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August Horch (October 12, 1868 - February 3, 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, he founded the manufacturing firm that would become Audi. ...
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 Changchun, China | | Area served | Worldwide | | Key people | Rupert Stadler, chairman | | Industry | Automotive industry | | Products | Luxury Automobiles, Engines | | Revenue | ▲ € 28.432 billion (2005) | | Profit | ▲ € 1.409 billion (2005) | | Parent | Volkswagen Group | | Subsidiaries | quattro GmbH,
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Advantage through Technology
Truth in Engineering (North America only) | | Website | Audi corporate website | Audi AG, more commonly known as Audi, is a premium German automobile manufacturer and one of the world's leading performance-luxury marques, with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria. It has been an almost wholly-owned (99.7%) subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group since 1964, and is held in ownership by its shareholders - hence the term "Aktiengesellschaft" or "AG". The company evolved from VW's takeover of both Auto Union, and NSU, the former having incorporated the historic Audi company which was founded in 1910. Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Peoples_Republic_of_China. ...
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Audi's corporate tagline is Vorsprung durch Technik, meaning "Advantage through Technology" or "Leading by (superior) technology". This German-language tagline is also used in other European countries, including the UK, and in other markets, such as Latin America, Oceania and parts of Asia including Japan. The American and Canadian tagline is "Truth in Engineering". A tagline is a variant of a branding slogan typically used in marketing materials and advertising. ...
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The origins of Audi The company traces its origins back to 1899 and August Horch. The first Horch automobile was produced in 1901 in Zwickau. In 1909, Horch was forced out of the company he had founded. He then started a new company in Zwickau and continued using the Horch brand. His former partners sued him for trademark infringement and a German court determined that the Horch brand belonged to his former company. August Horch was forced to refrain from using his own family name in his new car business. Horch immediately called a meeting at the apartment of Franz Fikentscher to come up with a new name for his company. During this meeting Franz's son was quietly studying Latin in a corner of the room. Several times he looked like he was on the verge of saying something but would just swallow his words and continue working, until he finally blurted out, "Father - audiatur et altera pars... wouldn't it be a good idea to call it audi instead of horch?". "Horch!" in German means "Hark!" or "listen", which is "Audi" in Latin. The idea was enthusiastically accepted by everyone attending the meeting. [1] It is also popularly (but incorrectly) believed that Audi is an acronym which stands for "Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt".[2] Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday [1] of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
August Horch (October 12, 1868 - February 3, 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, he founded the manufacturing firm that would become Audi. ...
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Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Zwickau is a city of Germany, in the Bundesland Saxony (Sachsen), situated in a valley at the foot of the Erzgebirge, on the left bank of the Zwickauer Mulde, 130 km (82 miles) southwest of Dresden, south of Leipzig and south west of Chemnitz. ...
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Audi alteram partem (or Audiatur et altera pars) is a Latin phrase that means, literally, hear the other side or hear both sides. ...
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Ingolstadt (Austro-Bavarian: Inglstådt) is a city in the Free State of Bavaria, Germany. ...
Audi started with a 2,612 cc (2.6 liter) four cylinder model followed by a 3564 cc (3.6 L) model, as well as 4680 cc (4.7 L) and 5720 cc (5.7L) models. These cars were successful even in sporting events. August Horch left the Audi company in 1920. The first six cylinder model, 4655 cc (4.7 L) appeared in 1924. In 1928, the company was acquired by Jørgen Rasmussen, owner of DKW. In the same year, Rasmussen bought the remains of the US automobile manufacturer, Rickenbacker, including the manufacturing equipment for eight cylinder engines. These engines were used in Audi Zwickau and Audi Dresden models that were launched in 1929. At the same time, six cylinder and four cylinder (licensed from Peugeot) models were manufactured. Audi cars of that era were luxurious cars equipped with special bodywork. A cubic centimetre (cm3) is an SI derived unit of volume, equal to the volume of a cube with side length of 1 centi metre. ...
