Mercedes-Benz W125 12-cylinder streamline car. Rudolf Caracciola. Speed Record, 28 January 1938.
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28 January 1938, Rudolf Caracciola (Rudolf Caracciola) with the support of Mercedes-Benz in the face of the team of technicians, engineers, and, as now, would say, top managers such as Uhlenhaut Rudolf (Rudolf Uhlenhaut) - a brilliant German engineer, head of race cars and a member of the Board of Directors of the automotive concern Daimler-Benz, Max Sailer (Max Sailer) - technical Director of Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft, Alfred Neubauer (Alfred Neubauer) the head of the racing team Mercedes-Benz on a modified race car Mercedes-Benz W125 with a powerful 12-cylinder engine and aerodynamic fairings bodywork and wheels set a new speed record: average speed is 432,7 km / h (268,9 mph) on a mile-long stretch of highway and the average speed 432,4 kilometers per hour (268,7 mph) on the stretch of highway with a length of one mile. The tests were performed on the Reich-autobahn A5 between Frankfurt (Frankfurt), and Darmstadt (Darmstadt). And it seems that no one has yet been able to sprint faster on public roads.