1939 3.0L twin-supercharged v12: 485hp and owned by...hitler?!?

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I thought this car was made to beat mercedes benz. It was the two "silver bullets" that battled each other as the fastest cars in germany. Yeah they were extremely advanced for their time, I assume a lot of it had to do with similar aircraft engineering. Planes had huge supercharged engines for high altitude power and such. If i remember correctly both the benz and auto union car had no paint due to being that close to the period racing weight restrictions, hence the "silver bullet" names.