Forgotten Auto Union Racer Returns as Audi Builds a Fresh V16 Lucca
Audi Tradition has finished a modern recreation of one of Auto Union’s strangest racing cars from the pre-war years. The project carries the name Lucca and traces back to a land-speed machine from 1935, built during the fierce rivalry between Auto Union and Mercedes’ Silver Arrows era. Back then, speed records looked different. Public roads still hosted top-speed attempts, and...