Audi Rosemeyer Streamliner

[Tom Vandervoort]

Hey quattrophiles:  Check out www.HerringtonCatalog.com for what appears to
be an amazing "love it or hate it" model of the Audi Rosemeyer Streamliner
comemerative model.  Both contemporary and retro, the car was shown at the
Paris Auto Salon.

Young Bernd Rosemeyer broke Mercedes' strangelhold on Gran Prix racing for
Auto Union in the Ferdi Porsche-designed rear engine 8 liter 16 cylinder
streamliner with the all-independent suspension. He did it at Nurburgring in
"der Deutsche mist" 1934 earning the nickname "Der Nebelmeister" by beating
von Brauchitsch, Caracciola and Nuvolari.

Rosemeyer dominated GP racing for 3 seasons before ignoring Carraciola's
warning that strong cross winds were blowing on the Italian's record run of
268 mph in the Mercedes.  At 270 mph at the Frankfurt airport a strong gust
somesaulted the Auto Union Special flinging Rosemeyer to eternity.  The
Streamliner's 1:18 scale and 9.75" long.  It's back ordered 3 weeks.  45
bucks.

Tom
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