The history of Audi dates back to November 14, 1899, when August Horch, together with Karl Benz founded in Cologne company called Horch producing luxury cars. In 1902, the owner of the company moved to Reichenbach and  in 1904 to Zwickau.

Audi History

In 1909, after financial troubles and problems on the team, owner left the company and founded another company called August Horch Automobilwerke GmbH. After the verdict the court found that the new venture August Horch could not connect his name, so he decided to translate your name into Latin – the Audi calling the company April 25, 1910, Audi Automobilwerke GmbH. In July 1910, the first vehicle with the name Audi left the factory in Zwickau.

The outbreak of the Second World War, however, slowed development of Auto Union. All companies produced military weapons. After the war, the property company will be dismantled and compensation within the law goes to the Soviet Union. August 17, 1948 the year of Auto Union AG will be deleted from the commercial register. However, a year later in Ingolstadt it is she revived, but is in dire financial straits, including because of this, they are produced mostly two-stroke DKW models.

At Volkswagenwerk AG in 1969. Merger of Auto Union GmbH and NSU Motorenwerke AG, Neckarsulm. The new company now bore the name of Audi NSU Auto Union AG and had its registered office in Neckarsulm. In 1972. It appeared the first generation Audi 80 (B1 series). Soon Audi begins Piëch era. Audi is a car manufacturer intensively introducing technical innovations. At the same time they sought to gradually increase the positioning of the Audi brand in the market. The five-Engine (1976), turbocharging (1979) and all-wheel drive quattro (1980) are the best witnesses of the road. Extremely important for the company it was also the 1980 and Quattro model, which first contributed to the popularity of the brand, and secondly thanks to him Audi ended up with the numerous successes on the routes of many rallies.

In 1985 Audi NSU Auto Union AG change the name to AUDI AG. Since then, the company and the products bear the same name. Headquarters back to Ingolstadt.

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Source: wikipedia.org