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(Xetra: NSU) is a German company which produces cars New Audi under the Audi brand, (pronounced /a??di/). It is part of New Audi the Volkswagen Group. The name Audi is based on a New Audi Latin translation of the last name of the founder August New Audi "Horch", itself the German word for “hear. Audi is headquartered New Audi in Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany and has been an almost wholly-owned New Audi (99.55%) subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG) since 1964. New Audi Volkswagen Group relaunched the Audi name when it was acquired New Audi as part of Volkswagen's purchase of the Auto Union and New Audi NSU Motorenwerke AG (NSU) assets Audi's corporate tagline is Vorsprung New Audi durch Technik, meaning "Advantage through Technology". The German-language tagline is New Audi used in many European countries, including the United Kingdom, and New Audi in other markets, such as Latin America, Oceania and parts New Audi of Asia including Japan. A few years ago, the North New Audi American tagline was "Innovation through technology", but in Canada the New Audi German tagline Vorsprung durch Technik was used in advertising. More New Audi recently, however, Audi has updated the tagline to "Truth in New Audi Engineering" in the U.S Histor [edit] Birth of the company New Audi and its nam Audi Type EThe company traces its origins New Audi back to 1899 and August Horch. The first Horch automobile New Audi was produced in 1901 in Zwickau.[3] In 1909, Horch was New Audi forced out of the company he had founded.[3] He then New Audi started a new company in Zwickau and continued using the New Audi Horch brand His former partners sued him for trademark infringement New Audi and a German court determined that the Horch brand belonged New Audi to his former company.[3] August Horch was barred from using New Audi his own family name in his new car business, so New Audi he called a meeting at the apartment of Franz Fikentscher New Audi to come up with a new name for his company. New Audi During this meeting Franz's son was quietly studying Latin in New Audi a corner of the room. Several times he looked like New Audi he was on the verge of saying something but would New Audi just swallow his words and continue working, until he finally New Audi blurted out, "Father – audiatur et altera pars... wouldn't it New Audi be a good idea to call it audi instead of New Audi horch?". "Horch!" in German means "Hark!" or "hear", which is New Audi "Audi" in Latin (compare audible). The idea was enthusiastically accepted New Audi by everyone attending the meeting.[4] It is sometimes (incorrectly) believed New Audi that AUDI is a backronym which stands for "Auto Union New Audi Deutschland Ingolstadt" Audi started with a 2,612 cc (2.6 litre) New Audi four cylinder model[clarification needed] followed by a 3564 cc (3.6 New Audi L) model, as well as 4680 cc (4.7 L) and New Audi 5720 cc (5.7L) models. These cars were successful even in New Audi sporting events. The first six cylinder model,[clarification needed] 4655 cc New Audi (4.7 L) appeared in 1924 August Horch left the Audi New Audi company in 1920. In September 1921, Audi became the first New Audi German car manufacturer to present a production car with left-hand New Audi drive, the Audi Type K.[5] Left-hand drive spread and established New Audi dominance during the 1920s because it provided a better view New Audi of oncoming traffic, making overtaking maneuvers safer.[5 [edit] The Auto New Audi Union er Cover of the 1937 English motor sport magazine New Audi with an Auto Union racing car on a banked trackIn New Audi August 1928 Jorgen Rasmussen, the owner of DKW, acquired the New Audi majority of shares in Audiwerke AG.[6] In the same year, New Audi Rasmussen bought the remains of the US automobile manufacturer Rickenbacker, New Audi including the manufacturing equipment for eight cylinder engines. These engines New Audi were used in Audi Zwickau and Audi Dresden models that New Audi were launched in 1929. At the same time, six cylinder New Audi and four cylinder (licensed from Peugeot) models were manufactured. Audi New Audi cars of that era were luxurious cars equipped with special New Audi bodywork In 1932, Audi merged with Horch, DKW and Wanderer, New Audi to form Auto Union Before World War II, Auto Union New Audi used the four interlinked rings that make up the Audi New Audi badge today, representing these four brands. This badge was used, New Audi however, only on Auto Union racing cars in that period New Audi while the member companies used their own names and emblems. New Audi The technological development became more and more concentrated and some New Audi Audi models were propelled by Horch or Wanderer built engines New Audi [edit] The four-ring log The Audi emblem is four overlapping New Audi rings that represent the four marques of Auto Union. The New Audi Audi emblem symbolizes the amalgamation of Audi with DKW, Horch New Audi and Wanderer: the first ring represents Audi, the second represents New Audi DKW, third is Horch, and the fourth and last ring New Audi Wanderer.