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00:00 Intro
00:43 Project’s background
01:43 Basic specs
02:46 Reason for the V16
03:34 Engine features
05:40 Type B specs
06:37 Final iteration
07:55 Land speed record attempt
08:27 Health hazard
09:25 Final words
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“Supercharged Grand Prix Cars 1924-1939 (full version)” by Tinkerin’ Thinkers
“Racing the Silver Arrows of Zwickau” by King Rose Archives
“Auto Union Type C at Shelsley Walsh 2016” by Lefty04
“Auto Union Grand Prix racing car Type C, 1936 V16 Start up and Revs” by Lemans15
“1936 Auto Union Type C at 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed” by Goodwood2010
“1936 Auto Union Type C V16 Sound In Action at Goodwood FOS” by Automotive Mike
“1936 Auto Union Type C V16 Sounds & SLIDING on the ICE” by Automotive Mike
“1936 Auto Union Type C V16 Sound In Action at Festival of Speed 2018!” by 19Bozzy92
“Hans Joachim Stuck Auto Union V16 Shelsley Walsh 2016” by DZEUS83
“Definitive Auto Union V16 C Type engine warm up – Goodwood Revival 2012 – Silver Arrows” by autounionv16
“1936 Auto Union TYPE C – Brutal V16 SOUND – Snow Drifting @ The ICE St Moritz 2023” by HU3RAUM
How mad/brave were these chaps taking a 630bhp supercharged V16 racecar out on skinny crossply tyres.
GERMAN ENGINEERING. You think saying Nazi makes you fucking edgy or something??
They sound awesome.
I really admire the spirit of whoever allowed them to run a V16 AutoUnion in the snow.
It's the best possible way to demonstrate the sound of the V16 at low speed while getting the car sideways with the dual rear wheels.
This is something I NEVER expected to see in my life.
Interesting DeDion tube rear suspension. Now that's classic.
That's so incredibly Mad Max.
Horst Fuchs… was always a legend !
Your title is an insult to the engineers in those days.
This is the most sophisticated piston engine design I have ever seen.
Another moron who needs to use the word "Nazi" at any occasion and who hasn't the foggiest idea what National-Socialism was all about LMAO Ok, Nazi car, Communist flower pot, Republican condom etc …
NAZI is THE CLICKBAIT for brits and americans being fscinated by everything NAZi related may be because they had the greatest Nazi partys outside Germany (:-))
That sound… No electric car will ever sound like this! Great piece btw, well done!
How can an engine be Nazi? Did it join the party?
The Auto Union V16 had a swing axle rear suspension – like the VW Beetle – which caused serious handling problems. Imagine a Beetle with 500+hp! The story I heard was that Rosemeyer, who used to be a motorcycle racer, was the only driver who really mastered the car as he thought that all cars handled like that! Probably not true, but still…
Hello Visio, I don’t know if you will see this comment, but in the future, try avoiding words like nazi in your title, the youtube algorithm does not recommend videos with such names which would explain why you got less views on this one, great video though !
can you imagine what a fully modernized version of one of these would be like? big, sticky tires, aero, and disc brakes i bet would make this car even more insane. and add fenders… you'd have a car that would be like a Viper crossed with a Ferrari, but with twice the output. lol
Sounds way better than the W16 in the Bugattis they sounds like tractors on Steroids.
boys and their (crazy) toys!
Russia needs to give those cars back if they still have them .
I knew about these cars before but over 400 km/h in the 1930s.
Thats crazy.
More than just 2 superchargers — 2 stage supercharging (different size/RPM impellers) was very high-tech at the time and was turned out to be a pretty big deal in fighter aircraft at little bit later.
Video idea: wartsila diesel engines
As an English anarchist, I dream of a usurper gerring on the track with a 6000cc V24 drag racing superbastard with completely the wrong maniifold pressures and bodyparts-of-spectators-hanging-from-the-trees levels of power and torque.
Those old Race Cars were Death Traps!!!
The narrator's speech impediment may possibly be cured by a number of sessions with a speech-therapist. Subtitles should be mandatory in a case like this.
Please this was Horch not Horst