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company which produces cars under the Audi brand, (pronounced Audi Listings /a??di/). It is part of the Volkswagen Group. The name Audi Listings Audi is based on a Latin translation of the last Audi Listings name of the founder August "Horch", itself the German word Audi Listings for “hear. Audi is headquartered in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany and Audi Listings has been an almost wholly-owned (99.55%) subsidiary of the Volkswagen Audi Listings Group (Volkswagen AG) since 1964. Volkswagen Group relaunched the Audi Audi Listings name when it was acquired as part of Volkswagen's purchase Audi Listings of the Auto Union and NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU) assets Audi Listings Audi's corporate tagline is Vorsprung durch Technik, meaning "Advantage through Audi Listings Technology". The German-language tagline is used in many European countries, Audi Listings including the United Kingdom, and in other markets, such as Audi Listings Latin America, Oceania and parts of Asia including Japan. A Audi Listings few years ago, the North American tagline was "Innovation through Audi Listings technology", but in Canada the German tagline Vorsprung durch Technik Audi Listings was used in advertising. More recently, however, Audi has updated Audi Listings the tagline to "Truth in Engineering" in the U.S Histor Audi Listings [edit] Birth of the company and its nam Audi Type Audi Listings EThe company traces its origins back to 1899 and August Audi Listings Horch. The first Horch automobile was produced in 1901 in Audi Listings Zwickau.[3] In 1909, Horch was forced out of the company Audi Listings he had founded.[3] He then started a new company in Audi Listings Zwickau and continued using the Horch brand His former partners Audi Listings sued him for trademark infringement and a German court determined Audi Listings that the Horch brand belonged to his former company.[3] August Audi Listings Horch was barred from using his own family name in Audi Listings his new car business, so he called a meeting at Audi Listings the apartment of Franz Fikentscher to come up with a Audi Listings new name for his company. During this meeting Franz's son Audi Listings was quietly studying Latin in a corner of the room. Audi Listings Several times he looked like he was on the verge Audi Listings of saying something but would just swallow his words and Audi Listings continue working, until he finally blurted out, "Father – audiatur Audi Listings et altera pars... wouldn't it be a good idea to Audi Listings call it audi instead of horch?". "Horch!" in German means Audi Listings "Hark!" or "hear", which is "Audi" in Latin (compare audible). Audi Listings The idea was enthusiastically accepted by everyone attending the meeting.[4] Audi Listings It is sometimes (incorrectly) believed that AUDI is a backronym Audi Listings which stands for "Auto Union Deutschland Ingolstadt" Audi started with Audi Listings a 2,612 cc (2.6 litre) four cylinder model[clarification needed] followed Audi Listings by a 3564 cc (3.6 L) model, as well as Audi Listings 4680 cc (4.7 L) and 5720 cc (5.7L) models. These Audi Listings cars were successful even in sporting events. The first six Audi Listings cylinder model,[clarification needed] 4655 cc (4.7 L) appeared in 1924 Audi Listings August Horch left the Audi company in 1920. In September Audi Listings 1921, Audi became the first German car manufacturer to present Audi Listings a production car with left-hand drive, the Audi Type K.[5] Audi Listings Left-hand drive spread and established dominance during the 1920s because Audi Listings it provided a better view of oncoming traffic, making overtaking Audi Listings maneuvers safer.[5 [edit] The Auto Union er Cover of the Audi Listings 1937 English motor sport magazine with an Auto Union racing Audi Listings car on a banked trackIn August 1928 Jorgen Rasmussen, the Audi Listings owner of DKW, acquired the majority of shares in Audiwerke Audi Listings AG.