Famous people often have access to some unusual but interesting cars, so what are their most left-field choices?
Perhaps Denmark’s most famous composer, and the husband of one of its most celebrated sculptors, Nielsen loved riding horses, and was devastated when his doctor told him to stop in 1924 due to the developing heart condition which would eventually kill him. A friend and admirer, industrialist, gave him consolation in the form of an old Renault Type AX , which was so tall that Nielsen nicknamed it ‘the sentry box’.
Nielsen quickly developed a reputation as an enthusiastic – and alarmingly fast – driver, but not a sensitive one. While travelling through the island of Funen, he saw something bouncing along an adjacent field, and asked his daughter what it was. It turned out to be one of the Renault’s wheels, which had fallen off without him noticing.
He sold the car when he became Pope in 2005. Later the same year, its new owner sold it on eBay to an online casino for$204,400In the days when she was simply
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