Volke:
That's an Audi, or better still, Auto Union Dr. Ing. et.c. Circa 1936. The
Formula car won at the Nurburgring in 1937, much to Der F=FChrer's dismay -
he was a Benzophile.
Is a neat commercial though. I wouldn't mind having the concept car (the
low slung job, silver).
>I doubt that Audi would be willing to spend the sort of money that network
>TV advertising comes to to show images of Morgans. I've seen the same ad
>and tho I can only recognize the pre-war silver arrows (V16s?? driven by
>the likes of Rudi C.) that also appear in that ad, I'll wager that what you
>saw was some OTHER Audi (or, rather, Auto Union) model from days long gone
>by. This doesn't mean that they didn't copy the Morgan, however (!) =20
>
>Will "who'd never own a hunnish car" Zehring
>
>
Cheers-
William "Chip" Lamb
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