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

[adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Sandwich Maker)]

" 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.
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