Re: [Amc-list] "A Pacer in Your Future"

[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.

Daimler-Benz took over ailing Auto Union, planted a new 4-stroke  
engine into their last product, which was then sold as the first post- 
war Audi. Shortly after, Daimler sold the company to Volkswagen. NSU  
was still an independent at that time, until the Ro80 flopped.

Wolfgang


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Wolfgang Mederle
Munich, Bavaria (Germany)
amclist2006@xxxxxxx
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