[6] In the same year, Rasmussen bought the remains of Audi Listings the US automobile manufacturer Rickenbacker, including the manufacturing equipment for Audi Listings eight cylinder engines. These engines were used in Audi Zwickau Audi Listings and Audi Dresden models that were launched in 1929. At Audi Listings the same time, six cylinder and four cylinder (licensed from Audi Listings Peugeot) models were manufactured. Audi cars of that era were Audi Listings luxurious cars equipped with special bodywork In 1932, Audi merged Audi Listings with Horch, DKW and Wanderer, to form Auto Union Before Audi Listings World War II, Auto Union used the four interlinked rings Audi Listings that make up the Audi badge today, representing these four Audi Listings brands. This badge was used, however, only on Auto Union Audi Listings racing cars in that period while the member companies used Audi Listings their own names and emblems. The technological development became more Audi Listings and more concentrated and some Audi models were propelled by Audi Listings Horch or Wanderer built engines [edit] The four-ring log The Audi Listings Audi emblem is four overlapping rings that represent the four Audi Listings marques of Auto Union. The Audi emblem symbolizes the amalgamation Audi Listings of Audi with DKW, Horch and Wanderer: the first ring Audi Listings represents Audi, the second represents DKW, third is Horch, and Audi Listings the fourth and last ring Wanderer.[7] [8 [edit] Second World Audi Listings War perio The build up and onset of World War Audi Listings II encouraged the development and production of special vehicles for Audi Listings military purposes in the 1930s. The Auto Union became an Audi Listings important supplier of vehicles to Germany's armed forces.[6] Following the Audi Listings outbreak of war, civilian production was interrupted in May 1940. Audi Listings After this, the company produced exclusively for military purposes.[6 During Audi Listings World War II, the Auto Union produced the Sd-Kfz 222 Audi Listings armored car, which was used in the German army during Audi Listings the war. It was powered by an 81 hp (60 Audi Listings kW) Horch/Auto Union V8 engine and reached a top speed Audi Listings of 50 miles per hour on the road Another vehicle Audi Listings which was used in World War II to shuttle German Audi Listings military officials safely was known as the Kraftfahrzeug (KFZ 11) Audi Listings or the Horch Type 80. The military used it as Audi Listings a light transport vehicle The Auto Union plants were heavily Audi Listings bombed and severely damaged within the last two years of Audi Listings the war [edit] Post-War perio The Saxonian plants of Auto Audi Listings Union was located in what was the Soviet occupied zone Audi Listings of Germany. In 1945 on the orders of the Soviet Audi Listings military administration in Germany, they were dismantled as part of Audi Listings war reparations.[9] Following this, the company’s entire assets were expropriated Audi Listings without compensation.[9] On 17 August 1948 Auto Union AG of Audi Listings Chemnitz was deleted from the commercial register.[9] These actions had Audi Listings the effect of liquidating Germany's Auto Union AG. The remains Audi Listings of the Audi plant of Zwickau became the VEB (for Audi Listings "People Owned Enterprise") Automobilwerk Zwickau, AWZ for short (which translates Audi Listings into English as Automobile factory Zwickau).[10 A new Auto Union Audi Listings was launched in Ingolstadt, Bavaria with loans from the Bavarian Audi Listings state government and Marshall Plan aid.[11] The reformed company was Audi Listings launched 3 September, 1949 and continued DKW's tradition of producing Audi Listings front-wheel drive vehicles with two-stroke engines.[11] This included production of Audi Listings a small but sturdy 125 cc motorcycle and a DKW Audi Listings delivery van, the DKW F 89 L, also known as Audi Listings DKW-Schnelllaster. Many employees of the destroyed factories in Zwickau came Audi Listings to Ingolstadt and restarted the production In 1950, after a Audi Listings former Rheinmetall gun factory in Dusseldorf was established as a Audi Listings second assembly facility the company's first post-war car went into Audi Listings production: the DKW Meisterklasse F 89 P, available as a Audi Listings saloon and Auto Loan Companies a four-seater Karmann convertible.[9][12] The van and sedan Audi Listings were based on the DKW F8 and the DKW F9 Audi Listings pre-war constructions The former Audi factory in Zwickau, now under Audi Listings Soviet control, restarted assembly of the pre-war-models in 1949. Those Audi Listings models were renamed to IFA F8 and IFA F9 and Audi Listings were 
