More motorsport victories than you can shake a shaft at, a gearbox which beats Ferrari and a Lambo-powered luxury barge.
And a supercar which beats a Porsche 911?
Yes – all this comes from a manufacturer which made its name in conservative, dependable and solidly-built luxury cars.
Audi turns 100 years old this week, charting a company history more complicated than the intestine structure of man. Ready?
It was first setup by August Horch, who named his company, erm, Horch. August Horch then quit and started another company, but couldn’t use his name because it was trademarked, and so translated his surname into Latin and used that instead.
Horch in Latin is translated as ‘Audi’ – which means listen.
So then Audi gets going, but there are three other carmakers in Germany. Then some war stuff happens, everybody shuts down, they all join together as Auto Union, make some motors, and then VW comes along and buys it up.
Anyway, long story short, Audi has made some pretty unbelievable stuff during its 100-year-tenure. And a lot of the good stuff has happened in the past ten years.
100 Years of Audi in Pictures
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