Jalopnik: Auto Union Type D

Tazio Nuvolari, deer hunter with Silver Arrow

Peter Orosz — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:00:00 EST

Hunting game and racing cars are generally pursued as separate pastimes, but not by Tazio Nuvolari at the 1938 Donington Grand Prix, where, as evidenced by a severed head, he did both with great aplomb. More »

Vorsprung Your Way to Goodwood This July to See Audi at Its Very Best

Peter Orosz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:00:00 EDT

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Audi will be the featured marque at this year's Festival of Speed, held July 3-5. This is your last chance to see the Auto Union race cars before Audi becomes, by default, hopelessly uncool. More »

Auto Union Type D Race Car To Auction For $8 Million

Peter Orosz — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Lamborghini V12’s are passé. Three million people have seen that clip of a Countach with custom exhausts revving its engine. Let’s see what Lamborghini’s parent company can do in the V12 department. More »

Audi Resurrects Auto Union Type D Racer For Goodwood, Pink Floyd's Mason Behind Wheel

Mark Arnold — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:30:00 EDT

At next month's Goodwood Festival of Speed, Audi plans to unveil their authentic reconstruction of a 1939 Auto Union Type D Dual Compressor. The single-seat roadster, a replica of the Grand Prix racer driven by the likes of Tazio Nuvolari and H.P. Müller, will be driven by none other than Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason. Mason'll have to tame the 420 HP V12, the mother-loving engine at the atom heart of the Type D, as it spins those skinny tires up the hill at Goodwood. Luckily, Mason isn't new to priceless classic race cars. More »