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In the beginning of the year 1938 the racing team of Auto Union
had to face a difficult situation: The contract with Ferdinand
Porsche was cancelled, and Bernd Rosemeyer was killed in an accident
in January trying to break the speed world record.
Eberan von Eberhorst replaced Ferdinand Porsche as designer.
And "Il Diavolo" Tazio Nuvolari could be won as successor
for the national hero Rosemeyer.
The "Flying man from Mantua" who got his nicknames
due to his spectacular style of driving won the Grand Prix of
Italy and England in an Auto Union Type D in 1938.
In the following year Auto Union gained a double victory in
Reims withe the drivers H.P. Müller and Schorsch Meier despite
the tough competition of the Mercedes Silver Arrows. And Nuvolari
gained the last Grand Prix before the Second World War with an
Auto Union Type D in Belgrad on the 3rd of September in 1939.
The Auto Union Type D newly defines modeling: more than 680 parts,
each hand assembled, make it a collectors item par excellence.
The paint of the body is of first class quality. It gives the
car an excellent brilliance that is unpralleled in modeling.
This product was added to our catalog on Monday 26 November, 2007.
