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Audi Enthusiasts Learn About The history of this car manufacturer
Posted by in Uncategorized on December 31, 2009
Audi is one of the leading and most luxury manufacturers of automotive systems in Germany. They are the producers of the Audi cars, which is a famous car in the world. Besides, they believe in innovation.
History and origin: The origin of the company can be traced back to 1899 and is the founder August Horch. The founder had problems with the company that he work with. So he was forced to leave the company and soon began his own brand under his own name. But copyright issues were raised, and he was forced to remove the family in his brand. There, the names such as Audi christened for its automotive businesses. The word actually means Audi hear in Latin.
They started first with Audi 2612 cc and it was later increased the efficiency more and more. They were primarily used in sporting events. Thus, the brand of cars has started to develop over time and today we are experiencing a completely different world of cars manufactured by Audi!
Auto Union: An Auto Union was founded, are as Audi’s cooperation with Horch, DKW and Wanderer. This union was responsible for the production of the Audi badge that we see today. These have been used in car racing cars with different brand names. As the technology more and more complex, more and more models have been developed. These engines were supplied by Germany in World War II. The other vehicle that was used for the same purpose, the vehicle (car 11) or the Horch Type 80, which was in turn used by the military.
Audi Logo: The logo consists of four overlapping rings, representing the four brands of Auto Union. Your logo reflects the fact that they merged with Horch, DKW and Wanderer. The logo is very beautiful in a way that is, the first ring for the second Audi is designed DKW, Horch, represents a third and the fourth and last ring is for walkers.
Earlier Times: After the second world war the Auto Union was heavily bombed. The Audi factory will become a socialist society “VEB Zwickau Automobile Factory (EEZ). Post World War II increased, many companies such as Volkswagen and others, and began again with the Auto Union. Between 1960 and had attracted customers to four-stroke engines and popular . invented The brands like Audi 72, 75 have been, when their Volkswagen brand as Audi renamed. Up to 1972 models of Audi including the Audi 60, 70, 80 have been developed and Super 90, and they came back into the picture very much.
In 1969 the Auto Union saw the entry of another member of NSU, which was one of the largest manufacturers in the world of motorcycles. They went to the new small cars that are on the watch easy and safe to drive, but still produce some problems in their rotary engines.
The Modern Audi: The period after 1970, particularly years after the Second World War was the emergence of Audi as a brand was really competitive. It was first introduced in the United States in the era after 1970. In 1968, the registration of the Audi brand was 100th It was soon followed by another on behalf of the 80/Fox Audi and Audi 50 in 1974. The Audi 50 was very popular in these days when it was invented, based on the Golf / Polo concept, and it was a great success all over the world because of its unique design and has remained still in his mind.
The inventions and this time a proposal by a chassis engineer Jorg Bensinger, the four-wheel-develop technologies that promise. Soon version of the Audi brand cars and racing cars. The performance car, which was developed in 1980, was named as an Audi Quattro. He was also the first German large-scale vehicle with permanent four-wheel drive featured by a center differential.
It is commonly referred to as the Ur-Quattro in German, means those in the original German original and unique. Also in this prefix for other brands like Audi S4 and S6 brands such as TR4 and called or6. These cars were to rally and racing, and she soon became very famous. This was not only the opening of Audi, but also advances in the automotive world!
In 1985, the company as NSU and the Auto Union and Audi came came to be known as Audi AG. In 1986, the Audi 80 was launched, a very good model that has been mentioned as a known image of his grandfather during this time. The great thing about this model is the fact that it sold very well in no time. But the engine in the car was not that great, even though they had great interior design and good performance. So, to address the shortcomings, Audi came with a new model Audi 90, which had designed a great care, and was considered a good and efficient model.
In the early 1990s, sales of the model Audi 80 declined, she said that some of the basic construction problems not by the buyers like. This according to a survey by the United States was on unintended acceleration, which was done when the break pedal is pressed. Many say that this problem mainly on the compliance of the accelerator pedal and the break has been allocated. But this issue has been raised in any of the European countries, as they experience of driving in cars, and like its counterpart that had been driving inexperience in such cars.
But the consequences were so strong that the American people do not buy Audi cars at all and the turnover was very bad. This led to the renaming of the data model from Audi listed as 100/200, but the real name of the company’s 5000th Audi was even planned to eliminate their models, but sales climbed back into the mid-1990s. The sale began to walk on an upswing, thanks to a new model A4 of them in 1996 and subsequent versions of models such as A4/A6/A8 series that was developed in collaboration with VW and other sister brands of that time. Dozens of cars were produced by the innovative Audi.
Your confidence in the world in the automobile industry grew normally to such an extent that they started to claim world records, such as Top Speed Endurance. The company had always maintained its premier racing game, The Silver Arrows. Today, their sales are touching the sky, it is like to new heights day by day.
