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Re: Audi: company history
In Jet's A4 site, he tells who started Audi and where the name came from.
August Horch. Audi was Latin for his name. And, so the story goes on...
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On Mon, 23 Mar 1998, Ti Kan wrote:
> David M Sugerman writes:
> > Does anyone know where I may be able to find some facts regarding Audi
> > history? I basically need to know when the company became known as Audi,
> > as well as a few other historical facts. I've done some rather extensive
> > web surfing, and couldn't find what I'm looking for.
>
> A quicky Audi family history tree (will look right only with fixed
> non-proportional font):
>
> Wanderer 1885 \ Auto Audi NSU
> Horch 1899 \ Union -------- Auto Union AG ---- Audi AG ---->
> DKW 1907 / AG 1969 1985
> Audi 1909 / 1932 /
> /
> NSU 1873 ----------------/
> (1958-1964 liaison with Daimler-Benz)
> (1966 VW takes control)
>
> This is courtesy the excellent book "Audi: A History of Progress",
> published by Audi AG. You may be able to obtain a copy from your
> Audi dealer.
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> -Ti
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