similar to the West German versions. West German and Audi Listings East German models were equipped with the traditional and renowned Audi Listings DKW two-stroke engines In 1958, Daimler-Benz acquired 87% of Auto Audi Listings Union and in the next year 100% Audi 75In 1964, Audi Listings Volkswagen acquired the factory in Ingolstadt and the trademark rights Audi Listings of the Auto Union. Two-stroke engines became less popular towards Audi Listings the middle of the 1960s as customers were more attracted Audi Listings to the comfortable four-stroke engines. In September 1965, the last Audi Listings DKW model, the DKW F102, got a four-stroke engine implanted Audi Listings and some front and rear styling changes. Volkswagen dumped the Audi Listings brand DKW because of its two-stroke smell, relaunching the Audi Audi Listings brand. The new model was classified internally as the F103 Audi Listings and sold as simply the "Audi" (the name being a Audi Listings model designation rather than the manufacturer, which was still officially Audi Listings Auto Union) but later came to be known as the Audi Listings Audi 72. Developments of the model were named for their Audi Listings horsepower ratings and sold as the Audi 60, 75, 80, Audi Listings and Super 90. These models sold until 1972 Audi 80 Audi Listings assembly line in Wolfsburg as of 1973In 1969, Auto Union Audi Listings merged with NSU, based in Neckarsulm, near Stuttgart. In the Audi Listings 1950s, NSU had been the world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles, Audi Listings but had moved on to produce small cars like the Audi Listings NSU Prinz, the TT and TTS versions of which are Audi Listings still popular as vintage race cars. NSU then focused on Audi Listings new rotary engines based on the ideas of Felix Wankel. Audi Listings In 1967, the new NSU Ro 80 was a space-age Audi Listings car, well ahead of its time in technical details such Audi Listings as aerodynamics, light weight, and safety but teething problems with Audi Listings the rotary engines put an end to the independence of Audi Listings NSU. Audi Listings Today the Neckarsulm plant is used to produce the Audi Listings larger Audi models A6 and A8. The Neckarsulm factory is Audi Listings also home of the quattro GmbH, this subsidiary is responsible Audi Listings for development and production of the Audi high performance cars: Audi Listings the R8 and the "RS" model range The mid-sized car Audi Listings that NSU had been working on, the K70, was intended Audi Listings to slot between the rear-engined Prinz models and the futuristic Audi Listings NSU Ro 80. However, Volkswagen took the K70 for its Audi Listings own range, spelling the end of NSU as a separate Audi Listings brand [edit] The modern era of Aud The new merged Audi Listings company was known as Audi NSU Auto Union AG, and Audi Listings saw the emergence of Audi as a separate brand for Audi Listings the first time since the pre-war era. Volkswagen introduced the Audi Listings Audi brand to the United States for the 1970 model Audi Listings year The first new car of this regime was the Audi Listings Audi 100 of 1968. This was soon joined by the Audi Listings Audi 80/Fox (which formed the basis for the 1973 Volkswagen Audi Listings Passat) in 1972 and the Audi 50 (later rebadged as Audi Listings the Volkswagen Polo) in 1974. The Audi 50 was a Audi Listings seminal design in many ways, because it was the first Audi Listings incarnation of the Golf/Polo concept, one that led to a Audi Listings hugely successful world car Audi QuattroThe Audi image at this Audi Listings time was a conservative one, and so, a proposal from Audi Listings chassis engineer Jorg Bensinger[13] was accepted to develop the four-wheel Audi Listings drive technology in Volkswagen's Iltis military vehicle for an Audi Audi Listings performance car and rally racing car. The performance car, introduced Audi Listings in 1980, was named the "Audi Quattro," a turbocharged coupe Audi Listings which was also the first German large-scale production