[7] [8 [edit] Second World War perio The build up New Audi and onset of World War II encouraged the development and New Audi production of special vehicles for military purposes in the 1930s. New Audi The Auto Union became an important supplier of vehicles to New Audi Germany's armed forces.[6] Following the outbreak of war, civilian production New Audi was interrupted in May 1940. After this, the company produced New Audi exclusively for military purposes.[6 During World War II, the Auto New Audi Union produced the Sd-Kfz 222 armored car, which was used New Audi in the German army during the war. It was powered New Audi by an 81 hp (60 kW) Horch/Auto Union V8 engine New Audi and reached a top speed of 50 miles per hour New Audi on the road Another vehicle which was used in World New Audi War II to shuttle German military officials safely was known New Audi as the Kraftfahrzeug (KFZ 11) or the Horch Type 80. New Audi The military used it as a light transport vehicle The New Audi Auto Union plants were heavily bombed and severely damaged within New Audi the last two years of the war [edit] Post-War perio New Audi The Saxonian plants of Auto Union was located in what New Audi was the Soviet occupied zone of Germany. In 1945 on New Audi the orders of the Soviet military administration in Germany, they New Audi were dismantled as part of war reparations.[9] Following this, the New Audi company’s entire assets were expropriated without compensation.[9] On 17 August New Audi 1948 Auto Union AG of Chemnitz was deleted from the New Audi commercial register.[9] These actions had the effect of liquidating Germany's New Audi Auto Union AG. The remains of the Audi plant of New Audi Zwickau became the VEB (for "People Owned Enterprise") Automobilwerk Zwickau, New Audi AWZ for short (which translates into English as Automobile factory New Audi Zwickau).[10 A new Auto Union was launched in Ingolstadt, Bavaria New Audi with loans from the Bavarian state government and Marshall Plan New Audi aid.[11] The reformed company was launched 3 September, 1949 and New Audi continued DKW's tradition of producing front-wheel drive vehicles with two-stroke New Audi engines.[11] This included production of a small but sturdy 125 New Audi cc motorcycle and a DKW delivery van, the DKW F New Audi 89 L, also known as DKW-Schnelllaster. Many employees of the New Audi destroyed factories in Zwickau came to Ingolstadt and restarted the New Audi production In 1950, after a former Rheinmetall gun factory in New Audi Dusseldorf was established as a second assembly facility the company's New Audi first post-war car went into production: the DKW Meisterklasse F New Audi 89 P, available as a saloon and a four-seater Karmann New Audi convertible.[9][12] The van and sedan were based on the DKW New Audi F8 and the DKW F9 pre-war constructions The former Audi New Audi factory in Zwickau, now under Soviet control, restarted assembly of New Audi the pre-war-models in 1949. Those models were renamed to IFA New Audi F8 and IFA F9 and were similar to the West New Audi German versions. West German and East German models were equipped New Audi with the traditional and renowned DKW two-stroke engines In 1958, New Audi Daimler-Benz acquired 87% of Auto Union and in the next New Audi year 100% Audi 75In 1964, Volkswagen acquired the factory in New Audi Ingolstadt and the trademark rights of the Auto Union. Two-stroke New Audi engines became less popular towards the middle of the 1960s New Audi as customers were more attracted to the comfortable four-stroke engines. New Audi In September 1965, the last DKW model, the DKW F102, New Audi got a four-stroke engine implanted and some front and rear New Audi styling changes. Volkswagen dumped the brand DKW because of its New Audi two-stroke smell, relaunching the Audi brand. The new model was New Audi classified internally as the F103 and sold as simply the New Audi "Audi" (the name being a model designation rather than the New Audi manufacturer, which was still officially Auto Union) but later came New Audi to be known as the Audi 72. Developments of the New Audi model were named for their horsepower ratings and sold as New Audi the Audi 60, 75, 80, and Super 90. These models New Audi sold until 1972 Audi 80 assembly line in Wolfsburg as New Audi of 1973In 1969, Auto Union merged with NSU, based in New Audi Neckarsulm, near