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Jørgen Skafte Rasmussen (1878 – 1964) was an engineer and industrialist of Danish origin. ...
DKW Auto Union logotype Dampf-Kraft Wagen (German: steam-powered vehicle) or DKW is a historic car and motorcycle marque. ...
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Rickenbacker was a US automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan from 1922 till 1927. ...
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The Auto Union era
 Cover of the 1937 English motor sport magazine with an Auto Union racing car on a banked track In 1932, Audi merged with Horch, DKW and Wanderer, to form Auto Union. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Auto Union Logo 1936 Auto Union Wanderer Auto Union was a joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. ...
Before World War II, Auto Union used the four interlinked rings that make up the Audi badge today, representing these four brands. This badge was used, however, only on Auto Union racing cars in that period while the member companies used their own names and emblems. The technological development became more and more concentrated and some Audi models were propelled by Horch or Wanderer built engines. During World War II, the Horch/Auto Union produced the Sd-Kfz 222 armored car, which was used in the German army during the war. It was powered by an 81 hp (60 kW) Horch/Auto Union V8 engine which had a top speed of 50 miles per hour. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
The SdKfz 222 is a light 4x4 armored car similar to the SdKfz 221. ...
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Another vehicle which was used in World War II to shuttle German military officials safely was known as the Kraftfahrzeug (KFZ 11) or the Horch Type 80. The military used it as a light transport vehicle.
The four-ring logo The Audi emblem is four overlapping rings that represent the four marques of Auto Union. The Audi emblem symbolizes Audi amalgamation of Audi with DKW, Horch and Wanderer: the first ring represents Audi, the second represents DKW, third is Horch, and the fourth and last ring Wanderer.[3] A marque (French for brand and pronounced as mark) is a brand name, most commonly used for automobile brands. ...
Pause and a new start The Auto Union plants were heavily bombed and severely damaged during World War II. After the war Zwickau was located in the soviet occupied zone of Germany (Since 1949 German Democratic Republic). The Auto Union AG got broken up. The Audi factory became the socialist company "VEB Automobilwerk Zwickau" (AWZ). The new Auto Union was launched in Ingolstadt (Bavaria). Many employees of the destroyed factories in Zwickau came to Ingolstadt and restarted the production of cars under the DKW label. These cars were equipped with two stroke engines. They based on a pre-war construction and were also built in Zwickau in a very similar way. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki TÅjÅ Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...
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In 1958, Daimler-Benz acquired 87% of Auto Union, and in the next year 100%. In 1964, Volkswagen bought the factory in Ingolstadt and the brands of the Auto Union. The time of two stroke engines came to an end in the middle of the 1960s. Customers were more attracted to the comfortable four stroke engines. In September 1965, the last DKW model, the DKW F102, got a four stroke engine implanted and some changes of front and rear. Volkswagen dumped the brand DKW because of its two stroke smell, "relaunching" the Audi brand. The model was classified internally as the F103 and sold as simply the "Audi" (the name being a model designation rather than the manufacturer, which was still officially Auto Union), but later came to be known as the Audi 72. Developments of the model were named for their horsepower ratings and sold as the Audi 60, 75, 80, and Super 90. These models sold until 1972. Jan. ...
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DKW F 102 DKW F 102 The DKW F102 is a car produced by German manufacturer DKW. It succeeded the Auto Union 1000 and 1000S models in 1963. ...
Audi 60 F103 was the internal designation for a series of car models produced by Auto-Union in West Germany from 1965 to 1972, derived from the earlier DKW F102. ...
