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Please either enable it in your browser options, or visit your preferences to switch to the old MediaWiki editor <h3>Background</h3> <p data-rte-fromparser="true">Auto Union Chairman, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Klaus%2C%20Baron%20von%20Oertzen%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Klaus%20von%20Oertzen%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BKlaus%20von%20Oertzen%7CKlaus%2C%20Baron%20von%20Oertzen%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" class="new" title="Klaus von Oertzen (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvS2xhdXNfdm9uX09lcnR6ZW4/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Klaus, Baron von Oertzen</a>, wanted a showpiece project to announce the new brand. At the 1933 Berlin Motor Show, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22German%20Chancellor%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22German%20Chancellor%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BGerman%20Chancellor%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" class="new" title="German Chancellor (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvR2VybWFuX0NoYW5jZWxsb3I/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">German Chancellor</a> <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Adolf%20Hitler%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Adolf%20Hitler%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BAdolf%20Hitler%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" class="new" title="Adolf Hitler (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvQWRvbGZfSGl0bGVyP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">Adolf Hitler</a> announced two new programs:<span 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data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%226492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255B%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ41652a4f77b89e4c-nowiki-00000001-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E1%3Cspan%20data-rte-instance%3D%5C%226492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8%5C%22%20data-rte-meta%3D%5C%22%257B%2522type%2522%253A%2522ext%2522%252C%2522wikitext%2522%253A%2522%253Cnowiki%253E%255D%253C%255C%252Fnowiki%253E%2522%252C%2522lineStart%2522%253A%2522%2522%252C%2522placeholder%2522%253A1%252C%2522extName%2522%253A%2522nowiki%2522%257D%5C%22%20class%3D%5C%22placeholder%20placeholder-ext%5C%22%20contenteditable%3D%5C%22false%5C%22%3E%7F%27%5C%22%60UNIQ41652a4f77b89e4c-nowiki-00000002-QINU%60%5C%22%27%7F%26%23x0200B%3B%3C%5C%2Fspan%3E%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22%23cite_note-David-0%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B%23cite_note-David-0%7C%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2222%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E1%3Cext%20_rte_wikitextidx%3D%5C%2223%5C%22%3E%3Cname%3Enowiki%3C%5C%2Fname%3E%3Cattr%3E%3C%5C%2Fattr%3E%3Cinner%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Finner%3E%3Cclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%3C%5C%2Fclose%3E%3C%5C%2Fext%3E%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" href="#cite_note-David-0"><span data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p> <ul><li>The people's car: a project that became the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%3Ci%3EKdF%3C%5C%2Fi%3E%20car%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Volkswagen%20Beetle%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BVolkswagen%20Beetle%7C%27%27KdF%27%27%20car%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" href="/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle" title="Volkswagen Beetle"><i>KdF</i> car</a> </li><li>A state-sponsored motor racing programme: to develop a "high speed German automotive industry," the foundation of which would be an annual sum of 500,000 <i><a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Reichsmark%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Reichsmark%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BReichsmark%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" class="new" title="Reichsmark (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUmVpY2hzbWFyaz9hY3Rpb249ZWRpdCZyZWRsaW5rPTE=">Reichsmark</a></i>s to <a 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the new <span class="placeholder placeholder-double-brackets" data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22double-brackets%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%7B%7Bconvert%7C750%7Ckg%7Clb%7Cabbr%3Don%7D%7D%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22title%22%3A%22convert%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%7D" contenteditable="false">​750 kg (1,700 lb)​</span> formula.<span data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22David%5C%22%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-David_0-1" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-David_0-1 class=reference"><a 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data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" href="#cite_note-David-0"><span data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5B%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">[​</span>1<span data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cnowiki%3E%5D%3C%5C%2Fnowiki%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22nowiki%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false">]​</span></a></sup>​</span> </p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">German racing driver <a 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In a meeting in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Reich%20Chancellory%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Reich%20Chancellory%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BReich%20Chancellory%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" class="new" title="Reich Chancellory (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUmVpY2hfQ2hhbmNlbGxvcnk/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">Reich Chancellory</a>, Hitler agreed with Porsche that for the glory of Germany, it would be better for two companies to develop the project, resulting in Hitler agreeing to pay <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22%5Cu20a4%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Pound%20sterling%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPound%20sterling%7C%5Cu20a4%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" class="new" title="Pound sterling (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvUG91bmRfc3Rlcmxpbmc/YWN0aW9uPWVkaXQmcmVkbGluaz0x">₤</a>40,000 for the country's best racing car of 1934, as well as an annual stipend of 250,000 <i>Reichsmark</i>s<span data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22David%5C%22%5C%2F%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-David_0-2" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-David_0-2 class=reference"><a 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(In time, this would climb to ₤250,000.)<span data-rte-instance="6492-325872585df0e0d9ba2f8" data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22ext%22%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%3Cref%20name%3D%5C%22Setright%2C%20p.1312%5C%22%3ESetright%2C%20p.1312.%3C%5C%2Fref%3E%22%2C%22lineStart%22%3A%22%22%2C%22placeholder%22%3A1%2C%22extName%22%3A%22ref%22%7D" class="placeholder placeholder-ext" contenteditable="false"><sup data-rte-washtml="1" id="cite_ref-Setright.2C_p.1312_2-0" class="reference" data-rte-attribs=" id=cite_ref-Setright.2C_p.1312_2-0 class=reference"><a 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