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Re: Historical Question Answered
Rob Schiebe asked:
>Can anyone tell me the history of the name Audi?
Pete Kraus replied:
> started by August Horch... took the Latin term for
> listen, Audi...
Although I've known this story for some time, I seem
to find it hard to shake the idea that Audi sprang
from the Auto Union conglomerate and stood for
"Auto Union Deutsche Industrie" or similar. I realise
this is not true, but it's somehow so poetic ...
-Mark Quinn