In 1955 Denis Jenkinson wrote of the EMW sports racers: “By comparison, the well-known 300 SLR Mercedes-Benz sports cars have a poor air-flow over the bodywork with their numerous louvers, scoops and bulges.” Praise indeed! The EMW R3 was probably the most aerodynamically efficient 1.5-liter sports racer of its day and the most powerful. One set speed records at 156 mph, but it has remained largely unknown because it was East German. The team was due to race in Britain…

Four EMWs storm into the lead at Leipzig in 1955. There was little
opposition on this occasion but these cars could hold their own in any company.