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Auto Union Typ C #18 B. Rosemeyer Internationales Eifelrennen Nürburgring Winner 1936 Minichamps 1:18

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Auto Union Typ C #18 B. Rosemeyer Internationales Eifelrennen Nürburgring Winner 1936 Minichamps 1:18 155361018 Diecast
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Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Auto Union Typ C reproduces Bernd Rosemeyer's #18 car from his win at the 1936 Internationales Eifelrennen at the Nürburgring. Diecast construction captures the Typ C's rear-mounted V16 layout, a genuine piece of pre-war Silver Arrows racing history at a substantial 1:18 scale.
Auto Union Typ C #18 B. Rosemeyer Internationales Eifelrennen Nürburgring Winner 1936 Minichamps 1:18
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Specifications
Brand
Auto Union
Manufacturer
Minichamps
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
155361018
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About the Auto Union Typ C #18 B. Rosemeyer Internationales Eifelrennen Nürburgring Winner 1936 Minichamps 1:18

TL;DR: Minichamps' 1:18 diecast Auto Union Typ C reproduces Bernd Rosemeyer's #18 car from his 1936 Internationales Eifelrennen win at the Nürburgring. Diecast construction captures the Typ C's rear-mounted V16 layout and cigar-shaped body, documenting the pre-war Silver Arrows era at a scale that shows real engineering detail.

The Auto Union Typ C's rear-mounted V16 engine made it one of the most difficult grand prix cars of its era to drive on the limit, and Bernd Rosemeyer's ability to master that handling quirk is exactly what made his 1936 Eifelrennen win at the Nürburgring so notable at the time.

Diecast Construction for a Pre-War Engineering Layout

Minichamps casts this Typ C in diecast, a material choice that suits the car's long, cigar-shaped body and its unusually rearward weight distribution, with the engine sitting behind the driver rather than in front, an arrangement almost unheard of among its contemporaries. The diecast build carries real heft that echoes the actual car's mechanical density, and the body's narrow, streamlined profile is reproduced without the panel-gap compromises a more complex opening-feature design would introduce. Racing number 18 and period markings are applied cleanly enough to read clearly at 1:18.

Rosemeyer's Mastery of a Notoriously Difficult Car

Rosemeyer came to Auto Union from motorcycle racing rather than a conventional car-racing background, and that unconventional path may have helped him adapt to a chassis that unsettled more experienced grand prix drivers. His win at the Eifelrennen came during a stretch of dominant form that made him one of the most talked-about drivers in Europe before his death in 1938 during a land speed record attempt on a closed autobahn.

Placed among other pre-war Silver Arrows liveries, this Typ C represents the more radical, harder-to-tame side of that era's engineering, distinct from Mercedes' more conventional front-engined approach at the time.

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