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In 1969, Auto Union merged with NSU, based in Neckarsulm near Stuttgart. In the 1950s, NSU had been the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles, but had moved on to produce small cars like the NSU Prinz (the TT and TTS versions are still popular as vintage race cars). NSU then focused on new rotary engines according to the ideas of Felix Wankel. In 1967, the new NSU Ro 80 was a space-age car well ahead of its time in technical details such as aerodynamics, light weight, and safety, but teething problems with the rotary engines put an end to the independence of NSU. Today the Neckarsulm plant is used to produce the larger Audi models, the R8, and the "RS" model range. Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...
Logo of the Company NSU, 1951 NSU Motorenwerke AG (normally just NSU) was a German manufacturer of cars and motorcycles which was founded in 1873, and was acquired by Volkswagen in 1969. ...
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The NSU Prinz was an automobile produced in Germany by the NSU Motorenwerke AG. The car was built from 1957 to 1973, and received a model change in 1961 (the old model was continued until 1962). ...
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NSU Ro 80 The NSU Ro 80 was a technologically advanced large sedan-type automobile produced by the German firm of NSU from 1967 until 1977. ...
The mid-sized car that NSU had been working on, the K70, was intended to slot between the rear-engined Prinz models and the futuristic Ro80. However, Volkswagen took the K70 for its own range, spelling the end of NSU as a separate brand. VW K70 Kombi (station wagon/estate) The Volkswagen K70 (pronounced as ka siebzig in German) is a sedan automobile produced by both NSU and Volkswagen from 1969 to 1974. ...
The modern era of Audi The new merged company was known as Audi NSU Auto Union AG, and saw the emergence of Audi as a separate brand for the first time since the pre-war era. Volkswagen introduced the Audi brand to the United States for the 1970 model year. Year 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The first new car of this regime was the Audi 100 of 1968. This was soon joined by the Audi 80/Fox (which formed the basis for the 1973 Volkswagen Passat) in 1972 and the Audi 50 (later rebadged as the Volkswagen Polo) in 1974. The Audi 50 was a seminal design in many ways, because it was the first incarnation of the Golf/Polo concept, one that led to a hugely successful world car. The Audi 100 was a mid-sized automobile from Audi, made between 1968 and 1994. ...
Year 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
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The Volkswagen Passat is a family car built by Volkswagen AG (VW), produced in various forms since 1973. ...
Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Audi 50, a design penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro, was a three-door supermini hatchback launched by Audi in 1974 and sold only on continental Europe. ...
Volkswagen Derby The Volkswagen Polo is a supermini manufactured by Volkswagen of Germany. ...
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
The Volkswagen Golf (Mark 1 and Mark 5 badged as Volkswagen Rabbit in the United States and Canada, Caribe in Mexico) is a compact car / small family car that Volkswagen manufactures. ...
The Audi image at this time was a conservative one, and so, a proposal from chassis engineer Jörg Bensinger[4] was accepted to develop the four-wheel drive technology in Volkswagen's Iltis military vehicle for an Audi performance car and rally racing car. The performance car, introduced in 1980, was named the "Audi Quattro," a turbocharged coupé which was also the first German large-scale production vehicle to feature permanent all-wheel drive through a center differential (not counting the earlier British Jensen FF, produced in small numbers). Commonly referred to as the "Ur-Quattro" (the "Ur-" prefix is a German augmentative used, in this case, to mean "original" and is also applied to the first generation of Audi's S4 and S6 sport sedans, as in "UrS4" and "UrS6"), few of these vehicles were produced (all hand-built by a single team) but the model was a great success in rallying. Prominent wins proved the viability of all-wheel drive racecars, and the Audi name became associated with advances in automotive technology. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ...
A differential can mean one of several things: Differential (mathematics) Differential (mechanics) Differential signaling is used to carry high speed digital signals. ...
The Jensen FF was an all wheel drive GT car produced by the British manufacturer Jensen between 1966 and 1971. ...
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The Audi S4 is a high performance sport version of the popular Audi A4. ...
The Audi S6 is a high-performance version of the A6, an executive car produced by German automaker Audi. ...
In 1985, with the Auto Union and NSU brands effectively dead, the company's official name was now shortened to simply Audi AG. This article is about the year. ...
