Million Dollar Car Graveyard

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Published 2016-09-22

50 vintage cars have been left to rot and decay in a German forest. A collection of supercars have purposely been crashed into trees, buried in mud and placed on cliff faces by former racing driver Michael Fröhlich. Michael was sat down by his father at a young age and told to make something of his life by the time he turned 50. After winning a grand prix race in Germany in 1984, in his very own Jaguar XK120, Michael decided to collect one vintage car for each year of his life until the year 2000. His collection includes a Rolls Royce with a Queen Elizabeth doll at the wheel, a Porsche 356 racer and a Buick.

Videographer / director: Christoph Hagen
Producer: Danny Baggott, Ellie Winstanley
Editor: Jack Stevens

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All Comments (21)

@lacossanostra 7 years ago

i think 90% of the people dislike it that those cars are rotting away
@scrappydog132 7 years ago

"I bought all these historically significant cars to prove a point that if you leave cars out in the forest for decades they will rust". Wow, what an artist............
@carbidegrd1 7 years ago

When you are dead, you are not aware that you are dead. Yours friends might be upset but you aren't aware of it. Being stupid is the same.
@Gamerjman19 7 years ago

I wouldn't have a problem with this if these cars were junked before he got them, but he said that he parked these cars here in running condition, so I can't support what he's doing here.
@Nando_paletas 7 years ago

This hurts me a lot as a car/truck guy... why would you do that to such magnificent, rare, irreplaceable cars? The fact that he had them in running condition pisses me off, just let them rot. Hopefully it's not too late for them to be restored after nature takes him.
@tomylee5819 7 years ago

Millions car graveyards around the world proved his "theory" about rusting long long time ago...
@sandi-ballz6174 7 years ago

This is what it looks like to throw money around.
@gregbansgrove9834 7 years ago

What a waste of some of the worlds most beautiful automobiles
@DimitriTheSaint 7 years ago

the guy needs help
@ericluck1084 3 years ago

I like how instead of buying bad versions of the cars he bought original complete ones I’ve never wanted anyone to stop collecting cars and sell them I think 99.9% of people dislike it
@doodskie999 7 years ago

this man just wants to see the world burn
@cartman668222 7 years ago

all money no brains
@grantasyska 7 years ago

These cars don't deserve this!!! He doesn't deserve these cars!!! Wtf!!!
@jordanmclean8516 7 years ago

Hopefully they are not too far gone that they can be restored in the near future
@natewelch9019 7 years ago

Absolutely ridiculous to let perfectly good cars rot.
@shabadoob 7 years ago

I can't wrap my head around this.
@magnificenthonky 6 years ago

That bucktooth Buick is particularly rare. Damn shame to see it rot. The whole project is a damned shame.
@GrtSatan 6 years ago

I for one am flabbergasted. Cars rust? Who knew!
@seandalavis 7 years ago

ya real smart. just let them rot away. wow
@AlaskaTrucker 7 years ago

I recently met Michael while visiting Germany and was able to see this fleet of cars, they are all made in 1950, Michael´s birth year. I was really impressed with the cars as well as the man. Michael is a guy that works every day and he is also gentleman, it was a real pleasure to meet him and see his collection of treasures. The cars may not be road worthy but they are cherished and Michael didnt hesitate to let a trucker from Alaska walk around his property and see them. Great video!