Crosthwaite & Gardner was contracted to recreate the stillborn Type 52, which was intended as a road-going version of Auto Union’s legendary 1930s grand prix racers
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 Auto Union ’s mighty grand prix racers but was axed before it made production. Audi entrusted the build to Brit firm Crosthwaite & Gardner, who previously recreated Auto Union ’s open-wheel racers.
The original 1930s plan called for the Sportback sedan-looking coupe to run a V16 engine displacing the same 4.4 liters as the 1934 Type A racers, but detuned to take normal pump gas. It would have delivered 197 hp at just 3,650 rpm with the help of a supercharger - enough for an impressive 124 mph top speed. But with the benefit of knowing how Auto Union’s GP cars would develop in the years after the sedan project was canned, Crosthwaite & Gardner upgraded this build to a 6.
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