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Manufacturers have now recognised this and generate plenty of hype around special limited-production models, whose benefits are multi-fold.

“At the start of the 1973 season, Kremer took delivery of two brand-new RSRs – I shared one with Paul Keller, and the other was run for Clemens Schickentanz,” says John Fitzpatrick, often labelled as one of the best Porsche drivers in history. “At the Spa 1000kms, my car broke so Schickentanz and I shared this car, qualifying between the Works Martini RSRs. It was a huge leap forward from the 911 S with which I’d won the inaugural European GT Championship the season before.”

1995 Bentley Turbo Limousine

If you’re going to be buried in your best Italian suit, you might as well ride to your final destination in a car of the same origin, right? Perhaps that makes sense in theory but, while Piedmontese funeral car builder Ellena Autotrasformazioni has created a surprisingly cohesive design, we can’t help but wonder if a diesel-engined sports saloon was the ideal donor car.

Peter is a regular on the historic racing circuit, as we found out recently. Now, he’s decided to sell off his company’s entire stocklist while offering a selection of cars on behalf of clients, entrusting Auctionata to handle the sale – which includes both the Lola T310 Can-Am car and the Budweiser-sponsored March 84G IMSA GTP prototype that Schleifer campaigned extensively in the 2016 historic racing season.

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