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Horch was the popular name for high-performance luxury motor cars manufactured in Germany by the company, August Horch & Cie, at the beginning of the 20th century. Image File history File links Commons-logo. ...
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Founder The company was established by August Horch, a former production manager for Karl Benz, and a partner on November 14, 1899 with a capital of 30,000 Goldmark at Ehrenfeld, near Cologne. Horch was also later the founder of the German automaker, Audi, which is named after the Latin translation of his surname (latin word for the regional Saxon expression, horch, which is the imperative form of “hark” - "listen" in German). August Horch (October 12, 1868 - February 3, 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, he founded the manufacturing firm that would become Audi. ...
Karl Benz Karl Friedrich Benz (December 6, 1844 – April 4, 1929) was a German engine designer and automobile engineer, generally regarded as the inventor of the gasoline-powered automobile. ...
November 14 is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 47 days remaining. ...
Year 1899 (MDCCCXCIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ...
German 20 Mark banknote from 1914 (www. ...
Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ...
 1938 Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet Image File history File links Horch-853-sport-cabriolet. ...
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Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2096x1440, 344 KB) Die erste Kühlerfigur von August Horchs Luxusfahrzeugen symbolisiert Flügel und einen Pfeil. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2096x1440, 344 KB) Die erste Kühlerfigur von August Horchs Luxusfahrzeugen symbolisiert Flügel und einen Pfeil. ...
A hood ornament is the name given to a specially crafted model of something which symbolises a car company like a badge. ...
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Initial cars The company initially began producing 5 and 10 hp twin-cylinder engine automobiles near Cologne in 1901. The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ...
1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
The first Horch had a 4.5 hp engine, with an alloy crankcase, a unique achievement in those days. It had an open-body design, with lighting provided by lanterns with candles in them. In contrast with the powerful cars of later years, the first Horch could barely reach a top speed of 32 km/h. It was significant at that time because it used a friction clutch, and also had a drive shaft to power the wheels.
The firm soon ran into financial troubles, not surprising considering the pioneering nature of the automobile business at that time. Horch had to seek new partners.
The company was moved to Reichenbach (Vogtland) in March, 1902, where it produced a 20 hp four-cylinder car with a shaft drive. Horch cars were considered much advanced and superior to those being then built by Mercedes or Benz (who were then separate manufacturers). Reichenbach is a place in the Vogtlandkreis district, Saxony, Germany. ...
1902 (MCMII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Mercedes was the brand of the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft before being merged with Benz & Cie. ...
Benz can refer to: Karl Benz, a German automobile engineer and inventor Mercedes-Benz, a brand of automobiles and trucks Kafi Benz, an American writer, historian, designer, and artist, the founder of Friends of Seagate Inc. ...
By 1903, Horch had built a car with a four-cylinder engine. In March of the following year, he introduced his new car at the Frankfurt Fair. 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Friday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ...
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In 1904, Horch was forced to convert the firm into a joint-stock company, A. Horch & Cie. Motorwagen-Werke AG, an action that he was to later regret. Year 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for calendar). ...
On May 10, 1904, he moved the new corporation to Zwickau, a city to the southwest of Chemnitz, in the eastern German state of Saxony. Year 1904 (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on a Friday (see link for 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. ...
Chemnitz (Sorbian/Lusatian Kamjenica, 1953-1990 called Karl-Marx-Stadt; Czech: Saská Kamenice) is a city in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. ...
The Free State of Saxony (German: Freistaat Sachsen; Sorbian: Swobodny Stat Sakska) is the easternmost federal state of Germany. ...
The first six-cylinder Horch appeared in 1907. 1907 (MCMVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Wednesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...
Audi connection In 1909, the supervisor board (German equivalent of the Board of Directors) of this corporation forced out Horch. Horch went on to found Audi, Audiwerke GmbH, which became effective on 25 April 1910. The name was a solution to the legal dispute with his old company over use of the Horch brand. Year 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
Audi AG is a German automobile manufacturer with headquarters in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, and has been an almost wholly owned (99. ...
In 1928, the company was acquired by Jörgen Skafte Rasmussen, owner of DKW (which comes from the German word, Dampfkraftwagen), who bought the same year the remains of the US automobile manufacturer, Rickenbacker, including the manufacturing equipment for eight-cylinder engines. Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar). ...
DKW Auto Union logotype Dampf-Kraft Wagen (German: steam-powered vehicle) or DKW is a historic car and motorcycle marque. ...
Rickenbacker was a US automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan from 1922 till 1927. ...
Eventually, on 29th June, 1932 Audi merged with Horch, DKW and Wanderer to form the Auto Union. The current Audi four-ring logo is the Auto Union logo. In the 1930s Horch introduced a new line of smaller and cheaper, but still presentable, V8 automobiles. Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ...
DKW Auto Union logotype Dampf-Kraft Wagen (German: steam-powered vehicle) or DKW is a historic car and motorcycle marque. ...
Wanderer was a German automobile manufacturer from 1911 to 1939. ...
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. ...
Auto Union became a major supplier of automobiles to the German armed forces. Civilian production was suspended after March 1940. Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...
Trabant connection During the Second World War, the factories suffered heavy bomb damage. Later, the advancing Soviet forces captured the area, and it became part of the Soviet sector of divided Germany in 1945, and later became part of East Germany. Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km into the air. ...
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Year 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ...
The factory was renamed as the Sachsenring factory after the East German firm IFA took it over, and produced the Sachsenring "P-240" in 1955. It produced the initial Trabant "P-50" model from 1957. [1] 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Sachsenring emblem adorned the front of every Trabant The Trabant was an automobile formerly produced by East German auto maker VEB Sachsenring Automobilwerke Zwickau in Zwickau, Saxony). ...
1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Rare Collectibles On Saturday, June 24th, 2006, an incredibly rare 1937 Horch 853A Sport Cabriolet in original unrestored, unprepared condition sold at auction in Cortland NY for $299,000 US.[2]
In the late 1930's, Horch supplied a limited number of promotinal scarfs bearing the Horch logo. Only sent to the most wealthy drivers, it is a major collectible amongst die-hard enthusiasts of the pre-war car era. However there is also a degree of contreversy associated with these scarfs as they were commonly sought after by senior SS members.
Famous Horch models Some famous Horch automobiles (year introduced): - Horch 350/375/400/405 (1928-1931)
- Horch 930V (1934)
- Horch 850 (1935)
- Horch 851 (1935)
- Horch 853 Sport Cabriolet (1937)
- Horch 853A Erdmann-Rossi Sport Cabriolet (1937)
- Horch 853A Voll-Ruhrbeck Sport Cabriolet (1938)
- Horch 855 Roadster (1939)
Gallery Horch 470 Cabriolet 1931 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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| Horch 830 BL Cabriolet 1939 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
| Horch 853 Sport-Cabriolet 1936 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
| Horch 853 Sport-Cabriolet 1937 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
| Horch 853 A Sport-Cabriolet 1938 Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...
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