vehicle to Audi Listings feature permanent all-wheel drive through a center differential. Commonly referred Audi Listings to as the "Ur-Quattro" (the "Ur-" prefix is a German Audi Listings augmentative used, in this case, to mean "original" and is Audi Listings also applied to the first generation of Audi's S4 and Audi Listings S6 sport sedans, as in "UrS4" and "UrS6"), few of Audi Listings these vehicles were produced (all hand-built by a single team), Audi Listings but the model was a great success in rallying. Prominent Audi Listings wins proved the viability of all-wheel drive racecars, and the Audi Listings Audi name became associated with advances in automotive technology In Audi Listings 1985, with the Auto Union and NSU brands effectively dead, Audi Listings the company's official name was now shortened to simply Audi Audi Listings AG In 1986, as the Passat-based Audi 80 was beginning Audi Listings to develop a kind of "grandfather's car" image, the type Audi Listings 89 was introduced. This completely new development sold extremely well. Audi Listings However, its modern and dynamic exterior belied the low performance Audi Listings of its base engine, and its base package was quite Audi Listings spartan (even the passenger-side mirror was an option.) In 1987, Audi Listings Audi put forward a new and very elegant Audi 90, Audi Listings which had a much superior set of standard features. In Audi Listings the early 1990s, sales began to slump for the Audi Audi Listings 80 series, and some basic construction problems started to surface Audi Listings This decline in sales was not helped in the United Audi Listings States by a 60 Minutes report which purported to show Audi Listings that Audi automobiles suffered from "unintended acceleration". The 60 Minutes Audi Listings report was based on customer reports of acceleration when the Audi Listings brake pedal was pushed. Independent investigators concluded that this was Audi Listings most likely due to a close placement of the accelerator Audi Listings and brake pedals (unlike American cars), and the inability, when Audi Listings not paying attention, to distinguish between the two. (In race Audi Listings cars, when manually downshifting under heavy braking, the accelerator has Audi Listings to be used in order to match revs properly, so Audi Listings both pedals have to be close to each other to Audi Listings be operated by the right foot at once, toes on Audi Listings the brake, heel on the accelerator; a driving technique called Audi Listings heel-and-toe). This did not become an issue in Europe, possibly Audi Listings due to more widespread experience among European drivers with manual Audi Listings transmissions The report immediately crushed Audi sales, and Audi renamed Audi Listings the affected model (The 5000 became the 100/200 in 1989, Audi Listings as it was elsewhere). Audi had contemplated withdrawing from the Audi Listings American market until sales began to recover in the mid-1990s. Audi Listings The turning point for Audi was the sale of the Audi Listings new A4 in 1996, and with the release of the Audi Listings A4/A6/A8 series, which was developed together with VW and other Audi Listings sister brands (so called "platforms") Audi R8In the early part Audi Listings of the 21st century, Audi set forth on a German Audi Listings racetrack to claim and maintain several World Records, such as Audi Listings Top Speed Endurance. This effort was in-line with the company's Audi Listings heritage from the 1930s racing era "Silver Arrows" Currently, Audi's Audi Listings sales are growing strongly in Europe. 2004 marked the 11th Audi Listings straight increase in sales, selling 779,441 vehicles worldwide. Record figures Audi Listings were recorded from 21 out of about 50 major sales Audi Listings markets. The largest sales increases came from Eastern Europe (+19.3%), Audi Listings Africa (+17.2%) and the Middle East (+58.5%)[citation needed]. In March Audi Listings 2005, Audi built its first two dealerships in India following Audi Listings its high increase in sales in the region Their 2007 Audi Listings worldwide sales have been released as 964,151 vehicles sold, yet Audi Listings another record for the brand. In 2008, Audi has achieved Audi Listings the 13th record year in a row passing the 1 Audi Listings million unit mark with 1,003,400 sold units.