Hitler used to boast it would last 1000 generations or 400,000 miles, whichever came first.

Don't look in the ash tray.

Outta my way, I'm Hitler!

They say owners look like their cars, but this is unreal...

Maybe after the auction they could have a race between this car and the Shelby Super Snake.

so is a thread concerning hitler godwinned if you bring up sadaam or another mass murderer? can anybody explain the godwin rules for a thread like this or are godwin rules null and void? thanks.

alexanderplatz: Ah bullshiat. Calling it "Hitler's car" is such crap, as if it sat in his driveway and he drove it himself. It's a 1930s Auto Union race car.

Well, I suppose it's Hitler's car in the same way Volkswagons are.

Good luck beating the 6 mil+ the shelby got the other day.

hitler's canoe!

Entropy

Yeah, except if I remember correctly, Hitler had next to nothing to do with the design of either...

/Did you know that VW was run by the British after WWII and were largely responsible for the early success of VW?

nah, brits couldn't have run the VW factory, no Lucas ignition that failed if you spilled a drop of water within 50'.

drharmful: so is a thread concerning hitler godwinned if you bring up sadaam or another mass murderer? can anybody explain the godwin rules for a thread like this or are godwin rules null and void? thanks.

Nope...

a) You have to compare someone to Saddam or other mass murderer.

b) It would have to be in connection to an argument. Is it really possible to have an argument over an old car?

The car went 185 mph in 1939....

is it just me or is that awesomely fast for that year?

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/thats 297 kmh for us cannuks
/slash

Rather own this than the Star Wars Nerd-mobile that was posted earlier.

Is it a Master race car?

That's one hell of a historic auto. the price is quite justified.

But, yeah, like others have said: it wasn't his personal ride that he tooled around in to pick up groceries and art supplies.

mrcool75: The car went 185 mph in 1939....

is it just me or is that awesomely fast for that year?

Took some googling but found an article:

http://www.peterrenn.clara.net/l.s.r.html

It looks like people had broken 300MPH by that point.

The 1939 car... It was found in a Russian factory in the 1970s, already disassembled for copying the technology.

Heh, sounds about right.

Randy Pear: Jason, where did you get that?
Jason Pear: I found it under the seat.
Randy Pear: Give it to me. You can't play that.
Jason Pear: Why not?
Randy Pear: Because it's Hitler's harmonica. You can't play Hitler's harmonica.
Jason Pear: You're driving his car!
Randy Pear: Yes, but I'm not touching it with my mouth. I'm not sucking on the dashboard. I'm not getting his germs!

I, for one, thought the headline was very funny.

CabFwdFace

it wasn't his personal ride that he tooled around in to pick up groceries and art supplies.

I can't get ze trees...ach! I will kill everyone!

the price is quite justified.

That's the combined annual salaries of nearly 400 average people in the US. Seems like rather a lot for a fairly nice car that simply got old and rare.

Shadow Blasko: If the conversation is legitimately about nazi germany, the thread can not be godwinned in any way.

Oh yeah, what makes you think you can set the rules? Who do you think you are Hitler, jr.?

Karrasik = Car Sick?

It gets 4 miles to a Jew.

Time Magazine's Person of the Year: Shadow Blasko: If the conversation is legitimately about nazi germany, the thread can not be godwinned in any way.

Oh yeah, what makes you think you can set the rules? Who do you think you are Hitler, jr.?

I agree. What kind of Nazi thinks he can impose his/her rules on us. That's fascist!

there goes hitler again, playing the race car(d)

Mercedes and Auto Union racers of the 1930s were some of the most powerful, advanced machines of their time. Rear-engined Formula 1 cars did not make a return to racing for decades.

These cars dominated the Bugattis and Alfas - they were the best, and they were gorgeous.

http://www.tamsoldracecarsite.net/AutoUnion.html

The Hitler connection is massively secondary.

It'll likely end up in a museum and not a personal collection, as an important automotive engineering example. So, yeah, not a justifiable price to everyone, but hell, i just watched Antiques Roadshow last night. It's insane what people will pay for old stuff with history! I saw an old tea table get appraised at $70K!!

They say owners look like their cars, but this is unreal...

If you wanna talk uncanny resemblances. Check out BMW's front grille on every car made after he came into power.

185 MPH in fricken 1939??? With the stuff they had, it is amazing that we won the war.

Ferrari 250GTO's fetch more than this most of the time.

One Thirty-two and Bush: Is it a Master race car?

You owe me a new keyboard, mine just got soaked with the beers.

keydock: Yeah, but this is a true racer, not a land speed record car. Anyone can put wheels on a jet or rocket engine and go fast. It's a lot harder to make a real car out of it. Even modern F1 and NASCAR race cars top out at 230mph or so, because they're built for handling and acceleration rather than top speed.

Sure but I wasn't able to find anything specific on race speeds by year. You've got figure that if people are breaking 300 with a car built purely for speed, then 180 isn't unreasonable for racing. I don't know what the state of the art in suspension system was at the time. I do remember a deadly wrecks were not uncommon.

Time Magazine's Person of the Year: Oh yeah, what makes you think you can set the rules? Who do you think you are Hitler, jr.?

/lone, slow, steady clap breaks into thunderous applause and standing ovation

Bloginspanken
Sure but I wasn't able to find anything specific on race speeds by year. You've got figure that if people are breaking 300 with a car built purely for speed, then 180 isn't unreasonable for racing. I don't know what the state of the art in suspension system was at the time. I do remember a deadly wrecks were not uncommon.

You do know that race cars require acceleration more so than top speed. Anybody can build a car with 12 gears to travel 300mph which accelerates from 0-100 in 2 minutes. The other point is that a race car needs the engine to stay intact the entire race. often rebuilding the engine after each race. A drag cars engine lasts for 3 or 4 bursts and then its useless.

veedeevadeevoodee You jerk, I'm going to hell for laughing at that.

Is it Hitler's "Master Race" car?

Well put, keydock. Just to put it in perspective, the world land speed record in 1906 was 127mph. The record was achieved by a Stanley Steamer - a steam car with a reciprocating engine (no turbines, or clever stuff like that).

Can't say I'd have fancied driving the thing, what with the vestigial brakes,steering and stability, not to mention the live steam.

Anyone care to google the average speed of racing cars in 1906? My guess would be in the 40mph region - a lot less than half the lsr.

Hitler's Race car? Try telling that to the good people of Auto Union.

And no matter how often the stupid media are using the phrase "Hitler's Race Car", it still doesn't make it true. Nor was it "built by Porsche".

Hate, is there anything it can't do?