Title

Mercedes-Benz Streamliner car, 1938. Artist: Unknown

Caption

Mercedes-Benz Streamliner car, 1938. On 28th January, 1938, Rudolf Caracciola drove this car at 268.657 mph along the Frankfurt-Darmstadt Autobahn, recapturing the Land Speed Record for Class B cars (with engines smaller than 8000cc) from Mercedes' great rivals Auto Union. It remains the fastest speed ever driven by a car on a normal road. Later the same day, in attempting to regain the record for Auto Union, Bernd Rosemeyer was killed when he crashed and the car disintegrated.
Beaulieu (England), National Motor Museum

Date

1938

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Motor Museum

Reference

HRM19A87_431

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

54,0Mb (1,3Mb) / 17,1in x 12,3in / 5117 x 3687 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation motorway Germany speed car cars automobile sport German country streamlined location century thirties record concept motor racing B&W motor sport MONOCHROME racing car Mercedes Mercedes Benz road Transport Motor Car black & white black and white B W 1930s 20th century Mercedes-Benz record breaker record-breaking National Motor Museum land speed record Mercedes-Benz Streamliner racing driver TGN Rudolf Caracciola photograph Unknown Rudolf Caracciola photograph