In 1986, as the Passat-based Audi 80 was beginning to develop a kind of "grandfather's car" image, the type 89 was introduced. This completely new development sold extremely well. However, its modern and dynamic exterior belied the low performance of its base engine, and its base package was quite spartan (even the passenger-side mirror was an option.) In 1987, Audi put forward a new and very elegant Audi 90, which had a much superior set of standard features. In the early 1990s, sales began to slump for the Audi 80 series, and some basic construction problems started to surface. Year 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar). ...
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Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...
Audi 80 The Audi 80 was an automobile from Audi produced between 1972 and 1995 and initially shared its platform with the Volkswagen Passat. ...
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This decline in sales was not helped in the USA by a 60 Minutes report which purported to show that Audi automobiles suffered from "unintended acceleration". The 60 Minutes report was based on customer reports of acceleration when the brake pedal was pushed. Independent investigators concluded that this was most likely due to a close placement of the accelerator and brake pedals (unlike American cars), and the inability, when not paying attention, to distinguish between the two. (In race cars, when manually downshifting under heavy braking, the accelerator has to be used in order to match revs properly, so both pedals have to be close to each other to be operated by the right foot at once, toes on the brake, heel on the accelerator; a driving technique called heel-and-toe). This did not become an issue in Europe, possibly due to more widespread experience among European drivers with manual transmissions. This article is about the CBS news magazine. ...
Heel-and-toe is a driving technique used in performance driving[1]. It involves operating the throttle and brake pedals simultaneously with the right foot, while facilitating normal activation of the clutch with the left foot. ...
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60 Minutes ignored this fact and rigged a car to perform in an uncontrolled manner. The report immediately crushed Audi sales, and Audi renamed the affected model (The 5000 became the 100/200 in 1989, as it was elsewhere). Audi had contemplated withdrawing from the American market until sales began to recover in the mid-1990s. The turning point for Audi was the sale of the new A4 in 1996, and with the release of the A4/A6/A8 series, which was developed together with VW and other sister brands (so called "platforms"). For the band, see 1990s (band). ...
The Audi A4 is a compact executive car produced by the German automaker Audi since 1994. ...
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C4 Audi S4 sedan- note this is the high-performance version of the 100, not an A6 The Audi A6 is a mid-size luxury car / executive car produced by the German automaker Audi. ...
The Audi A8 is a full-size luxury car built by the German automaker Audi to replace the V8 model as its flagship offering. ...
In the early part of the 21st century, Audi set forth on a German racetrack to claim and maintain several World Records, such as Top Speed Endurance. This effort was in-line with the company's heritage from the 1930s racing era "Silver Arrows". The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known as the [[. In East Asia, the rise of militarism occurred. ...
Silver Arrow – 1939 Grossglockner hillclimb Silver Arrows was the name given by the press to Germanys dominant Mercedes-Benz and Auto Union Grand Prix motor racing cars between 1934 and 1939, and also later applied to the Mercedes-Benz Formula One and sports cars in 1954/55. ...
Currently, Audi's sales are growing strongly in Europe. 2004 marked the 11th straight increase in sales, selling 779,441 vehicles worldwide. Record figures were recorded from 21 out of about 50 major sales markets. The largest sales increases came from Eastern Europe (+19.3%), Africa (+17.2%) and the Middle East (+58.5%)[citation needed]. In March of 2005, Audi is building its first two dealerships in India following its high increase in sales in the region. This article is about the road going sports car. ...
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Their 2007 worldwide sales have been released as 964,151 vehicles sold, yet another record for the brand. It is predicted that in 2008, they will pass the 1 million unit mark. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ...
