Auto Union. In: Signaal, 1ste Augustus-Afl. Nummer 15/1943.
Bernd Rosemeyer in Auto Union record-breaking car, 1937.
Rosemeyer set a number of world speed records for cars with engines of less than 8000cc capacity driving Auto Union cars in the late 1930s, when the team was engaged in a duel with Mercedes both in motor racing and record breaking. He was killed in 1938 when his car crashed on the Frankfurt-Darmstadt Autobahn while in the process of trying to regain the record from Mercedes.
“Auto-Union” - cigarette card. Ardath Tobacco Co. Ltd. C1937.
Source: Oxford University Library - Toyota City Imaging Project
Bernd Rosemeyer driving an Auto Union, Donington Grand Prix, Leicestershire, 1937. Photo: National Motor Museum.
He won the race. Rosemeyer was one of the team’s leading drivers in the 1930s, both on the race track and in setting speed records. He was European Drivers’ Champion in 1936, but was killed whilst trying to set a speed record on the Frankfurt-Darmstadt Autobahn in 1938.
