1936 Auto Union Type C V16 Exhaust Sound @ Goodwood Festival of Speed!

During the 2022 Goodwood Festival of Speed I have filmed this 1936 Auto Union Type C.
Mercedes-Benz domination in Grand Prix ended with the Auto Union Typ C. It took a few years to get it right, but Ferdinand Porsche’s daring design with a mid-mounted V16 finally won. It claimed many victories from 1936 to 1938 until the three-liter formula was laid out for 1939.
Horch, Audi, DKW and Wanderer created Auto Union with the help of Ferdinand Porsche and Adolf Rosenberger. Along with building passenger cars, a goal of the new company was to enter Grand Prix. They did so in 1934 with a daring mid-engined race car called the Typ A. This evolved into the slightly larger Typ B the following year and the Typ C was fitted with a much larger engine for 1936.
The Type-C was a third evolution of Auto Union’s racecar. It primarily competed with Mercedes-Benz but also raced against Alfa Romeo’s 12C-36, the Maserati V8RI and Bugatti 59/50. Type-Cs won six victories in 1936 and made Bernt Rosermeyer world champion.
Ferdinand Porsche designed the Type-C and championed his mid-engine design first used on the 1923 Benz Tropfenwagen. Weight distribution was his primary motivation in this choice. The driver could sit lower with no drive shaft and the front-to-rear weight distribution was more even. Furthermore, the fuel tank was also located centrally for balance. Despite these efforts, 60% of the weight still remained on the rear wheels.
What made the car unbalanced was its heavy engine and comparably small chassis and body. The design team engineered the largest possible engine within the 750 kg weight limit. This resulted in the largest capacity engine to compete during 1936 and 1937.
The chosen displacement was was six litres that was supercharged to achieve 550 bhp. A roots supercharger was attached to increase boost pressures up to 10 psi.
The high power to weight ratio, uneven weight distribution and Porsche swing-axle suspension system made the Type C over steer. Drivers of the car had a hard time predicting slip velocity and the forward driving position made it worse. Only a couple drivers were able to take the Type-C to its full potential.
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[@timwright8785]

One car I've always wanted to see sounds brutal

[@mymategw]

What a magnificent thing.

[@oualidallal2837]

What a symphony , the v16 was a weapon in their amazing time💣💥🤯

[@VideoDotGoogleDotCom]

That replica is a quarter of a century old now, imagine that!

[@zlover7777]

Brutal roar!

[@TyronStDenis]

This is a Good Old Fastest Race Car.❤

[@andrewfarrow4699]

Looks like a huge magnificent beast. I dont know, but it could be smaller than modern F1 cars which have become really quite large.

[@tonnywildweasel8138]

Absolutly fantastic! Thank you very much for sharing, appreciate it a LOT 👍
Greets from the Netherlands, T.

[@miguelsolaz7617]

So loud beast

[@xerago9707]

88 years old wow

[@hartmutwrith3134]

no. it is a replica.

[@Vehicle_spotter]

Rocket 🚀 car

[@dominicomc6177]

Damn, they could make cars back then…😢

[@MiniOne82]

Still can

[@user-ij4lt4ry6t]

Авторам канала Респект !

[@user-ij4lt4ry6t]

Мама миа ....Какой автомобиль прекрасный....

[@russotusso1695]

It sounds like devil reincarnated, probably drives as such, an utter deathtrap.
Mad respect for those who raced these things in 30s.

[@mileskosik472]

Driving that at over 200 mph must've been utterly horrifying!

[@peterpaul5820]

Really, there is always a m0r0n that brings Religion into Things🤮🤦

[@khodinfo2618]

❤❤❤❤

[@6pistons]

👍👍👍

[@Edward_Pipkins]

The best thing is that you can plug it in both sides.

[@idonotcomplyrevolution]

thats the best sounding engine ive ever heard in in my life!!!!! so stupid question here, did auto union become AUDI?

[@sergioferraro3644]

Yeah.

[@kimoah1772]

Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt

[@taurus2016]

Not completely correct. AUDI is the last of the four Auto Union rings.

[@theTUBEboy44]

@@taurus2016no Audi was the manifacturer Horch( german hear), a latin translation

[@taurus2016]

@@theTUBEboy44 Not really. Horch and AUDI are different companies. They were both founded by August Horch, but Horch was founded in 1899 and AUDI in 1909. You can look up the story of how this came about on Wikipedia. Or from AUDI itself, on their website.

[@turbodzl]

baby dually

[@spanishkat4194]

The first AUDI ???

[@arshia2002]

😉

[@detroitbucknut]

the dual rear wheel was NOT original to the racing spec, just to give you an idea of how psychotic race drivers were back then.

[@jcgabriel1569]

The dual rear wheels were used in hillclimbs, not in racing.

[@ReinhardPriller-ck9ny]

just to remember: max. speed: 350 km/h; max torque 850 Nm!; Avus streamline version top speed close to 400; average speed of Avus record round 275 km/h; all back in 1937! Brave drivers, genious engineers!

[@eminealpan9761]

İii

[@TheKingDragonFire]

First

[@scottmorris8821]

Why does this sound like a big block Chevy lol

[@Abylay7]

Big block Chevy sounds like this

[@Blondschopf_M]

Because: 16 : 8 is 2 chevy has a V8

[@scotthardwick7413]

Because it doesn't

[@fernandomange7687]

Junker stuka with wheels

[@MrTimodon]

Yes sir!