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Audi has recently started offering a computerised control system for its cars called Multi Media Interface (MMI). This comes amid criticism of BMW's iDrive control, essentially a rotating control knob designed to control radio, satellite navigation, TV, heating and car controls with a screen. MMI was widely reported to be a considerable improvement on BMW's iDrive, although BMW has since made their iDrive more user-friendly. MMI or Multi Media Interface is an in-car interface system developed by Audi and implemented in its latest series of vehicles since 2004. ...
iDrive is a computer-like system, which is used to control most secondary vehicle systems in many current BMW cars. ...
MMI has been generally well-received, as it requires less menu-surfing with its mass of buttons around a central knob, with shortcuts to the radio or phone functions. The screen, either colour or monochrome, is mounted on the upright dashboard, and on the A4 (new), A5, A6, A8, and Q7, the controls are mounted horizontally. However, an "MMI like" system is also available on the Audi A3 and A4 models when equipped with the optional Navigation System. The Audi Q7 is a full-size luxury SUV produced by German automaker Audi since 2006. ...
The Audi A3 is the new BMW and an entry-level Noobluxury car / Wagonsmall family car produced by the German automaker Audi since 1996. ...
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Current models The Audi A3 is the new BMW and an entry-level Noobluxury car / Wagonsmall family car produced by the German automaker Audi since 1996. ...
The Audi S3 is a hot hatch version of the A3 small family car, produced by German automaker Audi since 1999. ...
The Audi A4 is a compact executive car produced by the German automaker Audi since 1994. ...
The Audi S4 is a high performance sport version of the popular Audi A4. ...
The Audi RS4 is a high-performance version of the Audi A4, a compact executive car produced by German automaker Audi. ...
The Audi A5 is a luxury coupé, which was unveiled simultaneously at the Geneva Motor Show and Melbourne International Motor Show on March 6, 2007 and is available since June. ...
The Audi A5 is a luxury coupé, which was unveiled simultaneously at the Geneva Motor Show and Melbourne International Motor Show on March 6, 2007 and is available since June. ...
C4 Audi S4 sedan- note this is the high-performance version of the 100, not an A6 The Audi A6 is a mid-size luxury car / executive car produced by the German automaker Audi. ...
The Audi S6 is a high-performance version of the A6, an executive car produced by German automaker Audi. ...
The Audi RS6 is the highest-performance version of the Audi A6, a mid-size luxury car / executive car produced by German automaker Audi. ...
The Audi A8 is a full-size luxury car built by the German automaker Audi to replace the V8 model as its flagship offering. ...
The Audi A8 is Audis luxury car flagship. ...
The Audi TT is a sports car produced by Audi since 1998 in Győr, Hungary. ...
This article is about the road going sports car. ...
The Audi allroad quattro is a Wagon crossover automobile produced by Audi from 2000 till today. ...
The Audi Q7 is a full-size luxury SUV produced by German automaker Audi since 2006. ...
Discontinued models The Audi 50, a design penned by Giorgetto Giugiaro, was a three-door supermini hatchback launched by Audi in 1974 and sold only on continental Europe. ...
Audi 60 F103 was the internal designation for a series of car models produced by Auto-Union in West Germany from 1965 to 1972, derived from the earlier DKW F102. ...
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The Audi 100 was a mid-sized automobile from Audi, made between 1968 and 1994. ...
The Audi A2 was a premium supermini produced by the German automaker Audi from 1999 to 2005. ...
This article refers to the car named the Audi Quattro. ...
The Audi RS2 Avant was a limited edition, high performance Audi station wagon sold from 1994 to 1996. ...
// This page is about the Audi 80, which includes information about the Audi 4000. ...
1993 Audi S4 The Audi UrS4 and Audi UrS6 were the original models of the Audi S4 and S6 automobiles. ...
The Audi V8 was a large luxury sedan built by Audi AG of Germany from 1989 to 1994 as the companys range-topping model and was the first Audi to use its namesake engine configuration. ...
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// The original Audi Duo was created in 1989 and was based on the Audi C3 100 Avant. ...
Racing models This article refers to the car named the Audi Quattro. ...