[14 Audi Q7 Audi Audi Listings Q5 Audi R8 Audi TT Audi A4 Audi A3 Audi Audi Listings A5 Audi A6 Audi A8 2007-Present 2009- Present 2006-Present 1999-Present Audi Listings 1996- Present 1996- Present 2007- Present 1995-Present 1994- Present xcludes Audi Listings the S Models, and the Hybrid [edit] Technolog This Audi Listings section does not cite any references or sources. Please help Audi Listings improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable Audi Listings material may be challenged and removed. (June 2008) [edit] Bodyshell Audi Listings Audi produces 100% galvanized cars to prevent corrosion,[15] and was Audi Listings the first mass-market vehicle to do so, following introduction of Audi Listings the process by Porsche, c.1975. Along with other precautionary measures,the Audi Listings full-body zinc coating has proved to be very effective in Audi Listings preventing rust. The body's resulting durability even surpassed Audi's own Audi Listings expectations, causing the manufacturer to extend its original 10-year warranty Audi Listings against corrosion perforation to currently 12 years (except for Aluminium Audi Listings bodies which don't rust).[16 An all-aluminium car was brought forward Audi Listings by Audi, and in 1994 the Audi A8 was launched, Audi Listings which introduced aluminum space frame technology (called Audi Space Frame). Audi Listings Audi introduced a new series of vehicles in the mid-nineties Audi Listings and continues to pursue leading-edge technology and high performance. Prior Audi Listings to that effort, Audi used examples of the Type 44 Audi Listings chassis fabricated out of aluminum as test-beds for the technique Audi Listings [edit] Drive layou In all its post Volkswagen-era models, Audi Audi Listings has firmly refused to adopt the traditional rear-wheel drive layout Audi Listings favoured by its two arch rivals Mercedes-Benz and BMW, favouring Audi Listings either front-wheel drive or four-wheel drive. To achieve this, Audi Audi Listings has usually engineered its cars with a longitudinally front mounted Audi Listings engine, in an "overhung" position, over the front wheels – Audi Listings in front of the axle line. While this allows for Audi Listings equal length driveshafts (therefore combatting torque steer), and the easy Audi Listings adoption of four-wheel drive, it goes against the ideal 50:50 Audi Listings weight distribution (as do all front wheel drive cars) Audi Audi Listings has recently applied the quattro badge to models such as Audi Listings the A3 and TT which do not actually use the Audi Listings Torsen-based system as in prior years, with a mechanical centre Audi Listings differential, but with the Swedish Haldex Traction electro-mechanical clutch 4WD Audi Listings system [edit] Engine In the 1980s, Audi, along with Volvo, Audi Listings was the champion of the inline 5 cylinder, 2.1/2.2 L Audi Listings engine as a longer lasting alternative to more traditional 6 Audi Listings cylinder engines. This engine was used not only in production Audi Listings cars but also in their race cars. The 2.1 L Audi Listings inline 5 cylinder engine was used as a base for Audi Listings the rally cars in the 1980s, providing well over 400 Audi Listings horsepower (298 kW) after modification. Before 1990, there were engines Audi Listings produced with a displacement between 2.0 L and 2.3 L. Audi Listings This range of engine capacity was a good combination of Audi Listings good fuel economy (which was on the mind of every Audi Listings motorist in the 1980s) and, of course, a good amount Audi Listings of power [edit] Luxury competitor Through the early 1990s, Audi Audi Listings began to move more towards the position of being a Audi Listings real competitor in its target market against global luxury leaders Audi Listings Mercedes-Benz and BMW. This began with the release of the Audi Listings Audi V8 in 1990. It was essentially a new engine Audi Listings fitted to the Audi 100/200, but with noticeable bodywork differences. Audi Listings Most obvious was the new grille that was now incorporated Audi Listings in the bonnet By 1991, Audi had the 4 cylinder Audi Listings Audi 80, the 5 cylinder