Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Studio shot. Front view.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Studio shot of the Avus configuration of the car. Side view.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Studio Top shot.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Detail: the Auto Union logo as used on the Auto Union racing cars of the 1930s.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Studio shot. Side view.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Studio shot. Front view.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Studio shot. Rear view.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Studio shot. Side view.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Detail: 16-cylinder-engine with supercharger.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Studio shot. Side view.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. Image taken in Lucca, Italy, at the beginning of May 2026.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. Image taken in Lucca, Italy, at the beginning of May 2026.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. Driving shot taken in Lucca, Italy, at the beginning of May 2026.
Audi had the Auto Union Lucca recreated by Crosthwaite & Gardiner based on historical photos and various other documents from the archives. After spending just over three years on its construction, the British restoration specialists completed the project in early 2026.
At almost the same time as the successful record attempt in Lucca, a virtually identical version of the record-breaking car is displayed at the International Motor Show in Berlin (February 14 to 24). The promotional poster created for the trade show features – alongside a list of all world and class records achieved by Auto Union brands to date – the Lucca car as the “fastest road racing car in the world,” citing the top speed of 326.975 km/h.
Audi had the Auto Union Lucca recreated by Crosthwaite & Gardiner based on historical photos and various other documents from the archives. After spending just over three years on its construction, the British restoration specialists completed the project in early 2026.
The later record-breaking car „Auto Union Lucca“ in the workshop of the racing department in Zwickau.
Audi had the Auto Union Lucca recreated by Crosthwaite & Gardiner based on historical photos and various other documents from the archives. After spending just over three years on its construction, the British restoration specialists completed the project in early 2026.
At the end of 1934, Auto Union’s racing division brings the car in the wind tunnel at the Berlin Adlershof Aeronautical Research Institute. The findings gained there were incorporated into the design of of what will later become the record breaking car – “a first in European racing car construction,” as the “Automobilrevue” noted at the time.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. Driving shot taken in Lucca, Italy, at the beginning of May 2026.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Driving shot at the first roll-out. Side view.
Audi recreated the Auto Union Lucca. After just over three years of construction, the record-breaking car was completed in early 2026. Driving shot at the first roll-out. Side view.
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