Conceived over 90 years ago, now brought to life - Audi Tradition presents Auto Union Type 52

Who doesn't know them: the Silver Arrows of Auto Union, those legendary Grand Prix racing cars of the 1930s. However, few people know that based on these groundbreaking racing machines, a street-legal sports car version with a 16-cylinder engine was planned, the Auto Union Type 52. Audi has built this fast sports car and will present it to the public for the first time at the Goodwood Festival of Speed in England in mid-July. Back to the time when the Auto Union Type 52 was conceived: The Auto Union AG, formed in 1932 from the merger of the companies Audi, DKW, Horch, and Wanderer, is already involved in motorsport early on to make its new company emblem, the Four Rings, internationally known. Also in 1932, the regulations for the new 750 kg formula are published, which are to apply to the Grand Prix competitions of the years 1934 to 1936. In 1933, the Auto Union AG commissions the Stuttgart design office of Ferdinand Porsche to develop a race car according to this 750 kg formula. Work on the Auto Union Type A - internally referred to as