Dreamt up in 1933 but never built, Audi’s just recreated the Auto Union Type 52 Schnellsportwagen The car was based on Auto Union’s Silver Arrow race cars, with a V16 mid-mounted engine The ...

After the 1934 season, Auto Union decided to match Mercedes in creating its own supercharged engine. To accomplish this, a 420-horse V12 replaced the previous year’s V16, giving up 100 ...

Audi built the Auto Union Type 52 in 2023, using the original documents from its development in the early 1930s. The Type 52 uses a 16-cylinder engine from Auto Union's dominant Silver Arrow race ...

The Auto Union Silver Arrows are among the most celebrated Grand Prix racers of all time. Powered by a sizable 16-cylinder engine, these streamlined machines took on Mercedes-Benz with lightweight ...

The Type 52 was also designed to use a mid-mounted V16 in an era when this type of engine was Auto Union's specialty. However, that's where the similarities with the Tourbillon's unit end.

Some changes were made, including swapping in a 6.0-liter supercharged V-16 similar from the 1936 Auto Union Type C race car, and running it on a mix of 50% methanol, 40% super unleaded gasoline ...

The first Auto Union racer was the 1934 Type A, which was designed by Ferdinand Porsche and had a giant supercharged V16 engine, a setup that was used by the subsequent 1935 Type B and 1936-1937 ...

Audi’s Goodwood Festival of Speed centerpiece is a recreation of a stillborn 16-cylinder Auto Union supercar that’s like a 1930s McLaren F1. The Type 52 was intended as a road-going version of ...