August Horch

The Audi history began with a man Horch & CO company established in 1899.He invented his first car with the help of 15 colleagues, Horch August 1901. The car has a maximum. Speed ​​of 32 km / h. Mr. Horch left his company with business management major problem in 1909 and set up another company called Audi. "Audi" is the Latin translation of Horch ", his name because he wanted his own name repairer. So the brand Audi Automobilwerke Limited 1910 registraded. Until World War I, the Audi brand cars won the rally, which helps to establish worldwide name. During the first war, the Audi is forced to the war effort to produce the car, and then after the war ended, the recession is also a big problem for the company. Therefore, the founder August Horch in 1920 left the management. The company through the most difficult times, from 1927 to 1930, but in 1931, the management recognized that only unions and other car manufacturers to keep Audi alive. At that time, the Auto Union established members were DKW, Horch, forest and Audi. Four new badge to show the union is now familiar ring, which is still in use today, Audi.
In subsequent years, the new alliance, motorsport achieved great success. 1936 is the most powerful car is built in before the second World War 6 liters V 16 engine, 382 kW (582PS). In the next few years, during the second World War AUTO UNION once again forced Germany army vehicles. Many motorcycles, engines, different war vehicles, and even some submarine construction until 1945. At that time, all the factories in Germany was completely destroyed U.S. bombers.
After the war, a total of about 60,000 military vehicles and spare parts required for the DKW global range and maintaince. This is a new beginning in Munich, southern Germany, reasons. Shortly after the war ended, many auto production again for me, the most important DKW Munga 3-cylinder, 2-stroke engine, four-wheel jeep. The German army was invented in 1956, produced only 250 for testing purposes. Around the world, many of these cars and drove more than 2.4 million km of major issues. This is the beginning of the future called the Quattro concept. The nearly 570,000 Mungaswere 1968 to build.

In the next few years, many different engine and vehicle type, the invention and mass production. Replaced by four-stroke 2-stroke system in 1965, a milestone in the development of the engine. The Company believes that the concept of a new drive system for the power or the engine has been rising. More than 100 kW, front-wheel drive, the performance of the front tires and hazardous Ferrari A serious wear. In ferret jeep what replaces the the Munga not, because this is the problems and causes of performance 75HP 4 concept. Mr.Bensinger, father Quattro proposed many tests and trying to convince management to give him the green light four-wheel-drive concept of building a street car. The idea of the board is not very happy because I thought no one would buy such a car, especially if it is a high-tech, is not established by the Porsche and Mercedes-Benz. These two companies is a unique name for doing such a great invention. A notice was Auto Union's reputation in building high-tech car. Fortunately, Mr.Bensinger do a good job, and the project EQUATOR born the concept of the transmission system and the management decided to make this well-known all over the world with high activity motorsport. Should be the name of AUDI worthfull, Porsche and Mercedes-Benz.
In order to obtain the vehicle in a very short time to prepare many other types of local use. Engine out of the 200, the body is from the Audi 80 in the first and the transmission system out of the Iltis famous Munga's successor. Of course, many local support, change the size and improve the high-performance car should. After the first two years of improvement, test and cohesion of the new Coupe body a real UR-quattro was built in 1980. The power has risen to 200 horsepower, not a bad test, if you think that most of the other car manufacturers do with a 2.2 liter engine.