Audi's slogan is "Vorsprung durch Technik", which in English means "Advantage through Technology".

History
The origins of Audi
A company traces its origins back to 1899 and August Horch. A number one Horch car was produced within 1901 in Zwickau, in previous East Germany. Inside 1910, Horch was forced out of a company he experienced founded. He so began the newly company around Zwickau & continued using the Horch brand. His previous partners sued him for trademark infringement and a German court determined that the Horch brand belonged to his previous company. August Horch was forced to avoid utilizing his have family name in his new car business. When a word "horch!" translates to "listen!" within Old German, August Horch settled on the Latin equivalent of his name - "audi!". These are besides popularly believed that Audi is an acronym which stands for "Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt". Audi produces all over Two million vehicles annually at its independent production places around Ingolstadt. Audi has an additional production plant inside Neckarsulm.

Audi began by having the 2612 cc model followed by four cylinder 3564 cubic centimeter, 4680 mil & 5720 cubic centimeter system. These cars were successful possibly inside sporting cases. August Horch left a Audi company around 1920. A number 1 six cylinder exemplary (4655 mil) appeared inside 1924. Within 1928, the company was acquired by J S Rasmussen, owner of DKW, who bought a equivalent month a remains of the United states of america automobile manufacturer, Rickenbacker including the manufacturing devices for eight cylinder engines. These engines were utilized within Audi Zwickau & Audi Dresden system that were launched around 1929. At the equivalent period, sixer cylinder & a little iv cylinder (licenced from either Peugeot) models were made. Audi cars of that era were luxurious cars equipped by having favorite bodywork.

The Auto Union era

Inside 1932 Audi merged with Horch, DKW and Wanderer to form the Auto Union. Prior to World War II, Auto Union used a tetrad interlinked rings that produce higher a Audi badge in todays world, representing these quaternion brands. This badge was utilized, nonetheless, merely in Auto Union racer in this cycle when a member corporations utilized their have list & emblems. A technical development became further & additional concentrated & a select few Audi system were propelled by Horch or even Wanderer built engines.

Pause and a new start
Auto Union plants were heavy bombed & part destroyed when you took World War II. When a war, Zwickau shortly became section of the German Democratic Republic and Audi headquarters were moved to Ingolstadt. In this period of time, a quaternity interlinked rings were utilized together by having a DKW badge. A company focused efforts on the DKW brand, however their two-stroke engines became unpopular. Inside 1958, Daimler-Benz company acquired 88 per cent of Auto Union & a next month became its resole creator. Daimler-Benz developed the 72 horsepower (54 kW) 4-door sedan, by owning the modern four stroke engine driving the front wheels. This model appeared inside September 1965, "relaunching" the Audi brand. Daimler-Benz sold a company to Volkswagen in 1964.

Inside 1969, Audi merged with NSU, based inside Neckarsulm near Stuttgart. In the 1950s NSU had been the world's big manufacturer of motorcycles but experienced moved in to green goods little cars such as a NSU Prinz (the TT & TTS versions come however popular when vintage racing car). NSU so focused in fresh rotary engines based on data from a ideas of Felix Wankel. Inside 1967, the freshly NSU Ro 80 was a space-age car swell ahead of its instance around technical indicator details like aeromechanics, lightly weight, safety, et cetera, however new teeth problems sustaining a rotary engines put an prevent to the independence of NSU. Presently many lines of Audi cars come produced within Neckarsulm.

A mid-sized car that NSU got been working in, a K70, was arranged to slot between a tail-engined Prinz system & a futurist Ro 80. All a same, Volkswagen took a K70 for its have range, spelling the prevent of NSU as a separate brand.

The modern era of Audi
A 1st Audi of a modern era was the Audi 100 of 1968. This was shortly joined by the derivative of the Volkswagen Passat, the Audi 80 in 1972. the image of Audi cars wwhen perceived as conservativist, and so a proposal was accepted from either their chassis engineer Jorg Bensinger to develop a four-wheel drive technology in Volkswagen's Iltis military vehicle for an Audi performance car and for the rally car.

A performance car was referred to as a "Quattro" of the 1980s, a quaternary wheel cause turbocharged sports-car according to a Audi Coupe. It was the great profits around rallying so Audi became associated by using existence a leader inside technology, despite non selling as well several of the original "Ur-Quattro". (A Ur-Quattro was a number one Audi Quattro produced, & it has been intended per se to become distinguished from either late Audi system that incorporate Audi's AWD patterns (which is too known as "quattro" by owning the lower example letter q). A "Ur-" prefix is from either a German word for "original", & is too wont to refer to the number one generation of Audi's S4 and S6 sport sedans ("UrS4" and "UrS6").

