The American-built 1934 Duesenberg once owned by Hollywood actress Carole Lombard will have some competition for attention for the next two months at the Warbirds and Wheels Museum at Wanaka Airport.
The museum has on loan from its Wanaka owner (who prefers to remain anonymous) the 1931, V12 Hispano-Suiza once owned by the Shah of Persia. The car has been in New Zealand since the 1980s and although still driven regularly, has just 44,000km on the clock.
Warbirds Over Wanaka marketing manager Ed Taylor said when new it was twice as expensive as a Rolls-Royce.
The Hispano-Suiza is believed to be one of only nine open-top examples of the European-built car remaining, and Mr Taylor said visitors to the museum could make up their own minds as to who made the best car in the 1930s - the Americans or the Europeans.
