The hearts of fans of historic motor sport will beat faster on the first weekend in May. They may have the good fortune to witness the moment when two legends meet up again: Auto Union racing cars from the 1930s and Monte Carlo, the jewel in the annual motor sport calendar. For the first time since 1937, the sound of two Auto Union Silver Arrows will echo through the narrow streets of the Principality – at the Grand Prix de Monaco Historique on May 1 and 2. These giants of a past era will have worthy drivers: former Formula One stars Jacky Ickx and Hans-Joachim Stuck. Continue reading ‘Auto Union Silver Arrows back on the starting grid in Monte Carlo’
We’ve posted an excellent video from the 100 years of Audi at the Donauring. It features the “beauty and the beast” Auto Union Type A 1934 16cyl Silver Arrow. Even today this machine is unbelievable. Watch Rallye Lengend, Walter Rohl, take his winning Audi sport quattro S1 for a run.
75 years ago, the Auto Union Silver Arrows went to the starting grid for the first time on the Avus circuit in Berlin
Auto Union and Mercedes Benz dominated international motor racing between 1934 and 1939 75 years ago, one of the most dramatic chapters in the whole of motor sport history began. On May 27, 1934 the German racing cars that were soon to acquire the nickname ‘Silver Arrow’ were entered for their first race, on the Avus racetrack in Berlin. Although neither Auto Union, the company from which Audi in its present-day form developed later, nor Mercedes Benz won that event, it was not long before these two manufacturers began to dominate international Grand Prix racing, a situation that prevailed until the outbreak of the Second World War in 1939. It seems almost incredible today, but by 1936 the Auto Union racing cars were reaching speeds of up to 380 kilometres an hour on the long straights of the Avus circuit – truly, the birth of a legend.
