Title
Bernd Rosemeyer in Auto Union record-breaking car, 1937. Artist: Unknown
Caption
Bernd Rosemeyer in Auto Union record-breaking car, 1937. Bernd Rosemeyer set a number of world speed records for cars with engines of less than 8000cc capacity driving Auto Union cars in the late 1930s, when the team was engaged in a duel with Mercedes both in motor racing and record breaking. He was killed in 1938 when his car crashed on the Frankfurt-Darmstadt Autobahn while in the process of trying to regain the record from Mercedes.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum
Date
1937
Credit line
Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum
Reference
HRM19A87_343
Model release
No
License type
Rights managed
Available size
53,9Mb (962,0Kb) / 17,2in x 12,2in / 5147 x 3657 (300dpi)