Audi History

[Zsolt]

Just found a bit of interesting Audi history.

History:
1899: August Horch began a car company carrying his own surname in 1899.
1910: When he left that company to start afresh at Zwickau, Germany, he
"translated his last name, which means ``hark!'' or ``listen!'' into
Latin, ``Audi''."
1932: Audi became part of Auto-Union, with DKW, Horch and Wanderer.
1933: Audi built front-wheel drive cars.
1949: The Soviet Union took Auto Union AG after WWII, so Auto Union GmbH
was established at Ingolstadt, later becoming Audi AG.
1965: New model called `Audi' appears, and Volswagen AG acquire the company.

 From the following web site:
http://www.ecars.com.au/Audi/Audi.html

Cheers,
   Zsolt