Stuttgart. In the 1950s, NSU had been the New Audi world's largest manufacturer of motorcycles, but had moved on to New Audi produce small cars like the NSU Prinz, the TT and New Audi TTS versions of which are still popular as vintage race New Audi cars. NSU then focused on new rotary engines based on New Audi the ideas of Felix Wankel. In 1967, the new NSU New Audi Ro 80 was a space-age car, well ahead of its New Audi time in technical details such as aerodynamics, light weight, and New Audi safety but teething problems with the rotary engines put an New Audi end to the independence of NSU. Today the Neckarsulm plant New Audi is used to produce the larger Audi models A6 and New Audi A8. The Neckarsulm factory is also home of the quattro New Audi GmbH, this subsidiary is responsible for development and production of New Audi the Audi high performance cars: the R8 and the "RS" New Audi model range The mid-sized car that NSU had been working New Audi on, the K70, was intended to slot between the rear-engined New Audi Prinz models and the futuristic NSU Ro 80. However, Volkswagen New Audi took the K70 for its own range, spelling the end New Audi of NSU as a separate brand [edit] The modern era New Audi of Aud The new merged company was known as Audi New Audi NSU Auto Union AG, and saw the emergence of Audi New Audi as a separate brand for the first time since the New Audi pre-war era. Volkswagen introduced the Audi brand to the United New Audi States for the 1970 model year The first new car New Audi of this regime was the Audi 100 of 1968. This New Audi was soon joined by the Audi 80/Fox (which formed the New Audi basis for the 1973 Volkswagen Passat) in 1972 and the New Audi Audi 50 (later rebadged as the Volkswagen Polo) in 1974. New Audi The Audi 50 was a seminal design in many ways, New Audi because it was the first incarnation of the Golf/Polo concept, New Audi one that led to a hugely successful world car Audi New Audi QuattroThe Audi image at this time was a conservative one, New Audi and so, a proposal from chassis engineer Jorg Bensinger[13] was New Audi accepted to develop the four-wheel drive technology in Volkswagen's Iltis New Audi military vehicle for an Audi performance car and rally racing New Audi car. The performance car, introduced in 1980, was named the New Audi "Audi Quattro," a turbocharged coupe which was also the first New Audi German large-scale production vehicle to feature permanent all-wheel drive through New Audi a center differential. Commonly referred to as the "Ur-Quattro" (the New Audi "Ur-" prefix is a German augmentative used, in this case, New Audi to mean "original" and is also applied to the first New Audi generation of Audi's S4 and S6 sport sedans, as in New Audi "UrS4" and "UrS6"), few of these vehicles were produced (all New Audi hand-built by a single team), but the model was a New Audi great success in rallying. Prominent wins proved the viability of New Audi all-wheel drive racecars, and the Audi name became associated with New Audi advances in automotive technology In 1985, with the Auto Union New Audi and NSU brands effectively dead, the company's official name was New Audi now shortened to simply Audi AG In 1986, as the New Audi Passat-based Audi 80 was beginning to develop a kind of New Audi "grandfather's car" image, the type 89 was introduced. This completely New Audi new development sold extremely well. However, its modern and dynamic New Audi exterior belied the low performance of its base engine, and New Audi its base package was quite spartan (even the passenger-side mirror New Audi was an option.) In 1987, Audi put forward a new New Audi and very elegant Audi 90, which had a much superior New Audi set of standard features. In the early 1990s, sales began New Audi to slump for the Audi 80 series, and some basic New Audi construction problems started to surface This decline in sales was New Audi not helped in the United States by a 60 Minutes New Audi report which purported to show that Audi automobiles suffered from New Audi "unintended acceleration". The 60 Minutes report was based on customer New Audi reports of acceleration when the brake pedal was pushed. Independent New Audi investigators concluded that this was most likely due to a New Audi close placement of the accelerator and brake pedals (unlike American New Audi cars), and the inability, when not paying attention, to distinguish New Audi between the two. (In race cars, when manually downshifting under New Audi heavy braking, the accelerator has to be used in order New Audi to match revs properly, so both pedals have to be New Audi close to each other to be operated by the right New Audi foot at once, toes on the brake, heel on the New Audi accelerator; a driving technique called heel-and-toe). This did