http://www.autoexoticanews.com/2006/09/13/nissan-350-z/ AutoExotica - Dream Cars Thu, 31 May 2007 15:22:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.autoexoticanews.com/2006/09/13/nissan-350-z/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Auto Union D-Type » AutoExotica - Dream Cars Mon, 04 Dec 2006 20:39:35 +0000 http://www.autoexoticanews.com/2006/09/13/nissan-350-z/#comment-157 [...] But what a gorgeous monster it is! As I mentioned in a previous post, its looks were to influence the design of the Audi TT Coupe, a distant inheritor of the Auto Union legacy. Like the Mercedes offering of the time, the D-Type met the challenge of racing with oodles of power but at least the Auto Union engineers made the fight against Alfa Romeo a little fairer by choosing a configuration for the time that made the car almost a death trap! [...] [...] But what a gorgeous monster it is! As I mentioned in a previous post, its looks were to influence the design of the Audi TT Coupe, a distant inheritor of the Auto Union legacy. Like the Mercedes offering of the time, the D-Type met the challenge of racing with oodles of power but at least the Auto Union engineers made the fight against Alfa Romeo a little fairer by choosing a configuration for the time that made the car almost a death trap! [...]

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