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

The special cabriolet was rebuilt several times. It also received the warning colour 'orange'. German engineers christened the car 'The Parrot'.

This extraordinary Mercedes has an Art Deco pontoon body by Fréjat (1947). Unfortunately, this body did not survive.

The G1 was only built 50 times and was the largest Alfa Romeo ever built at this time (1921).

The Alfa Romeo 6C 1750 is a milestone, a true myth in the history of Alfa Romeo and motorsport in general.

The 20-30 hp E was the first car produced under Alfaromeo. The car was Nicola Romeo's personal car (1920).

Corsica bodied 14 chassis of the Bugatti Type 57; some of them were characterized by eye-catching, flat structures.

The Atalante was a two-seater, very sporty coupe with aerodynamic approaches. In total, only 40 S-chassis were built.

The Atalante was a two-seater, very sporty coupe with aerodynamic approaches. In total, only 40 S-chassis were built.

Bugatti developed the Type 59 for the 750 kilo formula from 1934. In total, only four Bugatti T59 were built.

The Bugatti Type 18, also called the Garros, was produced from 1912 through 1914. The coachwork is by Henri Labourdette. 

In 1932 Ettore Bugatti made some hand drawings. These have now been implemented in a 'real' Bugatti racing car. Edition: 25 pieces!

A.V.I.S. (Italian Association of Voluntary Blood Donors) built an ambulance with which blood could also be collected in small towns.

There aren't many coach bodies that come from Belgium. The goal was to build the most modern car of its time. Many say that it succeeded! 

This Giulietta Sprint Cabriolet prototype was introduced by Bertone in 1957. Today it is in a private collection in Switzerland.

This Ferrari 400 from Robert Jankel is a 2 + 2-seater twelve-cylinder coupé from the Italian sports car manufacturer Ferrari.

A modified Ferrari F2 frame and the “gull-wing” fiberglass body give this prototype a very unusual design.

Enzo Ferrari presented 1959 the first (and only) Ferrari engine with a displacement of less than 1 liter: exactly 854 cc.

Swabian Heart in a sportive Dress: Amilcar built this sporty roadster body for a Mercedes-Benz Type 290 in 1933.

It is an ideal combination of the thoroughbred A6GCS / 53 competition chassis with a great body: a masterpiece of Italian design!

This Talbot Lago T26 Grand Sport was once ordered by the "zip king", Mister Fayolle and therefore provided with an indicated zip.

A Ferrari 365 P Berlinetta with a 4.4-liter mid-engine, which is designed as a three-seater with central steering.

The Cisitalia Grand Prix was designed by Porsche between 1946– 47,  and is therefore also known by its Porsche project number, Typ 360.

Highlight of the car range was the Aero 50, which was initially presented in 1936.

The one-off vehicle was intended for promotion purposes only. The unique car body design came from sculptor Maurice Prosper Lampert.

The Bugatti Type 101 (also: Bugatti T 101) was the last passenger car that the French automobile manufacturer Bugatti developed and built.

The Alfa Romeo 8C are a series of automobiles from the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo. The designation 8C stands for eight-cylinder.

The Lancia Aprilia was a revolutionary car, one of the first designed using wind tunnel in collaboration with Battista Farina and Politecnico.

The Lancia Aprilia was a revolutionary car, one of the first designed using wind tunnel in collaboration with Battista Farina and Politecnico.

The sedan for six people and resembled a Buick. It had an eight-cylinder engine with 5750 cc capacity and 105 hp.

1935 wurde dieses Stromliniefahrzeug Mercedes-Benz 500K (W29) für Carl Friedrich von Siemens gefertigt. 

Compared to the standard 15-six, the car body maker fitted its version with opulent fenders and an elongated rear end.

The 1957 Chevy was presented to the market as being a “Sweet Smooth and Sassy” vehicle.

The Fairlane-based P5 series Ford LTD was released in August 1973. The LTD was only available as a four-door sedan.

The Ford Fairlane was sold between 1955 and 1970 by Ford in North America. The name is derived from Henry Ford's estate, Fair Lane.

Enzo Ferrari designed the Avio 815 in 1940. Although it never bore the glamorous name, it is still the very first Ferrari.

All four DB Mk II were registered on April 26, 1949. Three were used as factory racing cars. The LML 49/4 was used by David Brown as a personal car.

Mercedes-Benz collectors call the 370S Mannheim the “little brother” of the legend Mercedes-Benz SSK.

The book’s chapters cover each season from 1934 to 1939 looking at the exploits of Mercedes and Auto Union (Audi, DKW, Horch and Wanderer).

This new book not only includes further recently-found images of transporters but also team support vehicles........

Only six of these unique Steyr 220 Sport Roadster models with a glass body were built before the Second World War.

The Alfa Romeo 8C are a series of automobiles from the Italian manufacturer Alfa Romeo, which was manufactured from 1931 to 1939.

Long believed to have been lost, this 8C 2900B started life as a cycle-fendered competition car.

The Swiss body Ghia-Aigle, each based on a Michelotti design, and the Carrozzeria Motto built one-off pieces.

Some 750 Cadillac V16s were sold in 1931, but only one had coachwork from carrozzeria Pininfarina.

"Standard of the World" confidently wrote the brand, but it really wasn't normal.

This special 1:31 scale model (15 cm) is hand built from parts that are all cast in white metal.

With Pininfarina into the jet age: at the 1952 Turin Salon, this jet concept met with great interest.

This Alfa Romeo 6C 2300 year 1934 is a one-off with French body Letourneur et Marchand.

The Type 300 is closely associated with the first Federal Chancellor and is called "Adenauer-Mercedes" in the classic car scene.

In 1938, Erdmann & Rossi presented this wonderful sleek roadster at the automobile and motorcycle exhibition in Berlin (IAMA).

A Mercedes that becomes a DKW-Audi. It also has three doors: one on the left and two on the right. Unique!

This Mercedes 300 SL Gullwing AMG (1974) belonged to none other than Friedrich Karl Flick, a major shareholder of Daimler-Benz.

Just two cars were built by Carrozzeria Boneschi, one was sold 1954 to Rafael Trujillo the then dictator of the Dominican Republic.

This particular example of Figoni coachwork was built on Delahaye's Type 135 chassis, a model that was introduced in 1935 at the Paris Salon.

This Ferrari Daytona is a one-off coupe constructed on chassis 12925. It was displayed at the 1969 Paris Salon.

Known owners of an Iso Rivolta S4 were Pete Townshend, Sonny Bono, James Last and John Lennon.

For a long time the type “Stuttgart” was the most important automobile offered by Mercedes.

This Mercedes T-model must have been something of sacrilege in the 90s. Caro International created this station wagon 1990.

The Lysell Rally looks like a flying saucer, but it didn’t come from outer space: it was built in a Norwegian aircraft factory.

Up to 1960 about 20 taxis had been built, mostly gray or black, some with the once common black and white "belly band".

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The Adler Trumpf Junior is a small car whose modern appearance was designed by Hans Gustav Röhr (later Mercedes Benz).

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The well admired Stuttgart coachwork company Wendler built this streamlined test car in 1937.

In the spring of 1956, Zündapp contracted out the first design to Pininfarina for the car called ‘Project KF IV’.

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Jeff Bock achieved a record speed of exactly 130.838 mph on his debut on a salt lake in Bonneville in 2009.