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The Audi Type SS was a large, eight-cylinder-powered sedan/saloon car introduced by Audi in 1929 in succession to the Type R "Imperator". Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen, the Danish-born entrepreneurial industrialist who had purchased Audi-Werke in 1928, had previously, in 1927, purchased the manufacturing plant of the bankrupt Detroit-based Rickenbacker business and shipped it home to Germany. He installed it in a factory he owned just outside Zschopau, near to Audi's own Zwickau plant. The plan was to build large, relatively inexpensive US-style "Rasmussen engines" for sales to other German auto-makers. The plan failed in that Rasmussen failed to secure any orders for the engines, so he instead produced a couple of models of his own which used them. The Audi Type SS (Zwickau) was one of these.〔Oswald, p. 42〕 The 5,130 cc V8 engine developed a maximum output at 3,000 rpm, which was relayed using a four-speed transmission through to the rear wheels and converted into a claimed top speed of 110 km/h (68 mph).〔Oswald, p. 45〕 The car had two leaf-sprung solid axles and hydraulically controlled brakes which operated on all four wheels.〔 The usual body configurations were available, including a four-door cabriolet and, with a manufacturer's recommended price of 12,950 Marks, a "Pullman-Limousine".〔Oswald, pp. 44 & 45〕 Approximately 400 Audi Zwickaus were produced between 1929 and 1932, which for this size of car was a reasonable tally.〔Oswald, pp. 42–43〕 ==Specifications== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Audi Type SS」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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