Audi 90 and Audi 100, Audi Listings the turbocharged Audi 200 and the Audi V8. There was Audi Listings also a coupe version of the 80/90 with both 4 Audi Listings and 5 cylinder engines Although the five cylinder engine was Audi Listings a successful and very robust powerplant, it was still a Audi Listings little too different for the target market. With the introduction Audi Listings of an all-new Audi 100 in 1992, Audi introduced a Audi Listings 2.8L V6 engine. This engine was also fitted to a Audi Listings face-lifted Audi 80 (all 80 and 90 models were now Audi Listings badged 80 except for the USA), giving this model a Audi Listings choice of 4, 5 and 6 cylinder engines, in saloon/sedan, Audi Listings coupe and Cabriolet body styles The 5 cylinder was soon Audi Listings dropped as a major engine choice; however, a turbocharged 230 Audi Listings hp (169 kW) version remained. The engine, initially fitted to Audi Listings the 200 quattro 20V of 1991, was a derivative of Audi Listings the engine fitted to the Sport Quattro. It was fitted Audi Listings to the Audi Coupe, and named the S2 and also Audi Listings to the Audi 100 body, and named the S4. These Audi Listings two models were the beginning of the mass-produced S series Audi Listings of performance cars [edit] Audi Space Fram The Audi A8 Audi Listings replaced the V8 in 1994, with a aluminium space frame, Audi Listings known as the "Audi Space Frame" (ASF), to save weight. Audi Listings The weight reduction was offset by the quattro four-wheel drive Audi Listings system. It meant the car had similar performance to its Audi Listings rivals, but superior roadholding. The Audi A2 and Audi R8 Audi Listings also use Audi Space Frame designs [edit] A The next Audi Listings major model change was in 1995 when the Audi A4 Audi Listings replaced the Audi 80. The new nomenclature scheme was applied Audi Listings to the Audi 100 to become the Audi A6 (with Audi Listings a minor facelift). This also meant the S4 became the Audi Listings S6 and a new S4 was introduced in the A4 Audi Listings body. The S2 was discontinued. The Audi Cabriolet continued on Audi Listings (based on the Audi 80 platform) until 1999, gaining the Audi Listings engine upgrades along the way. A new A3 hatchback model Audi Listings (sharing the Volkswagen Golf Mk4's platform) was introduced to the Audi Listings range in 1996, and the radical Audi TT coupe and Audi Listings roadster were debuted in 1998 based on the same underpinnings. Audi Listings Another interesting model introduced was the Mercedes-Benz A-Class competitor, the Audi Listings Audi A2. The model sold relatively well in Europe, however, Audi Listings the A2 was discontinued in 2005 and Audi decided not Audi Listings to develop an immediate replacement The engines available throughout the Audi Listings range were now a 1.4L, 1.6L and 1.8L 4 cylinder, Audi Listings 1.8L 4-cylinder turbo, 2.6L and 2.8L V6, 2.2L turbo-charged 5 Audi Listings cylinder and the 4.2L V8 engine. The V6s were replaced Audi Listings by new 2.4L and 2.8L 30V V6s in 1998, with Audi Listings marked improvement in power, torque and smoothness. Further engines were Audi Listings added along the way, including a 3.7L V8 and 6.0L Audi Listings W12 engine for the A8 [edit] DS At the turn Audi Listings of the century, Volkswagen introduced the Direct-Shift Gearbox, or DSG, Audi Listings an automated manual transmission, drivable like a conventional automatic transmission. Audi Listings Based on the gearbox found in the Group B S1, Audi Listings the system includes dual electrohydraulically controlled clutches instead of a Audi Listings torque converter. This is implemented in some VW Golfs, Audi Audi Listings A3 and TT models where DSG is called S-tronic [edit] Audi Listings FS New models of the A3, A4, A6 and A8 Audi Listings have been introduced, with the aging 1.8 litre engine now Audi Listings having been replaced by new Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI) engines. Audi Listings Nearly every petrol engined model in the range now incorporates Audi Listings this fuel-saving technology, including the following FSI engine.Petrol engines Audi Listings 1.6 litre 4 cylinder 115 bhp (86 kW; 117 PS) Audi Listings 2.0 litre 4 cylinder 150 bhp (112 kW; 152 PS) Audi