Lexus 升值了

今天美国交通安全管理局出资从私人车主手中以美金42500买下一辆2007 Lexus ES350。这辆车的前任车主Rhonda Smith在周二的丰田听证会上作证时讲述了这辆车在2006年行驶时油门踏板卡住，从而导致车子以100英里的时速行驶了6英里（相当于3分半钟）。这件事情发生后Rhonda Smith就把车卖掉了。
美国交通安全管理局表示他们会对这辆车进行检测，希望能找到失控的原因。 这种车的蓝皮书价格约为美金23785。
以上译自华盛顿邮报的相关报道。这篇报道还指出丰田在应对人身伤害赔偿诉讼时拒绝提供法庭要求的相关技术文件，并且用提高赔偿金额座位交换，来避免批漏他的机密文件。
原文如下：
Also on Friday, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said that it purchased the 2007 Lexus ES350 that took Tennessean Rhonda Smith on a six-mile, 100-mph terror ride in 2006 when, she said, the accelerator stuck. Smith recalled the incident in gripping testimony on Capitol Hill on Tuesday. The NHTSA said it will test the vehicle to try to find the cause of the runaway acceleration.

The NHTSA said that it paid $42,500 to buy the car from its current owner; Smith sold it after the incident.

Kelley Blue Book lists the value of a 2007 Lexus ES350 in good condition, purchased by a private buyer, at $23,185.