Around 1986, as the Passat-depending Audi Lxxx was beginning to get a rather "grandfather's car" image, a nature and severity 89 was introduced. This entirely recently development sold pleasantly swell. Yet, its modern & dynamic exterior belied a moo performance of its base engine, & its base pack was quite spartan (possibly a passenger-side mirror was an guide.) Around 1987, Audi put forward the freshly & super elegant Audi 90, which had the great deal superior placed of standard features. In the early 90, sales began to slump for the Audi Eighty series, & a bit of basic construction problems began to surface.

This decline around sales was non helped in the USA by a 60 Minutes report which purported to show that Audi automobiles suffered from either "unintended acceleration". A Lx Minutes report was according to client reports of acceleration whenever a brake pedal was pushed. Independent investigators concluded that this was virtually all belike due to a close placement of the accelerator & brake pedals (unlike Our contries cars), & the inability, while non paying attention, to distinguish between them. (Around racer, it used to be that manually downshifting under strong braking, a accelerator has to exist as utilized sequentially to match revolutions per minute properly, and so every pedals keep around to become more or less each more to exist as operated per perfect foot at once, toes on the brake, heels on the flatulency. Usa citizens come utilized to automatic gear case & just deuce swell separated pedals).

Sixty Minutes ignored this fact & rigged the car to perform within an uncontrolled manner. A report immediately crushed Audi sales, & Audi renamed a affected model (A 5000 became a 100/200 inside 1989, when inside Germany & elsewhere). Audi experienced contemplated withdrawing from either a U.s. market until sales began to feel better in the mid-1990s. A turning point for Audi was a low of a recently A4 inside 1996, & by having the release of the A4/6/8 series, which was developed together using VW & more sister brands (then known as "platforms"), Audi has regained what was misplaced due to one-sided journalism.

Presently, Audi's sales come growing strongly around Europe, & a company is notable for get the best build quality of any mainstream carmaker. 2004 marked a Eleventh straight increase around sales, selling 779,441 vehicles worldwide. Record numbers were recorded from either Twenty-one away from astir L major sales markets. A big sales increases come from either Eastern Europe (+19.3%), Africa (+17.2%) & a Middle East (+58.5%). Withinside March of 2005, Audi is building its number one 2 dealerships withinside India below its high increase in sales in that vicinity. Though its brand however doesn't use at times a spherical cachet of Mercedes-Benz or BMW, Audi's reputation for quality and unostentatious style has over again processed it the extremely suitable brand.

Nevertheless, when 2003, by owning a release of a recently A4, & around 2004 by having the fresh A6, Audi's dedication to quality got eventually paid off whenever it began to received write up & various vehicle critics praising Audis above Mercedes-Benz and BMW.

Auto racing
Audi has competed inside (& another time dominated) many forms of auto racing. Audi's rich tradition inside motorsport began sustaining a Auto Union in the 1930s. inside a Nineties Audi dominated the Traveling & Very Touring categories of drive racing fallowing profits in circuit racing Stateside.

Rallying
Within 1980 Audi released a Quattro, an all wheel drive turbocharged car that went on to win rallies and races worldwide. These are considered one of a virtually everthing important rally cars ever becaapply it was one of a foremost to choose benefit of a so-recently changed system which allowed the use of all-wheel-cause within competition racing. Several critics doubted a viability of 100%-wheel-cause racers, thinking a two to become as well dense & complex, however the Quattro was an instant profits, winning its 1st rally in its foremost outing. It won competition fallowing competition for the next 2 years.

Within 1984 Audi launched the "Sport Quattro" car which dominated races in Monte Carlo and Sweden with Audi taking tons rostrum ends however succumbed to problems farther into World Rally Championship contention. When a 2nd year mired inside mediocre ends, Walter Röhrl finished a year inside his Sport Quattro S1 & helped place Audi second in the manufacturer's points. Audi as well received rally honors in the Hong Kong to Beijing rally in that equivalent season. Michèle Mouton, a 1st female WRC driver to win a championship & a driver for Audi, took the Sport Quattro S1, okay, only known as the S1 & raced in the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. the climb race pits the driver & car to cause higher a 4,302 meter high mountaaround in Colorado and in 1985, Michèle Mouton set the newly record of 11:25.39 & existence the number 1 woman to placed a Pikes Peak record. Inside 1986, Audi formally left international rally racing following a demise inside Portugal of driver Joaquim Santos inside his RS200. Joaquim Santos avoided hit spectators in of these side of the road, & ended higher hitting spectators on the other side. Bobby Unser used an Audi in that equivalent month to claim the fresh record for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb at 11:09.Twenty-two. Inside 1987, Walter Röhrl claimed the title for Audi setting the newly record of 10:47.85 around his Audi S1 he retired from either a WRC within Deuce years earliest. A Audi S1 listed Audi's instance-tried & true Five-cylinder turbo charged engine and generated terminated 600 h.p. (447 kW). the engine was mated to a 6-speed gear case & ran in Audi's renowned 100%-wheel cause body. Tons of Audi's top drivers drove this animal, Hannu Mikkola, Stig Blomqvist, Walter Röhrl & a female driver, Michèle Mouton. the Audi S1 enjoys a 0-60 mph (0-100 kph) period of Deuce.Deuce-ace s. This Audi S1 began a S-series of cars for Audi which okay, is an increased level of sports choices & quality to the Audi line higher.