not become New Audi an issue in Europe, possibly due to more widespread experience New Audi among European drivers with manual transmissions The report immediately crushed New Audi Audi sales, and Audi renamed the affected model (The 5000 New Audi became the 100/200 in 1989, as it was elsewhere). Audi New Audi had contemplated withdrawing from the American market until sales began New Audi to recover in the mid-1990s. The turning point for Audi New Audi was the sale of the new A4 in 1996, and New Audi with the release of the A4/A6/A8 series, which was developed New Audi together with VW and other sister brands (so called "platforms") New Audi Audi R8In the early part of the 21st century, Audi New Audi set forth on a German racetrack to claim and maintain New Audi several World Records, such as Top Speed Endurance. This effort New Audi was in-line with the company's heritage from the 1930s racing New Audi era "Silver Arrows" Currently, Audi's sales are growing strongly in New Audi Europe. 2004 marked the 11th straight increase in sales, selling New Audi 779,441 vehicles worldwide. Record figures were recorded from 21 out New Audi of about 50 major sales markets. The largest sales increases New Audi came from Eastern Europe (+19.3%), Africa (+17.2%) and the Middle New Audi East (+58.5%)[citation needed]. In March 2005, Audi built its first New Audi two dealerships in India following its high increase in sales New Audi in the region Their 2007 worldwide sales have been released New Audi as 964,151 vehicles sold, yet another record for the brand. New Audi In 2008, Audi has achieved the 13th record year in New Audi a row passing the 1 million unit mark with 1,003,400 New Audi sold units.[14 Audi Q7 Audi Q5 Audi R8 Audi TT New Audi Audi A4 Audi A3 Audi A5 Audi A6 Audi A8 New Audi 2007-Present 2009- Present 2006-Present 1999-Present 1996- Present 1996- Present 2007- New Audi Present 1995-Present 1994- Present xcludes the S Models, and the New Audi Hybrid [edit] Technolog This section does not cite any New Audi references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding New Audi citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and New Audi removed. (June 2008) [edit] Bodyshell Audi produces 100% galvanized cars New Audi to prevent corrosion,[15] and was the first mass-market vehicle to New Audi do so, following introduction of the process by Porsche, c.1975. New Audi Along with other precautionary measures,the full-body zinc coating has proved New Audi to be very effective in preventing rust. The body's resulting New Audi durability even surpassed Audi's own expectations, causing the manufacturer to New Audi extend its original 10-year warranty against corrosion perforation to currently New Audi 12 years (except for Aluminium bodies which don't rust).[16 An New Audi all-aluminium car was brought forward by Audi, and in 1994 New Audi the Audi A8 was launched, which introduced aluminum space frame New Audi technology (called Audi Space Frame). Audi introduced a new series New Audi of vehicles in the mid-nineties and continues to pursue leading-edge New Audi technology and high performance. Prior to that effort, Audi used New Audi examples of the Type 44 chassis fabricated out of aluminum New Audi as test-beds for the technique [edit] Drive layou In all New Audi its post Volkswagen-era models, Audi has firmly refused to adopt New Audi the traditional rear-wheel drive layout favoured by its two arch New Audi rivals Mercedes-Benz and BMW, favouring either front-wheel drive or four-wheel New Audi drive. To achieve this, Audi has usually engineered its cars New Audi with a longitudinally front mounted engine, in an "overhung" position, New Audi over the front wheels – in front of the axle New Audi line. While this allows for equal length driveshafts (therefore combatting New Audi torque steer), and the easy adoption of four-wheel drive, it New Audi goes against the ideal 50:50 weight distribution (as do all New Audi front wheel drive cars) Audi has recently applied the quattro New Audi badge to models such as the A3 and TT which New Audi do not actually use the Torsen-based system as in prior New Audi years, with a mechanical centre differential, but with the Swedish New Audi Haldex Traction electro-mechanical clutch 4WD system [edit] Engine In the New Audi 1980s, Audi, along with Volvo, was the champion of the New Audi inline 5 cylinder, 2.1/2.2 L engine as a longer lasting New Audi alternative to more traditional 6 cylinder engines. This engine was New Audi used not only in production cars but also in their New Audi race cars. The 2.1 L inline 5 cylinder engine was New Audi used as a base for the rally cars in the New Audi 1980s, providing well over 400 horsepower (298 kW) after modification. New Audi Before 