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For Sale: Auto Union D-Type, one owner (A. Hitler) - 12-02-2006, 06:15 AM
Yes you read that correctly. Adolf Hitler’s Auto Union D-Type is up for auction.

Hitler commissioned Ferdinand Porsche to build the car for him. way back in 1939. Packing 485 bhp and able to hit 186 mph, it’d still show a few of todays ’sports cars’ the way home.



The car hasn’t been pampered all its life - it’s been in pieces. The Russians snatched it during World War II, then took it apart, to figure out exactly what went into it.

The car was discovered in the 1990’s and restored to its former glory. Now it’s expected to smash the previous record of £5.5 million (set by a 1931 Bugatti).

Source: Germancarscene.com
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Re: For Sale: Auto Union D-Type, one owner (A. Hitler) - 12-02-2006, 06:59 AM
I know that Hitler loved Mercedes and Auto Union. The greatest marques of it's time.
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Re: For Sale: Auto Union D-Type, one owner (A. Hitler) - 12-02-2006, 07:08 AM
How much?
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Re: For Sale: Auto Union D-Type, one owner (A. Hitler) - 12-02-2006, 07:20 AM
Wow, this is truly an historic car!

Will be really interesting to see how much it sells for
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Re: For Sale: Auto Union D-Type, one owner (A. Hitler) - 12-02-2006, 07:21 AM
I believe it's being estimated to sell for around $11 million US.
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Re: For Sale: Auto Union D-Type, one owner (A. Hitler) - 12-02-2006, 07:32 AM
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I know that Hitler loved Mercedes and Auto Union. The greatest marques of it's time.
yeap mercedes and auto union are the best marquees in the world. The rest falters by comparison
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Re: For Sale: Auto Union D-Type, one owner (A. Hitler) - 12-02-2006, 08:16 AM
Wow, that's an awesome vehicle, excellent find
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Re: For Sale: Auto Union D-Type, one owner (A. Hitler) - 12-05-2006, 11:26 PM
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I know that Hitler loved Mercedes and Auto Union. The greatest marques of it's time.
Not so much he liked them, but they were the only two German car companies that said ok to government funding for racing and development.
That is why they kicked everyone's ass for so many years. But then he had to take over the world and screwed everyone.

One Audi I wouldn't mind to own. "I would store it right next to my W125".
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Re: For Sale: Auto Union D-Type, one owner (A. Hitler) - 12-06-2006, 04:03 AM
i want it bad
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Re: For Sale: Auto Union D-Type, one owner (A. Hitler) - 12-06-2006, 04:48 AM
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Well that is not strictly true. At the time, Bentley, Bugatti, and Alfa Romeo were kicking ass on the track. Duesenberg, Pierce Arrow, Cadillac, Peerless were all comparable American luxury cars ...as were European marques like Dalahaye, Hispano-Suiza, Voisin, Isotta-Fraschini, Rolls-Royce, Daimler, Lancia ...there were many great car makers in the 1930s, the Germans were not the only ones producing amazing cars at that time.

BTW, look at this ridiculous Hispano-Suiza limousine from 1923.
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