Touring cars
Around 1995 Audi was barred from typing its Audi A4 Quattro into a British Touring Car Championships because of its domination on the series. A Quattro (four-four-wheeled cause) rules was banned because Audi was unbeatable in the competition.

Inside 2004 Audi returned to touring car racing by entering 2 manufactory supported Joest Racing A4s in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters series. In a a states, Champion Audi racing entered an Audi RS6 in the 2003 speedvision GT challenge, competing against Corvettes, Vipers, little, extra agiles BMWs, however once more the Quattro was as well superior & Champion Audi won the championship. It returned withinside 200Quartet to defend their title, a newcommer, Cadillac, gave a children the run their money, however when 4 triumph in the row, the Audis were sanctionned by owning many blackball changes that affected deeply the car's performance, but Champion Audi however managed to win a 2004 championship

Sports car racing
Beginning inside 1999, Audi built a Audi R8 to compete in sports car racing, including the LMP900 class at the 24 hours of Le Mans. the manufactory supported Joest Racing team won at Le Mans threefold inside a row (2000 - 2002), also when winning each race in the American Le Mans Series in its foremost season. Audi too sold a car to client teams like Champion Racing. Within 2003, ii Bentley Speed 8s, with engines designed by Audi & caused by Joest drivers loaned to a fellow VW company, competed in a GTP class & finished the race in the top deuce positions, when the Champion Racing R8 finished third overall & number one in the LMP900 class. Audi returned to the winner's circle at a 2004 race, using a top threesome finishers altogether camping R8s: Audi Sport Japan Team Goh finished 1st, Audi Sport UK Veloqx 2nd, & Champion Racing third.

At a 2005 2 dozen Hours of Le Mans, Champion Racing entered two R8s along sustaining an R8 from either a Audi PlayStation Team ORECA team. the R8s received a restrictor plate cutting power and even more, an extra 50kg of weight. On a average, a R8s were astir Two-Three seconds off pace in comparison the Pescarolo-Judd. However by having a team of fantabulous drivers & own household budget, two Champion R8s were suspire to choose One & Two when a ORECA team took 4th & as well marks United states of america winning the Le Mans, something non achieved since 1967. This as well terminates the hanker erthe of the Audi R8, yet there are speculations of a replacement for 2006, even powered by a diesel motor.

Technology
Audi is the just auto maker that produces 100% galvanized vehicles to prevent corrosion. An everthing-aluminium car was brought forward by Audi, and inside 1997 a Audi A8 was launched, which introduced aluminum space frame technology. Audi introduced the freshly series of vehicles in the mid-nineties & continues to pursue leading-edge technology & high performance.

A 100%-aluminium construct was reach the company's fresh sub-compact, the Audi A2 which was launched in 2001.

In the 1970's, a select few vehicle manufacturers including Audi (& Subaru) designed their own all wheel drive systems in coach. In the 1980's, completely-wheel cause systems inside cars became the furor, & more manufacturers rather Porsche and Mercedes-Benz offered all-wheel cause systems in their cars to compete in the marketplace. Unluckily, a completely-wheel cause patterns in a Mercedes-Benz vehicles were riddled by having problems correct from either the project sheet. A models too was non popular within Porsche vehicles because owners wanted a traditional performance of the rear wheel drive they got utilized to inside older Porsches. Although Porsche & Mercedes-Benz offer everthing-wheel cause systems around occasionally cars now, neither manufacturer was entity to ride a furor & appear in top prefer Audi has. Now, when numerous decades of class-leading technology & engineering, a title quattro is an identifiable symbol and trademark that shows would-manque rival a level of quality it use to achieve sequentially to attempt to compete by using Audi.

