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The Rosemeyer is a concept car built and shown by Audi during 2000 at various auto shows throughout Europe. Although it wqs never intended for production, it's striking design and highly sporting nature drew considerable attention to the brand, and many potential buyers highly anticipated a production version, to no avail. Audi is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. ...
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The vehicle was designed to evoke emotion and garner attention, and was unique in that it combined elements of modern design with styling strongly resembling the former Auto Union's Grand Prix racers, namely their 16-cylinder car driven by Bernd Rosemeyer, for whom the car is named. 1936 Auto Union Wanderer Auto Union was a joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. ...
Georges Boillot winning the 1912 French Grand Prix in Dieppe, France Grand Prix motor racing has its roots in organized automobile racing that began in France as far back as 1894. ...
Bernd Rosemeyer born October 14, 1909 in Lingen, Lower Saxony, Germany – died January 27, 1938 on the Frankfurt/Darmstadt Autobahn. ...
Powered by a large capacity, mid-mounted 16-cylinder engine making 700 horsepower and featuring Audi's quattro four-wheel drive system, the vehicle promised high performance to match it's appearence. It was ultimately deemed unfit for production, both because of extremely high projected production costs and Audi's unwillingness to create in-house competition for models from Lamborghini, which Audi had purchsed during the 1990s. In some ways, Audi's Gallardo-based R8 could be considered the Rosemeyer's succesor. This article is about the Audi all wheel drive system, for information on the Audi coupe of the same name, see Audi Quattro. ...
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Lamborghini Gallardo coupe The Lamborghini Gallardo is the Italian supercar maker Lamborghinis entry-level car, sitting beneath the Murciélago. ...
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References Audi Rosemeyer.
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