3.2K views · 144 reactions | 1936 Auto Union Type C V16 sliding on the ice! #automotivemike #carswithoutlimits #amazingcars247 #autogespot #carinstagram #supercars_obsessed #instacar #madwhips #instadaily #dupontregistry #carporn #cargram #supercarsdaily #theice #theicestmoritz #stmoritz #autounion #typec #auditradition | Automotive Mike | Facebook

The Schnellsportwagen lives! ✨ Back in the 1930s, Auto Union AG planned to build a street-legal sports car version of its Silver Arrow Grand Prix racers called the Auto Union Type 52. The car would be powered by a 16-cylinder supercharged engine. As early as the end of 1933, the Porsche design office drew up the first design sketches of the Schnellsportwagen, but project was abandoned in 1935, and its trail lost in the archives. Audi commissioned British restoration experts Crosthwaite & Gardner