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Horch 855 Roadster Black Sun Star 1:18

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Horch 855 Roadster Black Sun Star 1:18 2401 Diecast
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Sun Star's 1:18 diecast Horch 855 Roadster in black reproduces the 1939 pre-war luxury car built by Horch, one of the four founding marques behind the Auto Union group that later gave Audi its four-ring emblem. Sun Star's diecast build captures the 855's long bonnet and imposing proportions at a mid-tier price for a pre-war display.
Horch 855 Roadster Black Sun Star 1:18
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Specifications
Car Brand
Horch
Model Manufacturer
Sun Star
Scale
1:18
Material
Diecast
Model Condition
Used Model
SKU
2401
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About the Horch 855 Roadster Black Sun Star 1:18

TL;DR: Sun Star's 1:18 diecast Horch 855 Roadster in black reproduces the 1939 pre-war luxury car built by Horch, one of the four founding marques behind Auto Union. Solid diecast construction captures the 855's long bonnet and imposing proportions for a pre-war display.

Long before Audi's four rings meant anything to most buyers, Horch was building some of Germany's most imposing luxury cars, and the 855 Roadster shows exactly why that reputation was deserved.

Sun Star's Diecast Reading of an Imposing Pre-War Roadster

The Horch 855's extremely long bonnet, housing a straight-eight engine, gives the car proportions unlike almost anything built today, and Sun Star's diecast keeps that length accurate rather than compressing it for a more conventional footprint. Black paint carries proper depth across the roadster's long, flowing wings, and chrome detailing around the split grille and headlamps is picked out with genuine period care. Metal construction gives the model considerable weight, appropriate for a car that was itself built to project substance and status. The folded soft top and running boards are moulded with real presence rather than treated as minor afterthoughts.

A Founding Marque Behind Today's Audi

Horch was one of four independent German manufacturers, alongside Audi, DKW and Wanderer, that merged in 1932 to form Auto Union, whose four interlocking rings survive today as Audi's emblem. Horch continued producing its own large, luxury-focused models under the Auto Union umbrella through the 1930s, with the 855 representing the marque at its most opulent, a genuine rival to contemporary Mercedes and Maybach flagships. Production ended with the outbreak of the Second World War, making surviving examples, and careful diecast reproductions like this one, a rare window into a distinctly pre-war chapter of German luxury car engineering.

Displaying a Founding Piece of Audi's History

This model earns particular relevance for anyone collecting Audi's broader corporate history, since Horch's engineering and reputation fed directly into the marque that eventually became today's Audi, giving this roadster a genealogical significance well beyond its own striking looks.

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