Audi – Ultimate Guide

Audi is the name of a German car manufacturer based in the German Bavarian town of Ingolstadt. Audi has been nearly entirely owned by the Volkswagen Group since the year 1964. Audi was an evolution of numerous different groups, including NSU, DKW, Horch, and the Auto Union.

audi
Source: turboklinika.com.pl

It was DKW who eventually incorporated the historic Audi company, whose foundation goes back to the year 1910.

Audi’s tagline is “advancement through technology,” or, in the original German, “Vorsprung Durch Technik.” The American version of the tagline is “Truth in Configurationering.”

The origins of Audi can be traced back to the year 1899. August Horch first manufactured a Horch automobile in the year 1901 in the town of Zwickau. Eight years later, August Horch was then forced out of the company he had established. At that point, he started a new company in the town of Zwickau and continued to use the name Horch on his automobiles.

audi
Source: irishtimes.com

At that point, his former company sued him for copyright infringement, at which point the German courts decided that the Horch name belonged to his former company. August Horch was then barred from using his own name in his new car operation.

At that point, August Horch called a meeting at the apartment of his friend Franz Fikentscher in order to come up with a new name for his business. At that point, Fikentscher’s son was in the room quietly studying Latin.

It was he who suggested calling the company Audi, after the Latin “auditor et altera pars…” This is because Audi means Hark in Latin (Hark in German is Horch.) Everyone at the meeting thought this an excellent idea. It is also believed by some that AUDI is an acronym for the Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt. This is not the truth, however.

audi
Source: magazinauto.com

Audi Cars

Audi A2

Audi A3

Audi A4

Audi A5

Audi A6

Audi A7

Audi A8

Audi Q7

Audi Quattro

Audi R8

Audi R10

Audi RS2

Audi RS4

Audi RS6

Audi S2

Audi S3

Audi S4

Audi S5

Audi S6

Audi S8

Audi TT

Audi URS4 / S6

Audi V8