Auto Union Streamliner

As well as acting as an umbrella firm for its four constituent brands audi horch dkw wanderer auto union is widely known for its racing team auto union rennabteilung based at.

Auto union streamliner. In case anyone is interested this is the slot car i have been building which led to me asking the question in tnf about whether the car ran in practice at reims with or without numbers on the bodywork as it hasn t been resolved i took the plunge anyway and opted for putting the transfers on. 1937 auto union typ c stromlinie the evocative shape of the streamlined typ c must have caused a sensation in 1937. Auto union streamliner slot car posted in racing collectables.

Of the 4 auto union racing cars the types a b and c used from 1934 to 1937 had supercharged v16 engines and the final car the type d used in 1938 and 1939 built to new 1938 regulations had a supercharged. Bernd rosemeyer was a successful racing driver for auto union mercedes rival. The auto union v16 streamliner.

The auto union streamliner is a 1 32 scale model made of resin and sold as a mounting kit although few rtr units can be purchased under direct order. Ninety minutes after caracciola set his record it was the time for his arch rival to take his shot. The result was three exceptional machines two of which never really made it passed the prototype stage and one that went on to become the foundation of dkw s post war success.

On january 28th 1938 german race driver and national hero bernd rosemeyer was killed thrown from his auto union streamliner after it careened off a section of closed off autobahn. Auto union ag chemnitz was an amalgamation of four german automobile manufacturers founded in 1932 and established in 1936 in chemnitz saxony it is the immediate predecessor of audi as it is known today. This is very special because it was made for very high speeds rosemeyer was doing 230 240mph on the six mile avus straights so it is less agile than the others through the corners he explained.

When auto union built a streamlined version of the type b it reached 199 mph on an italian autostrada. In addition to auto union and mercedes battling one another on the race track the two companies fought to become the first to exceed the top speed target of 400 km h or 248 mph. That s because this auto union was specially shaped for top speed on the avus circuit.

After mercedes set the record with caracciola and the w125 autho union were ready to beat it. Pirro had already driven the auto union grand prix and hillclimb cars but the streamliner was a new and very different experience. Afterward and especially in the post war period the curves of this car found their way onto production cars.