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. MercedesBenz domination in Grand Prix ended with the Auto Union Typ C. It took a few years to get it right, but Ferdinand Porsches daring design with a midmounted V16 finally won. It claimed many victories from 1936 to 1938 until the threeliter 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 midengined 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 TypeC was a third evolution of Auto Unions racecar. It primarily competed with MercedesBenz but also raced against Alfa Romeos 12C36, the Maserati V8RI and Bugatti 59, 50. TypeCs won six victories in 1936 and made Bernt Rosermeyer world champion. Ferdina