Auto Union Race Cars

On sept. 11th 2004 audi came back to their roots. Back to the place of birth of the legendary Auto Union racecars. To a city called Zwickau.
So i had the chance to film these beautiful cars which were born in the same city like me. ;)

Enjoy the incredible sound of these monsters.

Type A (no number) - Driver: The Stig???
Type C (number 5) - Driver: Tom Kristensen
Type D (number 4) - Driver: Martin Tomczyk

Edit March 2010: found a great wallpaper of this event.
http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-abc/Auto-Union-Type-D-Type-C-and-Type-A-160...

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Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• auto
• union
• zwickau
• audi
• ingolstadt
• rennwagen
• racecar
• tradition
• history
• formel1
• formula
• one
• silberpfeil
• auditag

[gdobos76]

Which type is the car that has no number on the body?

[miztazed]

Type A

[Nuschke00135]

Ich habe zuerst gedacht, das es im Westen ist, genauso wie man alles dorthin verschleppt hat (heute heißt es ja Audi kommt aus Ingolstadt). Doch Audi/Horch kommen aus ZWICKAU, genauso wurde es dort gefilmt (laß mit erstaunen Brückenberg). Wann fand es dort statt???

[miztazed]

Am 11. September 2004, anlässlich der Eröffnung des August Horch Museums in Zwickau.

[asd36f]

No wings, traction control or paddle gear change back then!

[unallocatedSpace]

3:15, so evil sounding.

[Bzking23]

aren't these the last surviving auto union racecars?

[lopezjackie515]

This is a very "dull" video. =p

[vespa1000turbo]

super cool video, very very nice , very impressive thank you .

[FlowPhille]

Type C (5) and D (4) are originals and Type A (1) is a replica, right?

[DKWNZ350DK]

Great video and cool sound. Many comments on the vehicles and the history of Auto Union. Some of the comments were way off. Auto Union was made in 1932 as a result of the hard times in the world at the time. It was made "on" 4 car companys: Horch, Wanderer, Audi and DKW. All 4 companies were based in Sachsen/Saxony Germany. But at the time of the merger DKW had control over AUDI. DKW got that control in 1928, where DKW took over AUDI. Best regards Jan/DK

[kirkconway]

i wonder what the run time on those older race tire's were?

it couldnt have been very long

as the torque of those engine's really used them up quick.

[laliakakrisz]

sounds from the hell...bazmeg

[CaptainBig8IIIIIID]

wow not bad for a 70 year old car! it sounds just killer

[1aauto]

Great video.Love seeing the vintage stuff.