what does the name "Audi" mean????

[ian at harlequin.hplx.net]

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 JordanVw at aol.com wrote:

> what are the orgins of the name "Audi"?
>
> iirc, "Audi" is latin for "listen"??

Yeah.  Play on August Horch's last name, also meaning "listen" (or 
something similar) because he was disallowed the rights to his own name 
after he left/was dumped by his Horch auto company.

> also was Auto Union comprised of Horch, Wanderer, NSU, and DKW??

Auto Union was Horch, Wanderer, DKW, and Audi.  Until they bought up NSU 
and became NSU-Auto Union.

> When did Auto Union become "Audi"?

The marque was gone after WWII and ressurected only after VW bought 
NSU-Auto Union in the late 60's, IIRC.

ian