Listings (Slowly being phased out in order to make way for Audi Listings TSI engines – see section below) 2.0 litre turbocharged 4 Audi Listings cylinder 200 bhp (149 kW; 203 PS) 3.0 litre supercharged Audi Listings v6 300 bhp (224 kW; 304 PS) - 333 bhp Audi Listings (248 kW; 338 PS) 3.1 litre V6 265 bhp (198 Audi Listings kW; 269 PS) 4.2 litre V8 350 bhp (261 kW; Audi Listings 355 PS) 4.2 litre V8 414 bhp (309 kW; 420 Audi Listings PS) 5.2 litre V10 435 bhp (324 kW; 441 PS) Audi Listings - 450 bhp (336 kW; 456 PS) 5.2 litre biturbo Audi Listings V10 573 bhp (427 kW; 581 PS) 6.0 litre W12 Audi Listings 331 kW (450 PS) Other engines on sale and featuring Audi Listings in products of the Audi brand include 1.6 litre 4 Audi Listings cylinder 102 bhp (76 kW; 103 PS) 1.9 litre TDI Audi Listings 4 cylinder 105 bhp (78 kW; 106 PS) 2.0 litre Audi Listings TDI 4 cylinder 141 bhp (105 kW; 143 PS) 2.0 Audi Listings litre TDI 4 cylinder 170 bhp (127 kW; 172 PS) Audi Listings 2.7 litre TDI V6 180 bhp (134 kW; 182 PS) Audi Listings 3.0 litre TDI V6 233 bhp (174 kW; 236 PS) Audi Listings 4.2 litre TDI V8 326 bhp (243 kW; 331 PS) Audi Listings 6.0 litre TDI V12 500 bhp (373 kW; 507 PS) Audi Listings 1,000 N·m (740 ft·lbf)/1750 rpm (All TDI models are turbodiesels. Audi Listings [edit] Electric technolog Audi is planning an alliance with the Audi Listings Japanese electronic giant Sanyo to develop a pilot hybrid electric Audi Listings project for the Volkswagen Group. The alliance could result in Audi Listings Sanyo batteries and other electronic components being used in future Audi Listings models of the Volkswagen group. [17 Hybrid electric vehicles includes Audi Listings Audi A1 Sportback Concept.[18] Audi A4 TDI Concept E.[19] Audi Listings This section requires expansion. [edit] LED Daytime Running Light Since Audi Listings the end of 2006 Audi has started using the latest Audi Listings white LED daytime running light (DRL) technology as their new Audi Listings trademark for their new models. The style was first introduced Audi Listings in the R8, and is now being orientated to suit Audi Listings the whole Audi model range. As of 2009, LED DRLs Audi Listings are available throughout the current Audi model range [edit] Multi Audi Listings Media Interface (MMI Audi has recently started offering a computerised Audi Listings control system for its cars called Multi Media Interface (MMI). Audi Listings This comes amid criticism of BMW's iDrive control, essentially a Audi Listings rotating control knob designed to control radio, satellite navigation, TV, Audi Listings heating and car controls with a screen. MMI was widely Audi Listings reported to be a considerable improvement on BMW's iDrive, although Audi Listings BMW has since made their iDrive more user-friendly MMI has Audi Listings been generally well-received, as it requires less menu-surfing with its Audi Listings mass of buttons around a central knob, with shortcuts to Audi Listings the radio or phone functions. The screen, either colour or Audi Listings monochrome, is mounted on the upright dashboard, and on the Audi Listings A4 (new), A5, A6, A8, and Q7, the controls are Audi Listings mounted horizontally. However, an "MMI-like" system is also available on Audi Listings the Audi A3 and A4 models when equipped with the Audi Listings optional Audi Navigation System Plus (RNS-E) [edit] Motorsport This Audi Listings section does not cite any references or sources. Please help Audi Listings improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable Audi Listings material may be challenged and removed. (June 2008) Audi has Audi Listings competed in numerous forms of motorsports. Audi's rich tradition in Audi Listings motorsport began with their former company Auto Union in the Audi Listings 1930s. In the 1990s, Audi dominated the Touring and Super Audi Listings Touring categories of motor racing after success in circuit racing Audi Listings in North America [edit] Rallyin Walter Rohrl with his Audi Listings Quattro A2 during the 1984 Rally Portugal.In 1980, Audi released Audi Listings the Quattro, a four-wheel drive turbocharged car that went on Audi Listings to win rallies and races worldwide. It is considered one Audi Listings of the most significant rally cars of all time because