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[[Image:Auto-Union-V16.jpg|thumb|1938 V16 Type C/D replica, [[Riga Motor Museum]] ]]
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Audi engineers authenticated the car as a 16-cylinder hill-climbing Auto Union that combined types C and D. Audi acquired it in exchange for a replica on
American car enthusiast Paul Karassik tracked down chassis No.19 in Russia, adding an original engine from a separate D-type carcass and handing it over in 1990 to ''Crosthwaite and Gardiner'' to restore to its original form. In February 2007, it was due to be auctioned by [[Christie's]] in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|author=Van onze verslaggever Theo Stielstra |url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/economie/article388074.ece/Miljoenen_voor_Hitlers_Porsche |title=Miljoenen voor 'Hitlers Porsche' – Economie – de Volkskrant |language=nl |publisher=Volkskrant.nl |access-date=2011-12-13}}</ref> Although expected to be the most expensive car ever sold at auction at more than $12 million, the car did not find a buyer in the sealed auction. This was because of a discrepancy that was found with the chassis and engine numbers and the fact that they did not correspond with the numbers expected to be found on the car that it was believed to be.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/AUTOS/03/10/auto_union_dtype_no_sale/index.html | work=CNN | title='World's most valuable car' fails to sell - CNN.com | access-date=2010-04-26}}</ref> The car went on [[auction]] in August 2009, with [[Bonhams]] estimating a sale price of around £5.5million.<ref>{{cite web|author=Bonhams Auctioneers |url=http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4260477&iSaleNo=17327&iSaleSectionNo=2 |title=1939 Auto Union 3-liter 'D-Type' V12 Grand Prix Racing Single-Seater Chassis no. '19' Engine no. 17 |publisher=Bonhams.com |access-date=2011-12-13 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120224081006/http://www.bonhams.com/cgi-bin/public.sh/pubweb/publicSite.r?sContinent=USA&screen=lotdetailsNoFlash&iSaleItemNo=4260477&iSaleNo=17327&iSaleSectionNo=2 |archive-date=24 February 2012}}</ref> During Bonhams 2009 Monterey auction, the bidding stalled at $6 million, and the vehicle was not sold.<ref>{{cite web|author= Frank Filipponio |url=http://www.autoblog.com/2009/08/15/monterey-2009-auto-union-is-a-no-sale-at-bonhams/ |title=Monterey 2009: Auto Union is a no-sale at Bonhams |publisher=Autoblog.com |access-date=2011-12-13}}</ref>
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