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