Auto Union Type D

I don t understand some of the apparent confusion over these cars.
Auto union type d. Paul and barbara karassik have sold both of the d type sorry typ 1938 and typ 1939 cars which were restored for. A few years before that the first auto union. Even the d type auto union designed to meet the halved 3 litre supercharged engine formula of 1938 and fitted with a de dion rear suspension to replace professor porsche s dastardly swing axles was far from espousing such principles.
Auto union type d facebook twitter google leading up to the end of 1937 auto union had won 32 of 54 races and needed a new contender for the upcoming restrictions that allowed a three liter supercharged car with a minimum weight of 850 kgs. A 1938 type d had resurfaced in czechoslovakia but minus all of its running gear. The 1939 auto union type d abbreviated as autounion type d is a classic grand prix race car by auto union and audi that debuted in the hot wheels car pack for forza motorsport 5 and is featured as standard in all subsequent motorsport main titles as well as in forza horizon 4.
The auto union grand prix racing cars types a to d were developed and built by a specialist racing department of auto union s horch works in zwickau germany between 1933 and 1939. 65 x 75 mm. 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.
A 1939 twin stage supercharged engine was also located and the car was reconstructed to running order by british experts crosthwaite gardiner only to disappear again in a south korean collection. 60 deg v12. The type d was a grand prix race car whose success in state sponsored motorsport ended when world war ii began.
Auto union 16 zylinder hillclimb racecar typ c d 1939 international grossglockner grand prix 2017 austria driver. With still copious power and torque narrow tyres a high centre of gravity and sit up and beg driving. 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.
The history of the 485 horsepower 3 liter v 12 1939 auto union twin supercharger type d which has a top speed of 205 mph is fascinating. Auto union type d.