[Vwdiesel] Nice Audi

[David Ross]

Full credit to Mr. Toensing in spite of misspelling "Horch".

August Horch is (almost) in the exclusive company of Ransom E. Olds, in 
that he (almost) had two auto manufacturing companies named after him -  
Horch & Audi.  "Almost", because Audi is the latin word for the German 
Horch, meaning 'hear' or 'hark' or 'listen'.

This and much more fascinating German auto trivia at "The History of the 
Four Rings" (Audi Official History--Copyright Audi AG) at:
<http://www.seriouswheels.com/art-four-rings-1.htm>

Dave Ross    N7EPI



William J Toensing wrote:
> The 4 circles represents the Auto Union or the merger of Horsh, Wanderer, Audi, & DKW. As I recall, stood for in German, "The Small Wonder". The Horsh was an expensive car that competed with the Maybach  & big Mercedes. It & the Wandurer died during WW2. After the war, as I recall, what ended up in the DDR or East Germany of Auto Union became the Wartburg. 
> Back in 1964 I owned for a short period of time, a 1958 DKW having swapped a rusty 1955 Nash Ambassador V-8 for it. It had a 4 speed transmission on the steering column but the shift patturn was backwards, as I recall. If I recall correctly, low was where low was on an American 3 speed column shift. second was where reverse was on an American car, 3rd was where high was on an American car, & the DKW high was where 2ed was on am American car. The DKW had a 2 cycle engine & mine was a 2 door hardtop.
> Bill Toensing, Nevada City, CA