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Another approach— such as that used by Morris Garages— was to convert touring cars into sports cars.<ref name=":8" /><ref>{{cite web |url= http://mg.co.uk/about-mg/history-heritage/ |title=History & Heritage |work=MG Motor UK |access-date=19 May 2017 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170624114955/http://mg.co.uk/about-mg/history-heritage |archive-date=24 June 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref>
The first [[24 Hours of Le Mans]] race for sports cars was held in 1923,<ref name=":8">{{Cite book |title=The Sports Car: Its Design and Performance|last=Campbell|first=Colin |publisher=Chapman & Hall |year=1959|pages=1–7 |chapter=The Development of the Sports Car}}</ref> although the two-seat sports cars only competed in the smallest class, with the majority of cars entered being four-seat fast touring cars.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a13113/le-mans-how-it-began/ |title=Le Mans – How It Began |date=17 May 2007 |work=Road & Track |access-date=19 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20171107020519/http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorsports/news/a13113/le-mans-how-it-began/ |archive-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> "This race, together with the [[RAC Tourist Trophy|Tourist Trophy Series of Races]], organised after the first World War by the [[Royal Automobile Club|R.A.C.]], appealed to the public imagination and offered to the manufacturers of the more sporting cars an excellent opportunity for boosting sales of their products."<ref name=":8" /> The classic [[
By 1925, the higher profits available for four-seater cars resulted in the production of two-seat sports cars being limited to smaller manufacturers such as [[Aston-Martin]] (350 Astons built from 1921 to 1939) and [[Frazer-Nash]] (323 cars built from 1924 to 1939).<ref name="Georgano"/> Then by the late 1920s, the cost of producing racing cars (especially Grand Prix cars) escalated, causing more manufacturers to produce cars for the growing sports car market instead.
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