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Each week, we bring you the strangest auto-related news from around the world.

This week:

Tin it to win it

Thinking of throwing away that biscuit tin? Think again. It might be worth taking it down to an auction house.

A rare car-shaped biscuit tin fetched £15,600 at auction this week, making the William Crawford and Sons object the most expensive confectionary container in the world.

The tin was made as a children’s toy, and featured headlights and male a female passengers.

The inscription on the tin reads: “To Ted wishing him many happy returns of the day from Lady Eleanor".

Schuscraper

Seven times F1 champ Michael Schumacher has received another honour - he’s having a skyscraper named after him.

Work has begun in Dubai on ‘Michael Schumacher Business Avenue’, which will be the eventual home of a 29-storey commercial and residential building bearing the German sports star’s name.

Dubai is already home to the 19-storey Boris Becker Tower, and the Niki Lauda Twin Towers.

Dragoon heart

What do you think the Queen listens to in her 6.75-litre V8 Bentley State Limo?

Queen? The Sex Pistols?

According to a source close to the Royals, her majesty likes to listen to the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards band – a group of 26 bagpipers and drummers who last had a hit in 1972 with their version of 'Amazing Grace'.

A spokesperson said: "The queen loves to relax to the band's music, especially when she is being driven to her royal engagements."

Weird Pic of the Week: Wooden you believe it

Ukrainian Vasily Lazarenko built this wooden car on the chassis and engine of a 1981 Opel.

Video: Dosey Doe

A speeding police car catches the luckiest deer in Jackson County, USA, on its dash-mounted camera.

Click the play button below to see for yourself.