirements, check out the official eBay auction. Kudos to Nissan for putting this together, and good luck!

UPDATE: The top bid came in at £1,420.00, or approximately $2,216.00 USD. Congratulations to the winner and CARE International!

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  1. December 12th, 2011 at 1:09 pm - #
    themartlab

    Sold for 1420 pounds! By 2 seconds bid!

  2. December 12th, 2011 at 7:44 am - #
    themartlab

    2 hours left! Can’t bid here in NA, but i would just for the 24hr Dubai trip…the sofa would be given to a european gt5 fan.

  3. December 9th, 2011 at 5:24 pm - #
    Hookecho

    hmmm…too bad US folks cant win it and also too bad the race/trip takes place right before the Rolex 24 of which I’m attending…..my boss would shoot me if I took off work to attend both races.

    Hope it raises a lot of money though………….

  4. December 8th, 2011 at 4:09 pm - #
    userme5

    get every car from this picture in the game and everyones happy :D

  5. December 7th, 2011 at 8:44 pm - #
    Kesl

    Seriously though, the money is going to do world of good so I hope it gets up to 10,000.00

    • December 7th, 2011 at 10:12 pm - #
      TokoTurismo

      Agreed. :)

  6. December 7th, 2011 at 8:43 pm - #
    Kesl

    With data logging and AND a race spec G-Whiz.

  7. December 7th, 2011 at 8:41 pm - #
    Kesl

    I heard on twitter that it’ll be in the next DLC.

  8. December 7th, 2011 at 6:34 pm - #
    Adamski15

    How many miles has it got on it?

    • December 7th, 2011 at 8:19 pm - #
      Livedog

      Too many.

  9. December 7th, 2011 at 6:04 pm - #
    JEMcG

    What?

  10. December 7th, 2011 at 5:29 pm - #
    Rayzah

    If only the sofa was 0/0/0
    I wonder if I can trade my carbon x1 for it?

  11. December 7th, 2011 at 4:14 pm - #
    maxpontiac

    That would not fly in my house.

    At. All.

  12. December 7th, 2011 at 3:02 pm - #
    themartlab

    Of course it’s premium! Black light this sofa could end up with a lot of DNA residues. Imagine the shipping cost to send this across the sea.

  13. December 7th, 2011 at 2:13 pm - #
    yoman297

    win

  14. December 7th, 2011 at 1:01 pm - #
    tombrooks97

    Will it come with Racing Hard Tyres? :lol:

  15. December 7th, 2011 at 11:10 am - #
    SaintSaiya

    and does the sofa get damage and can you customize it and ad liveries?

  16. December 7th, 2011 at 9:00 am - #
    steliosthem

    Is he suggesting he won the participation in the GT Academy by driving with a Dualshock?!?!?!!?

  17. December 7th, 2011 at 8:54 am - #
    CRXFREAK001

    well, it’s already up to what I’ve added to be 691.25 USD or £432.00 and it’s got 5 days left still @ 26 bids. Some extreme GT fan is going to get it, and whether you want to bid on the couch or not, someone’s gonna have a little piece of the GT history + get 2 VIP passes to see him race and meet him. AND 100% of the final sale goes to a charity, can you beat that? he’s not even getting the $.

    The sofa used by Lucas to play Gran Turismo 5;
    A Sony Playstation 3;
    A Gran Turismo 5 game for Playstation 3;
    A VIP pack for Dubai 24h for 2 including: Flight to Dubai, Accommodation for 3 nights in a 5 stars Dubai Hotel (including Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks), Race tickets for the 24h race starting January 13 at 2pm;
    Travel dates will be determined with the winner as following:
    The flight to Dubai will have to be on January 11, 2012 or during the night between the 11th and the12th of January 2012;
    The flight back will be on January, 14 (Saturday) or during the night between the 14th and the 15th of January, 2012;
    Only onsite transfers are included.

    ALL that + charity seems like a pretty awesome thing to me.

  18. December 7th, 2011 at 8:24 am - #
    Blaze_409

    This is kind of cool but its alsol very creepy lol.

  19. December 7th, 2011 at 7:00 am - #
    Lambob

    not just any driver, he is Sofa King Lucas

  20. December 7th, 2011 at 6:44 am - #
    Rich S

    No thanks…..god knows what that couch has seen. ;)

    Hope Ordonez wins the Dubai race though!