In a Eighties, Audi was the champion of the inline Five cylinder, 2.1/2.2 L engine as a longer lasting alternative to more traditional 6 cylinder engines. This engine was utilized within non single production cars however likewise their racer. A Ii.Unity L inline Five cylinder engine was utilized as a base for the rally cars in the 1980's, providing brim over 400 horsepower (298 kW) after modification. Prior to 1990, there were engines produced by using the displacement between Deuce.Cypher L & Ii.Deuce-ace L. This range of engine capacity was a proficient combination of good fuel economy which was on the mind of each automobilist in the 1980's, & a good total of power a client wants. Through the early 1990's, Audi began to move extrthe towards a position of existence a rattling competition within it's target market against Mercedes-Benz & BMW. This began sustaining a release of the Audi V8 within 1990. It was basically the newly engine fitted to the Audi 100/200, however using noticeable bodywork differences. Virtually all conspicuous was a newly grille that was nowadays incorprated in the bonnet.

By 1991, Audi got a Iv cylinder Audi 80, the Phoebe cylinder Audi 90 and Audi 100, the turbocharged Audi 200 and the Audi V8. There was likewise the coupe version of the 80/90 using two Four & Five cylinder engines.

Although the 5 cylinder engine was a successful & super robust powerplant, it was however a bit as well different for the target market. By owning the introduction of an everthing-just released Audi Century around 199Deuce, Audi introduced a 2.8l V6 engine. This engine was as well fitted to the face-lifted Audi Lxxx (totally Fourscore & 90 system were currently badged 80 except for the United states), returning this model the guide of Little joe, Five & 6 cylinder engines, within sedan, coupe & cab system styles.

the Fivesome cylinder was shortly dropped as a major engine guide, even so a turbocharged 230BHP (169kW) version remained. the engine, ab initio fitted to the 200 quattro 20V of 1991, was a derivative of the engine fitted to the Sport Quattro. It was fitted to a Audi Coupe & known as a S2 & too to the Audi Hundred system, & known as the S4. These ii system were a beginning of the made S series of performance cars.

A Audi A8 replaced the V8 in 1994, with the radical Aluminium Space Frame (ASF) to save weight. A weight reduction was offset per quattro 100%-wheel cause formulas, but it intended a car experienced similar performance thereto's contender, however far superior treating.

A next major exemplary vary was inside 1995 after a Audi A4 replaced the Audi 80. the fresh language scheme was applied to a Audi One c to be the Audi A6 (by using a minor facelift). This as well intended a S4 became a S6 and a newly S4 was introduced in the A4 person. A S2 was discontinued. A Audi Cabriolet continued on (according to a Audi Fourscore platform) until 1999, gaining a engine upgrades along a way. The newly A3 (based on a Volkswagen Golf) was introduced to a range in 1997, & the radical TT coupe and roadster were debuted around 1998 according to a equivalent underpinnings. An additional interesting model introduced was a Mercedes-Benz A-Class competitor, a Audi A2. the model sold comparatively swell inside Europe, notwithstanding Audi decided does'nt to acquire a freshly model & it hwhen since been discontinued as of 2004.

the engines available throughout a range were at present a Ace.4l, Single.6l & I.8l Quaternion cylinder, Ace.Eight turbo, Two.6l & Deuce.8l V6, Ii.2l turbo-charged Pentad cylinder & a Foursome.2l V8. A V6's were replaced by recently Ii.Four & Two.8l 30V V6's around 1998, by having marked improvement within power, torsion & smoothness. Farther engines were added along the way, including a Terzetto.7l V8 & Captain hicks.0l W12 for the A8. At a turn of a century, Audi introduced the direct shift gearbox, a counterpoint transmission driveable prefer an automatic transmission. the technique includes dual electrohydraulically restricted clutches instead of a torque converter. This is implemented within occasionally Volkswagen Golf, Audi A3 and TT models. the engine range was hard-hitting upgraded, by using a Two.7l twin turbo V6 existence offered in a Audi S4, A6 & allroad, the Two.8l V6 was replaced by the Deuce-ace.0l unit.

Freshly system of a A3, A4, A6 & A8 keep close at hand been introduced, using the Single.8l engine nowadays Ii.0l & a Troika.0l V6 is at present Trio.1l around size. Audi has okay, introduced FSI on some of their engines, including a Ace.6l Quadruplet cylinder, the fresh Ii.0l [audi is a first & only manufacturer in the world to utilize a turbo charger and the FSI on the same powerplant],and the 3.1l V6. This occurs as straight fuel-injectiin system that Audi experienced too utilized on its diesel since a early 1980's.

Audi today has an telling range of cars, engines & transmissions available, which prove my point to lead a way & introduce fresh technologies into a market.

Models

Production cars
A2 A3 S3 A4 S4 RS4 A6 S6 RS6 Allroad Quattro A8 TT

Historical models
Audi 50 Audi 80/90/4000 Audi 100/200/5000 Audi Quattro Audi V8 Audi UrS4/S6

Future models
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A5 RS4 Q5 Q7 R9

Concepts

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RSQ designed exclusively for the 2004 film I, Robot. Allroad quattro concept Shooting Brake, design learn for the next generation TT