Certainly, Singer and its reimagined 911s get a lot of credit for trendsetting at the high end of the restomod world. Now, there are reinvigorated classics across the spectrum.
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How much is a continuation car really worth?
Continuation cars are a motoring riddle wrapped up in an enigma. They’re neither real nor fake, and they’re both old yet new. From Jaguar to Shelby, Aston Martin to Alfa Romeo, the experts at Hagerty talk us through what that means for them as an investment
Published: Friday 12th March 2021
CONTINUATION CARS ARE a curious breed: neither original nor replicas; not as desirable as the genuine article yet still commanding considerable sums of money; they occupy a unique place in the classic car market.
To the uninitiated, a brand-new, factory-built duplicate of an iconic classic sports car sounds irresistible, particularly when the new car costs less compared to the original, but still makes good returns for the companies involved.
1963 Peter Linder
Peter Lindner, born on 16 March 1930 in Düsseldorf, was a German importer and distributor for both Aston Martin and Jaguar, as well as a successful racing driver.
In 1957 Lindner met with Sir William Lyons who was clearly impressed and he was appointed official Jaguar importer for the Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Most of the early sales went to British or American servicemen stationed in Germany, but Lindner also managed to convince some German customers to switch allegiance from Mercedes and other German marques.
An enthusiastic driver, he would think nothing of rushing to an airport to close a sale or meeting clients at weekends and he campaigned his British racing green 3.4 Mark I regularly on the circuits.