Audi Country of origin Germany Logotype Photos Search for more photos Author Official History Audi Official website Audi Models 100 History AUDI AG can look back on a very colourful and varied history. Its tradition in car and motorcycle manufacturing dates back to the 19th century. Both the brands once resident in Saxony - Audi and Horch in Zwickau, Wanderer in Chemnitz and DKW in Zschopau - which merged in 1932 under the sign of the Four Rings to form Auto Union, and the Swabian company NSU from Neckarsulm, which joined in 1969, enriched the German automotive industry and had a decisive influence above all on the technical development of the motor car. The technically innovative image of the two brands, Audi and NSU, led ultimately to the slogan coined in 1971 which still applies today: Vorsprung durch Technik. Timeline: 1899 Company Start-up 1901 The first Horch 1904 Horch in Zwickau 1906 1st NSU car 1907 J. S. Rasmussen 1909 Horch = Audi 1913 1st Wanderer car 1914 Horch wins 1921 Left-hand drive 1922 DKW motorcycles 1926 8-cylinder Horch 1928 1st DKW car 1931 Front-wheel drive 1932 Auto Union AG 1933 Audi Front 1934 GP racing cars 1936 Chemnitz 1937 World records 1938 Crash tests 1941 Arms production 1948 End of Auto Union 1949 Re-establishment 1950 Meisterklasse 1951 NSU world record 1953 DKW 3=6 1955 NSU cycle factory 1957 NSU Prinz 1958 Daimler takeover 1959 Ingolstadt plant 1963 Wankel Spider 1964 VW takes over 1965 The "new" Audi 1967 NSU Ro 80 1968 Audi 100 1969 Audi NSU merger 1972 Audi 80 1974 Audi 50 1980 Audi quattro 1982 Audi 100 C 3 1985 AUDI AG 1986 Audi 80 B 3 1988 Audi V 8 1989 TDI 1991 Design studies 1993 Audi Space Frame 1994 Audi A 8 Back Missing something? Please let us know.

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