1939 Auto Union D-type “Silver Arrow”
June 14, 2007
On February 17, 2007 and auction was held in Paris by Christies which featured the most expensive car ever to be sold (11.5 million Euro), but never was. Built in 1939 the Auto Union D-Type was commissioned by Adolf Hitler when he offered 500,000 Marks ($2.3 million in modern terms) to Auto Union (later became Audi) and Mercedes-Benz. The cars were designed by the Austrian automotive engineer Ferdinand Porsche, and had Twin-supercharged 3.0-liter V12 pumping 460 Hp and a topspeed of 205 mph! The car didn’t sell at the auction because there was because of a discrepancy that was found with the chassis and engine numbers, which didn’t match up with what they were supposed to be. However if this car does go up for auction again, feel free to buy it for me. A Christies representative said the even with the mismatched numbers it should not hurt the value too much. Only 5 cars remain today, most were destroyed win World War 2.
June 14th, 2007 | Adam Gunderson | 
