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Audi Rosemeyer

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The German company Audi has made a significant contribution to the development of the global automotive industry, adhering to the slogan "Excellence through technology". It was founded in 1910 by August Horch, who left his own company Horch and opened another company called Audi - the Latin translation of his name. In 1932, Audi, along with three other manufacturers, became part of the Auto Union concern, from where it received the emblem in the form of four rings.

Design Audi Rosemeyer

In 2000, Audi built a modern interpretation of the Auto Union racing cars of the 1930s. - concept car Audi Rosemeyer. The car was created in order to draw attention to the brand and experience the advanced technologies that were embodied in the serial Bugatti Veyron a few years later. First of all, this concerns the unique 8-liter W16 engine, consisting of four parallel 4-cylinder blocks, connected to the quattro all-wheel drive system.

Design Audi Rosemeyer

A glance, and familiar features begin to appear: the massive radiator grille at once recalls the historic Auto Union "Silver Arrow" racing cars, and so does the long engine cover falling away to the rear, with its vertical air inlet slots. Just like the historic "Silver Arrow" cars too, the gleaming matt finish body with its brushed aluminium surface catches the light and conjures up an almost magical aura.

Design Audi Rosemeyer

One thing is immediately clear: like the famous "Silver Arrows", this low-built coupé could also be powered by a 16-cylinder mid-engine. There is plenty of space between the giant wheels in their high upward-curving wheel arches. A long wheelbase which creates space for two occupants and for a large-capacity engine in front of the rear axle.

Design Audi Rosemeyer

Short overhangs seemingly hewn from the solid emphasise these proportions and give the side view its special power and presence. A large-capacity engine with sixteen cylinders - and suddenly the onlooker recalls: this was just the number that the Auto Union racing and record-breaking cars of the nineteen-thirties also had. Racing cars which legendary drivers such as Bernd Rosemeyer and Tazio Nuvolari steered from victory to victory.

Tradition and heritage are of course not the only telling factors when one first encounters this incredible car.

Design Audi Rosemeyer

Its clearly defined outlines, with domed roof, precisely semi-circular wheel arch cutouts and high waistline - they all echo Audi's current design philosophy, the relationship with the TT, recipient of so many design awards.

At the very first glance we can see the large-diameter drilled brake discs behind the giant wheels. They are the logical counterpart to the performance of the undoubtedly powerful mid-engine.

Audi's quattro permanent four-wheel drive would unquestionably provide it with the perfect basis for converting the power of a large engine into propulsion, to make an ultimate sports car study such as this eligible for the title of 'perfect driving machine'.

Interior Audi Rosemeyer

Boldly shaped air inlets are a formal element at all points on the aluminium body of this Audi design study, and nowhere more so than at the front. The headlight units in the aerodynamically shaped nose seem to focus resolutely on the road: compact, powerful xenon headlights shine behind clear glass covers. The flat lights are protected behind flush-fitting metal panels that slide upwards when the headlights are switched on.Large outside mirrors are difficult to accept for the aerodynamics engineer bent on perfection. For a perfect view of events behind the Audi design study, it therefore foresees several cameras that project rear and side views on to monitor screens in the cockpit.

Design Audi Rosemeyer

Inside a super sports model: clarity as a blend of elegance and functional efficiency has been sought and found here too. The interior is trimmed with fire-resistant quilted Nomex like a racing car or helicopter cockpit. Two leather-covered bucket seats accommodate the driver and passenger behind a panoramic windscreen that is wrapped well round. This is the logical continuation of the purist interior architecture found in the TT cockpit.

The prominent centre tunnel with its polished aluminium tubes and the high window line integrate the position of the driver into the car in an ergonomically perfect manner, making him the nerve-centre of this super sports car. A workplace at the centre of a driving machine.

Design Audi Rosemeyer

Adjustable racing pedals, an open lever gate for the six-speed gearbox and a steering wheel with four spokes at 90-degree intervals are the ideal instruments for the driver to keep the performance potential of this car under perfect control.

Brushed aluminium, carbon fibre and leather of the highest quality define the character of the interior that retains its clear purity with no concession to the ambience of a luxury saloon car. Precision craftsmanship can be found throughout: it has left its unmistakable mark of perfection on every material and every detail.

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