Four-Links – Auto Union vid, wooden choppers and the world’s best auto museum?
So how does Four-Links sound for a catchy name for my periodic linkdumps? Sounds a lot better than “Stuff I Saw On The Internet.” Anyway. We posted a link to a video of the 1938 Auto Union Type D in...
View ArticleAnd still more Auto Union: One car appears, another disappears
On the heels of our exclusive information from Christie’s and Audi Tradition about the provenance of the Retromobile Type D comes a statement to Hemmings from Audi Tradition that clarifies some...
View ArticleHappy 100th Birthday, Audi!
July 16, 2009, marks the 100th anniversary of the day that August Horch founded August Horch Automobilwerke GmbH in Zwickau, Germany, after leaving his Horch & Cie. Motorwagen Werke due to a...
View Article100 Roses for Rosemeyer
Bernd Rosemeyer after his victory at the 1937 Grand Prix at Donington Park, Great Britain in an Auto Union 16-cylinder Type C It was a time of unlimited dreams and aspirations. Germany was shaking...
View ArticleAd of the Week: Import Class of 1959
Somehow, time slipped past me in an effort to get stuff cleared off my desk so that I could make the trek down to the New York Auto Show; that is, everything except the Ad of the Week. To make up for...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1935 Wanderer W 250
As the seller of this Gläser-bodied 1935 Wanderer W 250 cabriolet points out, there’s a little bit of Wanderer in every new Audi. The builder of medium-priced cars became the fourth ring in Auto Union...
View ArticleAuto Union Silver Arrows in the New Millennium
If you will find yourself in the vicinity of Ingolstadt, Germany, in the next month or so, you might consider stopping by the Museum Shop at the Audi Museum Mobile to pick up a copy of Audi...
View ArticleHemmings Find of the Day – 1961 PBA-DKW Formula Junior
It’s not unusual to see a race special from the 1960s use parts from a number of different marques, making it difficult to categorize with conventional street-going cars. Such is the case with this...
View ArticleSilver Arrows to race at Goodwood Revival
Photo courtesy Goodwood Revival They were the most dominant Grand Prix racers of the 1930s, designed and driven by giants in their fields, cars so outrageously engineered their power levels weren’t...
View ArticleAuto Union Type D returns to the fold
1938 and 1939 Auto Union Type D Grand Prix Racers. This summer, Audi filled a gaping hole in their historical collection when they acquired a twin-supercharged V-12 powered 1939 Type D grand prix car...
View ArticleRacing Heroes – Bernd Rosemeyer
Bernd Rosemeyer at Tripoli, 1936. Photos courtesy Audi Media Services. In today’s corporate-driven world of Formula 1 racing, where most stars are groomed by teams from an early age for their driving...
View ArticleRecommended Reading – Racing the Silver Arrows: Mercedes-Benz versus Auto...
Long considered two of the greatest racing cars and teams of all time, Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union’s Silver Arrows teams are the subjects of this book. Between the 350 pages of Chris Nixon’s...
View ArticleRacing Heroes – Tazio Nuvolari
Winning the Vanderbilt Cup, 1936. Photos courtesy the Tazio Nuvolari Museum. In today’s ultra-competitive world of professional motorsports, the idea of beginning a career in racing at the age of 27...
View ArticleAudi restores battery-powered 1956 DKW Schnellaster Kastenwagen
1956 DKW Elektro Schnellaster, on the road in Wangerooge. Photos courtesy of Audi Media Services. From 1955 to 1962, DKW built a limited-production electric version of its Schnellaster Kastenwagen...
View ArticlePitching the 1972 Audi 100, with help from August Horch and Henry Ford
Print ad courtesy Production Cars.com. Formerly part of Auto Union with DKW, Horch and Wanderer, Audi didn’t (re)exist as a brand until 1969. The marque made its U.S. debut for the 1970 model year,...
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