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Shortly after the acquisition of Audi in 1928, Rasmussen got this elegant convertible, bodied by the Berlin coachbuilder Josef Neuss.

Who can stand it longer: human or machine? The result was the clear victory of the machine!

An unmistakable diamond: One of Borgward's first aerodynamic milestones was the "Windspiel" four-door sedan, presented in 1937.

For the 1937 Toy Fair in Leipzig, Heinrich Müller, the founder of Schuco, built a unique, very expensive streamlined Maybach limousine 1936.

A very special Mercedes sports car was a 500K from 1935, which belonged to the super-rich Chinese Tan Tjoan Keng.

Rolls-Royce was not very happy and Hooper was uneasy about putting its name to it, but both needed the work. 

The Hispano-Suiza J12 is a luxury automobile that was made by Hispano-Suiza from 1931 to 1938.

This 1937 Peugeot 402 Cabriolet (chassis 797280) is a claimed one-off two-seater bodied by Parisian Carrosserie Pourtout.​

Not many cars were built during World War II: Mercedes Benz 540 K Cabriolet A 1940 Chassis 421988.

This Lloyd set at Pentecost 1954 in the French Monthéry not less than 14 international class records.

This is the Caracciola's test car before setting two new class records over five miles and ten kilometers with the right speed car.

This Mercedes-Benz W25 V-12 DAB was successfully driven by Manfred von Brauchitsch in 1937 in the Avus race (race 2).​

The ancestor of all Mercedes Silver Arrows! With legal street us! The prototype differs in some details from the later racing version.

A Mercedes 24 was turned into a pickup truck. The first race transporter in the world had its premiere at the Italian GP in 1924.​

This Mercedes 680 S Saoutchik once belonged to the Bedford family (co-founder of Standard Oil) and later bought James S. Rockefeller the car.

This model shows the cabriolet "Grand-Luxe" carved by Chapron. This superb example was shown in the 1947 Geneva Motor Show in 1947.​

Maserati delivered the chassis to the Frua workshops on 9 February 1956. It appears in the factory archives as 'internal engine number 76.

Speedboat designer Joachim Küsters also developed very bold car bodies in the 1930s, including this exotic Alfa Romeo made in Salvador, Bahia in 1932.​

In February 1937, Type 320 was introduced as the successor to the Type 290. The 320 was designed as a comfortable touring car.

The exact history of this car is unknown. In the recent restoration, the original body still had traces of bullet holes!​

Mulliner & Co. was a British manufacturer of automobile bodies that produced exclusive individual bodies and small series for luxury-class vehicles.