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name this audi (Audi a girls car...What!?!?)



On Tue, 10 Feb 2004 00:38:56 -0800, Randy <sirocco81@sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

>Auto Union had a couple of cars in the late 30's that dominated called the 
>"Silver Arrows"

That's a Mercedes term for their dominating LeMans cars of the early
50s that has been applied to their later F1 and GT cars as well.
Supposedly one of their cars was just over the weight limit for a race
and the paint was stripped at the last moment, revealing the aluminum
skin. 
Gordon
75 Scirocco/Drake 1.9
http://pws.prserv.net/gforbess/scirocco/scirocco.htm