The Audi R8 is a Sports Prototype race car introduced for Sportscar racing. ...
Audi R10 The Audi R10 is a racing car prepared for sports car racing in the LMP1 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and other similar endurance races. ...
Prototypes and concept cars The Audi A1 is a supermini coupé, based on the A2 and expected to be released by Audi in 2009. ...
The Audi A7 is a mid-size coupé expected to be released by Audi in 2007. ...
The allroad quattro concept is a concept car Volkswagen AG produced under the Audi brand. ...
The Audi Avantissimo The Audi Avantissimo was a concept car by the German automobile manufacturer, Audi. ...
The Audi Avus Quattro The Audi Avus Quattro was a concept car from the german car manufactuer, Audi. ...
Audi Le Mans concept at the 2003 International Motor Show Audi R8 production model as seen at the 2006 Paris Motor Show Audi R8, rear The Audi R8 is a sports car, made by Audi. ...
The Audi Nuvolari Quattro The Audi Nuvolari Quattro (also known as Audi Nuvolari) was a concept car created by German automobile maker, Audi. ...
The Audi Pikes Peak Quattro. ...
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The Audi Q5 is a mid-size luxury crossover SUV to be released by German automaker Audi for the 2008 model year. ...
The Audi Roadjet is a concept car developed by the German manufacturer Audi and officially unveiled at the 2006 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. ...
The Audi RSQ The Audi RSQ is a mid-engined concept car developed for use as a product placement in the 2004 sci-fi movie I Robot. ...
I, Robot is a science fiction film released on July 16, 2004, loosely based on Isaac Asimovs Robot Series. ...
The Audi Shooting Brake is a concept car developed by the German manufacturer Audi and officially unveiled at the 2005 Tokyo Motor Show. ...
The Audi R-Zero is a concept carrevealed in 2006 developed by the German manufacturer Audi in tandem with two transportation design students. ...
Motorsports Audi has competed in numerous forms of auto racing. Audi's rich tradition in motorsport began with the Auto Union in the 1930s. In the 1990s Audi dominated the Touring and Super Touring categories of motor racing after success in circuit racing Stateside. A Peugeot 206 World Rally Car Motor racing and Motorsports redirect here. ...
Auto Union Logo 1936 Auto Union Wanderer Auto Union was a joint venture of four German automobile manufacturers, established in 1932 in Zwickau, Saxony, during the Great Depression. ...
Rallying In 1980 Audi released the Quattro, an all wheel drive turbocharged car that went on to win rallies and races worldwide. It is considered one of the most significant rally cars of all time because it was one of the first to take advantage of the then-recently changed rules which allowed the use of all-wheel-drive in competition racing. Many critics doubted the viability of all-wheel-drive racers, thinking them to be too heavy and complex, yet the Quattro was to become a successful car. Leading its first rally it went off the road, however the rally world had been served notice AWD was the future. It won competition after competition for the next two years.[citation needed] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 642 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Audi Quattro Metadata...
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This article refers to the car named the Audi Quattro. ...
Four wheel drive or 4x4, is a type of four wheeled vehicle drivetrain configuration that enables all four wheels to receive power from the engine simultaneously in order to provide maximum traction. ...
Rallying (international) or rally racing (US) is a form of automobile racing that takes place on normal roads with modified production or specially built road cars. ...
