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In business for over 100 years, Audi is a car manufacturer which built cars and luxury SUVs The company was started in Germany and remained Deutschland-based to date.
In business for over 100 years, Audi is a car manufacturer which built cars and luxury SUVs The company was started in Germany and remained Deutschland-based to date.
Audi Automobile Works entered the German car manufacturing company in 1910 and remained independent until the Great Depression because the founder of Audi, Horch August, had left a 10 year old company bearing his name he chose a Latin form of his name - - Audi - for his new company Audi joined with three other auto manufacturers in 1932 to form Audi Auto Union, the only plate survivor of this union, was bought by Volkswagen in 1964.
In the 1970s, Audi began to get noticed in the US with its 100LS luxury sedan and coupe compact Fox and playful and sedan by the end of the 70 brand replaced 100LS dated with its new luxury sedan 5000 .
Each manufacturer has its defining moments for Audi, such a moment came in March 1980 at the Geneva Motor Show The automaker unveiled the Audi Quattro, a sports coupe-wheel drive transmission that was met a wildly enthusiastic response to the issue the floor's Quattro all wheel drive system has continued to help Audi win accolades in motorsports and it was finally integrated into the entire range of models.
This year also saw the Fox replaced by the 4000 Four years later, the range topping 5000 was redesigned sales of Audi rose nearly 50 percent, largely due to the still beautiful new aerodynamic headlight that featured what was become a brand Audi - stylish elegance, high quality cabin.
Unfortunately, the asset model Audi were worse when the automaker 5000 was accused of unintended acceleration in an episode of 60 Minutes television A subsequent government investigation found Audi innocent of the charge, but the decline from sales Audi almost put out of business in the United States.
Late 80s saw Audi redraw 4000, renaming 80 and 90 with 90 having more equipment and also rename the 5000, dubbing it 100 or 200 The 200 had a five-cylinder turbocharged engine with all-wheel drive as opposed to a non- five turbo and front-wheel drive, as on the 100 Coupé has also debuted, as a new flagship, a V8 engine 200 sedan called simply the V8.
The following decade saw the A4 Cabriolet models and the renaming of 100 A6 superb A8 was introduced as the new flagship of Audi, touting all-aluminum construction and a beefy V8 high-performance versions of the various bowed models, dubbed S4, S6 and S8.
The beginning of the new millennium the TT, Audi's coupe and roadster lowered sport later he also introduced RS versions of the A4 and A6, providing even more performance than S variants In addition to the S and RS versions of the TT, Audi s most recent versions include the sedan A3 crossover SUV Q5, A5 coupe smooth, exotic sports car R8 and A7 luxury hatchback sedan.
Today, Audi continues its success in the prestige car market by offering a wide range of vehicles that combine impressively luxury and sport.
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