Government car sell-off continues

(ANSA) - Rome, February 26 ? A further 33 government cars will be sold on e-Bay to the public in an ongoing effort to dispose of bloated ministerial automobile pools, the premier's office said Thursday.
    In previous sales of so-called "blue cars" 118 vehicles were put up for auction and 82 sold, including four bullet-proof cars, yielding revenue of 701,987 euros that was earmarked for reducing the government deficit, official sources said.
    The 33 cars now being auctioned are from the Italian defence ministry pool and will be sold in three batches with each online auction lasting seven days, meaning the first 10 cars can be bought up until March 5.
    The cars going on sale this time include Alfa Romeos, BMWs, Fiats and Lancias.
    Average starting price for the cars sold so far was 7,288 euros and average sale price 8,561 euros.