{"product_id":"auto-union-streamliner-sculpture-mirror-polished","title":"Auto Union Streamliner Sculpture, Mirror Polished","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1937 Auto Union brought streamlined versions of its Typ C to the Berlin Grand Prix at the Avus, and its streamliners went on to chase records on the autobahn. Ferdinand Porsche had designed the mid-engined Auto Unions, and Bernd Rosemeyer, European champion in 1936, gave technical feedback to Porsche and to the development engineer Eberan von Eberhorst. It was in a streamliner that Rosemeyer made his last runs. On 28 January 1938, on the autobahn between Frankfurt and Darmstadt, Rudolf Caracciola set a record of 432 km\/h for Mercedes-Benz; Rosemeyer went out later that morning to beat it, the car went out of control and he was killed at the roadside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis sculpture takes that shape and polishes it to a mirror. The body runs in one smooth sweep from the low nose, with the four rings raised on the bonnet, to a long pointed tail, and the wheels sit inside fairings held by small catches, with gilt wire wheels showing beneath. Two figures in a dark patina complete the scene: a driver in leather helmet and goggles sits in the open cockpit, and a man in a trilby and overcoat leans over the side to speak to him, one hand raised. The piece stands on a thick block of pale, rough-sawn wood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Automotive House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67764026081493,"sku":"TAH-13333","price":36700.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0821\/8519\/1637\/files\/TAH-13333-01.jpg?v=1791975558","url":"https:\/\/www.automotivehouse.com\/products\/auto-union-streamliner-sculpture-mirror-polished","provider":"The Automotive House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}