In 1984 Audi launched the short-wheelbase Sport Quattro car which dominated races in Monte Carlo and Sweden with Audi taking all podium finishes but succumbed to problems further into World Rally Championship contention. After another season mired in mediocre finishes, Walter Röhrl finished the season in his Sport Quattro S1 and helped place Audi second in the manufacturer's points. Audi also received rally honors in the Hong Kong to Beijing rally in that same year. Michèle Mouton, the first female WRC driver to win a round of the World Rally Championship and a driver for Audi, took the Sport Quattro S1, now simply called the S1 and raced in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. The climb race pits a driver and car to drive up a 4,302 meter high mountain in Colorado and in 1985, Michèle Mouton set a new record of 11:25.39 and being the first woman to set a Pikes Peak record. In 1986, Audi formally left international rally racing following an accident in Portugal involving driver Joaquim Santos in his Ford RS200. Santos swerved to avoid hitting spectators in the road, and left the track into the crowd of spectators on the side, killing three and injuring 30. Bobby Unser used an Audi in that same year to claim a new record for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb at 11:09.22. Monte Carlo is a very wealthy section of the city-state of Monaco known for its casino, gambling, beaches, glamour, and sightings of famous people. ...
The World Rally Championship (WRC) is a rallying series organised by the FIA, culminating with a champion driver and manufacturer. ...
Walter Röhrl (born March 7, 1947 in Regensburg) is a German rally and auto racing driver, with famous victories for Fiat, Opel, Lancia and Audi as well as Porsche, Ford and BMW. At the age of 16, Röhrl began working for the Bishop of Regensburg, and soon became...
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Michèle Mouton is one of the most well-known female rally drivers. ...
This article is about the mountain in Colorado. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Denver Largest city Denver Largest metro area Denver-Aurora Metro Area Area Ranked 8th - Total 104,185 sq mi (269,837 km²) - Width 280 miles (451 km) - Length 380 miles (612 km) - % water 0. ...
Robert William Bobby Unser (born February 20, 1934 in Colorado Springs, Colorado) was a U.S. automobile racer. ...
Motorsports in the USA In 1987, Walter Röhrl claimed the title for Audi setting a new Pikes Peak record of 10:47.85 in his Audi S1 which he retired from the WRC two years earlier. The Audi S1 employed Audi's time-tested 5-cylinder turbo charged engine and generated over 600 hp (447 kW). The engine was mated to a 6-speed gearbox and ran on Audi's famous all-wheel drive system. All of Audi's top drivers drove this beast, Hannu Mikkola, Stig Blomqvist, Walter Röhrl and the female driver, Michèle Mouton. The Audi S1 enjoys a 0-60 mph (0-100 km/h) time of 2.3 s. This Audi S1 started the S-series of cars for Audi which now represents an increased level of sports options and quality in the Audi line-up. This article is about the mountain in Colorado. ...
As Audi moved away from rallying and into circuit racing, they chose to move first into America with the Trans-Am in 1988. The Trans-Am series was created in 1966 by the SCCA as the Trans-American Sedan Championship. ...
In 1989, Audi moved to IMSA GTO with the 90, however as they avoided the two major endurance events (Daytona and Sebring) despite winning on a regular basis, they would lose out on the title. IMSA logo The International Motor Sports Association (generally referred to as IMSA) is an American auto racing sanctioning body based in Braselton, Georgia. ...
IMSA GT was a sports car racing series organized by International Motor Sports Association. ...
Audi 80 The Audi 80 was an automobile from Audi produced between 1972 and 1995 and initially shared its platform with the Volkswagen Passat. ...
Touring cars In 1990, having completed their objective to market cars in the United States, Audi returned to Europe turning first to the DTM series with the Audi V8, then in 1993, being unwilling to build cars for the new formula, they turned their attention to the fast growing Supertouring series, which took place nationally, first in the French Supertourisme and Italian Superturismo. In the following year, Audi would switched to the German Super Tourenwagen (known as STW) and then to British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) the year after that. The current DTM logo DTM was the initials for the former Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touringcar Championship), held from 1984 to 1996, a motorsport series based in Germany, with additional rounds elsewhere in Europe. ...
The Audi V8 was a large luxury sedan built by Audi AG of Germany from 1989 to 1994 as the companys range-topping model and was the first Audi to use its namesake engine configuration. ...
Supertouring, Class 2 or Class II Touring Cars were the rules laid out by the FIA for national touring car racing in 1994, based on the 2. ...
