[Vwdiesel] Nice Audi

[Herold, Walter L]

DKW stands for "Deutsche Kraftwagen Werke" meaning "German Motorcar Works". ...

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From: vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com [mailto:vwdiesel-bounces at vwfans.com] On Behalf Of Tad
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 9:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] Nice Audi

So Oldsmobile (obviously), and... what's the other company named after Olds?

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 4:10 PM, David Ross <ross at hypertools.com> wrote:

> 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
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