" From: Wolfgang Mederle <amclist2006@xxxxxxx> " " On 21.09.2007, at 04:18, Sandwich Maker wrote: " " > audi is short for 'auto union'; nsu is one of the brands united into " > audi. there were 4 in all, the origin of the 4-ring audi symbol. " " Audi is Latin for "Listen!". It's the second company a guy whose last " name was "Horch" (German for "Listen!") founded after he lost control " over the company bearing his name. Auto Union was the federation of " four car manufacturers: Horch, Audi, DKW, and Wanderer. After the " war, they sold cars first under the "DKW" moniker, but this name was " associated with two-stroke engines which by the mid sixties went out " of fashion completely. oops! well, i was partly right... iirc [probably wrong again here] saab's very first cars were dkw powered. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list