The Italian Superturismo Championship (Campionato Italiano Superturismo) is Italys national motorsport series for touring cars. ...
The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom and Ireland. ...
The FIA, having difficulty regulating the quattro system and what impact it had on the competitors, would eventually ban all four wheel drive cars from competing in 1998, by then Audi switched all their works efforts to sports car racing. The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established in 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ...
This article is about the Audi all wheel drive system, for information on the Audi coupe of the same name, see Audi Quattro. ...
By 2000, Audi would still compete in the US with their RS4 for the SCCA Speed World GT Challenge, through dealer/team Champion Racing competing against Corvettes, Vipers, and smaller BMWs (where it is one of the few series to permit 4WD cars). In 2003, Champion Racing entered an RS6. Once again, the quattro all wheel drive was superior and Champion Audi won the championship. They returned in 2004 to defend their title but a newcomer, Cadillac with the new Omega Chassis CTS-V, gave them a run for their money. After four victories in a row, the Audis were sanctioned with several negative changes that deeply affected the car's performance. Namely, added ballasts and Champion Audi deciding to go with different tires and backing off the turbos boost pressure. The Audi RS4 is a high-performance version of the Audi A4, a compact executive car produced by German automaker Audi. ...
The SPEED World Challenge is an American auto racing series that is sanctioned by the Sports Car Club of America. ...
Champion Racings Audi R8 during the 2005 Petit Le Mans. ...
The Audi RS6 is the highest-performance version of the Audi A6, a mid-size luxury car / executive car produced by German automaker Audi. ...
In 2004, after years of competing with the TT-R in the revitalized DTM series, with privateer team Abt Racing/Christian Abt taking the 2002 title with Laurent Aïello, Audi returned as a full factory effort to touring car racing by entering two factory supported Joest Racing A4s. The American Ballet Theatre is one of the foremost ballet companies of the 20th century, and a leading company in America. ...
Laurent Aïello (born May 23, 1969 in Fontenay, France) is a retired race car driver. ...
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The Audi A4 is a compact executive car produced by the German automaker Audi since 1994. ...
Sports Car racing Beginning in 1999, Audi built the Audi R8 LMP to compete in sports car racing, including the LMP900 class at the 24 hours of Le Mans. The factory-supported Joest Racing team won at Le Mans three times in a row (2000 — 2002), as well as winning every race in the American Le Mans Series in its first year. Audi also sold the car to customer teams such as Champion Racing. In 2003, two Bentley Speed 8s, with engines designed by Audi and driven by Joest drivers loaned to the fellow VW company, competed in the GTP class and finished the race in the top two positions, while the Champion Racing R8 finished third overall and first in the LMP900 class. Audi returned to the winner's circle at the 2004 race, with the top three finishers all driving R8s: Audi Sport Japan Team Goh finished first, Audi Sport UK Veloqx second, and Champion Racing third. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2520x1411, 359 KB) [edit] Summary Audi R10, 24 heures du Mans 2006, essais qualificatifs, Jeudi 15 juin 2006 [edit] Information [edit] Licensing File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not...
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Audi R10 The Audi R10 is a racing car prepared for sports car racing in the LMP1 class of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and other similar endurance races. ...
The Audi R8 is a Sports Prototype race car introduced for Sportscar racing. ...
IMSA GTP sports cars racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course in 1991 Sports car racing is a form of circuit auto racing with automobiles that have two seats and enclosed wheels. ...
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The 24 Hours of Le Mans (24 Heures du Mans) is the worlds most famous sports car endurance race, held annually at Circuit de la Sarthe near Le Mans, France, in the French Sarthe département. ...
The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) is a series of automobile races, founded in 1999 by Don Panoz, and sanctioned by IMSA. The American Le Mans Series utilizes the rules and regulations of the Automobile Club de lOuest, which organizes the world famous 24 Hours of Le Mans, to... |