Audi Listings it was one of the first to take advantage of Audi Listings the then-recently changed rules which allowed the use of four-wheel Audi Listings drive in competition racing. Many critics doubted the viability of Audi Listings four-wheel drive racers, thinking them to be too heavy and Audi Listings complex, yet the Quattro was to become a successful car. Audi Listings Leading its first rally it went off the road, however Audi Listings the rally world had been served notice 4WD was the Audi Listings future. The Quattro went on to achieve much success in Audi Listings the World Rally Championship. It won the 1983 (Hannu Mikkola) Audi Listings and the 1984 (Stig Blomqvist) drivers' titles,[20] and brought Audi Audi Listings the manufacturers' title in 1982 and 1984.[21 Audi Quattro Audi Listings S1 driven at the 2007 Rallye Deutschland.In 1984, Audi launched Audi Listings the short-wheelbase Sport Quattro which dominated races in Monte Carlo Audi Listings and Sweden, with Audi taking all podium places, but succumbed Audi Listings to problems further into WRC contention. In 1985, after another Audi Listings season mired in mediocre finishes, Walter Rohrl finished the season Audi Listings in his Sport Quattro S1, and helped place Audi second Audi Listings in the manufacturers' points. Audi also received rally honors in Audi Listings the Hong Kong to Beijing rally in that same year. Audi Listings Michele Mouton, the first and only female driver to win Audi Listings a round of the World Rally Championship and a driver Audi Listings for Audi, took the Sport Quattro S1, now simply called Audi Listings the "S1", and raced in the Pikes Peak International Hill Audi Listings Climb. The climb race pits a driver and car to Audi Listings drive up a 4,302 meter high mountain in Colorado and Audi Listings in 1985, Michele Mouton set a new record of 11:25.39, Audi Listings and being the first woman to set a Pikes Peak Audi Listings record. In 1986, Audi formally left international rally racing following Audi Listings an accident in Portugal involving driver Joaquim Santos in his Audi Listings Ford RS200. Santos swerved to avoid hitting spectators in the Audi Listings road, and left the track into the crowd of spectators Audi Listings on the side, killing three and injuring 30. Bobby Unser Audi Listings used an Audi in that same year to claim a Audi Listings new record for the Pikes Peak Hill Climb at 11:09.22 Audi Listings In 1987, Walter Rohrl claimed the title for Audi setting Audi Listings a new Pikes Peak International Hill Climb record of 10:47.85 Audi Listings in his Audi S1 which he retired from the WRC Audi Listings two years earlier. The Audi S1 employed Audi's time-tested 5-cylinder Audi Listings turbo charged engine, with the final version generating 441 kW Audi Listings (600 PS; 591 bhp).[22] The engine was mated to a Audi Listings 6-speed gearbox and ran on Audi's famous all-wheel drive system. Audi Listings All of Audi's top drivers drove this car; Hannu Mikkola, Audi Listings Stig Blomqvist, Walter Rohrl and Michele Mouton. This Audi S1 Audi Listings started the S-series of cars for Audi which now represents Audi Listings an increased level of sports options and quality in the Audi Listings Audi line-up [edit] Motorsports in the US As Audi moved Audi Listings away from rallying and into circuit racing, they chose to Audi Listings move first into America with the Trans-Am in 1988 In Audi Listings 1989, Audi moved to IMSA GTO with the Audi 90, Audi Listings however as they avoided the two major endurance events (Daytona Audi Listings and Sebring) despite winning on a regular basis, they would Audi Listings lose out on the title [edit] Touring car In 1990, Audi Listings having completed their objective to market cars in the United Audi Listings States, Audi returned to Europe, turning first to the Deutsche Audi Listings Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) series with the Audi V8, then in Audi Listings 1993, being unwilling to build cars for the new formula, Audi Listings they turned their attention to the fast growing Supertouring series, Audi Listings which took place nationally, first in the French Supertourisme and Audi Listings Italian Superturismo. 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