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classic cars
Panoz Batmobile: Proof Front-Engined Race Cars Don't Suck
Front-engined cars have been absent from the highest echelons of racing since the early 1960s. But in 1997, Don Panoz took a car to Le Mans ready to rattle the mid-engined establishment. It was called the Batmobile. More » -
industry news
VW Halts Merger Talks With Porsche Over CEO Squabble
Porsche's plannedassimilationmerger with Volkswagen has hit a snag, temporarily halting negotiations. We're told the "snag" is who's going to lead the new company — VW CEO Martin Winterkorn or Porsche CEO Wendelin Wiedeking. More »
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By Ray WertComment by FromaBuick6: Could that picture be any more German? 10 Responses | Other threads
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goodwood festival of speed
Vorsprung Your Way to Goodwood This July to See Audi at Its Very Best
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 »
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By Peter OroszComment by pauljones: Is it wrong that I would rather have the VW bus in the background than the classic Audi racers? 17 Responses | Other threads
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racing news
58-Year-Old Hans-Joachim Stuck Returns To Race At 12 Hours of Sebring
A surprising revelation of endurance racing is the fact most drivers are far from being spring chickens. Here's a few examples. More »
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By Peter OroszComment by engineerd: I think about where I'll be in 26 years (when I'm 58) and I don't see racing in that picture.... 8 Responses | Other threads
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auctions
Auto Union Type D Race Car To Auction For $8 Million
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 »
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By Peter OroszComment by leavethegun-takethecannoli: This past winter my sister hit two moose in Vermont with her Audi. The car was totaled, one moose was... 7 Responses | Other threads
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The History Of Cars
Last Flight Of The Silver Comet: Bernd Rosemeyer's Fatal World Speed Record Attempt
Bernd Rosemeyer was fearless, but yesterday in 1938 his attempt to eclipse 268 MPH on a public road and set the speed record in an Auto Union prototype would prove fatal. More » -
goodwood festival of speed
Audi Resurrects Auto Union Type D Racer For Goodwood, Pink Floyd's Mason Behind Wheel
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 »
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By Mark ArnoldComment by Osmodious: Brits are no stranger to driving the Silver Arrows...Dick Seaman won Nurburgring in a Mercedes W154 in 1938, much to... more » | Other threads
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choose your eternity
Project Car Hell: Auto Union 1000 or Shorty Corvair Van?
In a rare upset, a French car actually lost a Choose Your Eternity challenge! Not only that, front-wheel-drive triumphed over a rear-engined machine. Yes, the Fiat 128 Rally beat the Simca 1000GL in our last Project Car Hell! Today we're going to look at a pair of vehicles that do interesting things with the concept of scale: a tiny German Thunderbird or a huge Seattle Hot Wheels car. More »
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Comment by brandegee: Corvan's awesome, but I'm not really into caricatures. Gotta go with the SP, one of the few (only?) 2-strokers to... more » | Other threads
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an audi for our children
Audi Re-Releases Auto Union Type C As Pedal Car
The original Auto Union Type C was a V16-powered Grand Prix car with 520 HP. This new Audi-built Auto Union Type C replica announced today will be powered by two feet and may get you the power of about half of a horse depending on how fast your little legs can move. The 1:2 replica of the Auto Union Silver Arrow pedal car, first revealed as a prototype at last year's Paris Motor Show, has now been approved for a collectors run of just 999 foot-powered units. The 1:2 size means it's perfectly large enough to accommodate "budding racing drivers up to 1.35 metres tall." No word yet on pricing, but contact Audi USA to find out more details not included in the full press release below the jump. More »
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By Ray WertComment by Stoatmaster: Is there scope for internal combustion power here? I'm thinking Rotax... more » | Other threads
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two-strokin' south america
DKW do Brasil!
From 1957 to 1967, Vemag produced DKW cars in Brazil. In racing trim, they made awesome two-stroke noise, much like contemporary Saabs. Which, of course, makes sense, since the two-cycle Saab motors were based on a DKW design. Big noise, low speeds. Auto Union heritage! We so need one of these. And we'll totally wear a fruit hat with lederhosen while driving it. -
retro
It's the DKW F800!
Predecessor to the modern minivan, the DKW F800 was woefully underpowered (20hp! Upgraded through the addition of another cylinder to 32!), featured a flat load-floor due to its front-drive configuration, and was built from 1949 to 1962. We'll take ours mid-engined and RWD'd, thanks. An Audi R8 drivetrain seems as if it would do the trick (after all, one must keep with the Auto Union theme now, mustn't one?) Yes, that might be the ultimate sleeper death-hoon van to beat all sleeper death-hoon vans. It just might. More »
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Comment by wohho: Sleeper death-hoon vans are cool. In this case for the ultimate in sleeper-hooniness I'd have to veto the R8 powertrain...... more » | Other threads
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news
Holy Crap! Auto Union Type D Going on the Block!
Excuse us for a second while we wipe the drool from our chin. And our chest. And our toes. Unsavory as it might be, we are literally swimming in a sea of saliva at the moment, and here's why. In the 1990s, this Auto Union was discovered in pieces in the former Soviet Union, having been taken back to the Rodina after the war to be studied in the hopes that the precision of German racecar technology could somehow advance The State's auto industry. It didn't work. We got the Lada instead. More »
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Comment by Trackback: Many things shiny, speedy, and Porsche are on offer here -- but not the Hitler commissioned 1939 Auto Union D-Type.... more » | Other threads
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news
The Auto Union Type D in NYC
Audi feted its new Park Avenue forum this morning, showing off the R8 for the first time on US soil, as it paraded alongside the R10 TDI LeMans diesel racer. As a nod to heritage, Audi also rolled out the granddaddy of them all, the19361938 Auto Union TypeCD "Silver Arrow," whose roaringV16V12 penetrated the post-rush lull on Manhattan's most exclusive street. Just imagine the sound of an entire field of these things lined up on the N rburgring, and try to forget who was most likely seated in the VIP section. [UPDATE: Behind the wheel is R10 TDI racer Emmanuel Pirro. [UPDATE 2: It's actually a 1938 Auto Union Type D Silver Arrow. Thanks to Benztown for the double-check tip.] More »
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Comment by Mike Spinelli: The R10 sounded like construction equipment. Really, really fast construction equipment. more » | Other threads
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