With the founding of the Auto Union in 1932, and the new trade mark four circles depicting the joining of Horch, Wanderer, Audi and DKW, this was the start of a new age for motor sport. Daimler-Benz was a strong competitor in the automotive market place and, especially in racing. The announcement fo..
The specification says it all: Six litres, Sixteen cylinders, Supercharged. This elephantine engine runs on alcohol and thumps out enough torque to pull down the walls of Babylon. Indeed, the bellowing Auto Union was the Handwriting on the Wall for the traditional notion of a Grand Prix car. It’s ra..
“I live for the German sport.” Hans Bretz records the life of Bernd Rosemeyer, from the early days as a motor cycle rider and racer with hardly any experience in normal front engined race cars; he took a giant leap to becoming a driver for Auto Union. Later, this lack of experience was c..
“I live for the German sport.” Hans Bretz records the life of Bernd Rosemeyer, from the early days as a motor cycle rider and racer with hardly any experience in normal front engined race cars; he took a giant leap to becoming a driver for Auto Union. Later, this lack of experience was c..
Grand Prix Report Auto Union has a focus on the mechanics and engineers that were involved with these marvellous machines. Team photographs and correspondence are all reproduced within the book which has been carefully researched, and includes chassis number references as well as some detailed compo..
The thirties was the era when nations raced: Germany, Italy, France and Britain each carrying their patriotism and nationalism to the rivalry of the race tracks. John Dugdale was in a perfect position to record the events of this momentous decade, joining The Autocar as a young reporter in the early..
In the romance of Grand Prix racing and racing cars, the six year period 1934-1939, saw the development and increase of speed in a new light. To break standard Grand Prix entries of the time from Italian and French manufacturers such as Alfa Romeo, Maserati and Bugatti, the Germans produced the Silv..
Even today, over fifty years after his death, the very name is enough to excite motor racing enthusiasts around the world, young and old alike, for Bernd Rosemeyer was one of the most gifted and charismatic drivers ever to grace the sport. Roserneyer! Is the fascinating story of two remarkable peopl..
The photography of Robert Fellowes has been unseen since 1948, when his friend Rodney Walkerley (`Grande Vitesse' of The Motor) published what was virtually a booklet about Grand Prix racing in the 1930s. Even the poor, post-war quality of the paper of that time could not disguise the fact that Fell..
Between 1904 and 1916, William K. Vanderbilt underwrote a series of road races named in his honour. Altogether, there were nine contests for the William K. Vanderbilt Jr. Cup. Thereafter, America's highways were closed to road races and the curtain was brought down on the famous classic. The origina..
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