1990, there were engines produced with a displacement between New Audi 2.0 L and 2.3 L. This range of engine capacity New Audi was a good combination of good fuel economy (which was New Audi on the mind of every motorist in the 1980s) and, New Audi of course, a good amount of power [edit] Luxury competitor New Audi Through the early 1990s, Audi began to move more towards New Audi the position of being a real competitor in its target New Audi market against global luxury leaders Mercedes-Benz and BMW. This began New Audi with the release of the Audi V8 in 1990. It New Audi was essentially a new engine fitted to the Audi 100/200, New Audi but with noticeable bodywork differences. Most obvious was the new New Audi grille that was now incorporated in the bonnet By 1991, New Audi Audi had the 4 cylinder Audi 80, the 5 cylinder New Audi Audi 90 and Audi 100, the turbocharged Audi 200 and New Audi the Audi V8. There was also a coupe version of New Audi the 80/90 with both 4 and 5 cylinder engines Although New Audi the five cylinder engine was a successful and very robust New Audi powerplant, it was still a little too different for the New Audi target market. With the introduction of an all-new Audi 100 New Audi in 1992, Audi introduced a 2.8L V6 engine. This engine New Audi was also fitted to a face-lifted Audi 80 (all 80 New Audi and 90 models were now badged 80 except for the New Audi USA), giving this model a choice of 4, 5 and New Audi 6 cylinder engines, in saloon/sedan, coupe and Cabriolet body styles New Audi The 5 cylinder was soon dropped as a major engine New Audi choice; however, a turbocharged 230 hp (169 kW) version remained. New Audi The engine, initially fitted to the 200 quattro 20V of New Audi 1991, was a derivative of the engine fitted to the New Audi Sport Quattro. It was fitted to the Audi Coupe, and New Audi named the S2 and also to the Audi 100 body, New Audi and named the S4. These two models were the beginning New Audi of the mass-produced S series of performance cars [edit] Audi New Audi Space Fram The Audi A8 replaced the V8 in 1994, New Audi with a aluminium space frame, known as the "Audi Space New Audi Frame" (ASF), to save weight. The weight reduction was offset New Audi by the quattro four-wheel drive system. It meant the car New Audi had similar performance to its rivals, but superior roadholding. The New Audi Audi A2 and Audi R8 also use Audi Space Frame New Audi designs [edit] A The next major model change was in New Audi 1995 when the Audi A4 replaced the Audi 80. The New Audi new nomenclature scheme was applied to the Audi 100 to New Audi become the Audi A6 (with a minor facelift). This also New Audi meant the S4 became the S6 and a new S4 New Audi was introduced in the A4 body. The S2 was discontinued. New Audi The Audi Cabriolet continued on (based on the Audi 80 New Audi platform) until 1999, gaining the engine upgrades along the way. New Audi A new A3 hatchback model (sharing the Volkswagen Golf Mk4's New Audi platform) was introduced to the range in 1996, and the New Audi radical Audi TT coupe and roadster were debuted in 1998 New Audi based on the same underpinnings. Another interesting model introduced was New Audi the Mercedes-Benz A-Class competitor, the Audi A2. The model sold New Audi relatively well in Europe, however, the A2 was discontinued in New Audi 2005 and Audi decided not to develop an immediate replacement New Audi The engines available throughout the range were now a 1.4L, New Audi 1.6L and 1.8L 4 cylinder, 1.8L 4-cylinder turbo, 2.6L and New Audi 2.8L V6, 2.2L turbo-charged 5 cylinder and the 4.2L V8 New Audi engine. The V6s were replaced by new 2.4L and 2.8L New Audi 30V V6s in 1998, with marked improvement in power, torque New Audi and smoothness. Further engines were added along the way, including New Audi a 3.7L V8 and 6.0L W12 engine for the A8 New Audi [edit] DS At the turn of the century, Volkswagen introduced New Audi the Direct-Shift Gearbox, or DSG, an automated manual transmission, drivable New Audi like a conventional automatic transmission. Based on the gearbox found New Audi in the Group B S1, the system includes dual electrohydraulically New Audi controlled clutches instead of a torque converter. This is implemented New Audi in some VW Golfs, Audi A3 and TT models where New Audi DSG is called S-tronic [edit] FS New models of the New Audi A3, A4, A6 and A8 have been introduced, with the New Audi aging 1.8 litre engine now having been replaced by new New Audi Fuel Stratified Injection (FSI) engines. Nearly every petrol engined model New Audi in My Audi the range now incorporates this fuel-saving technology, including the New Audi following FSI engine.Petrol engines 1.6 litre 4 cylinder 115 New Audi bhp (86 kW; 117 PS) 2.0 litre 4 cylinder 150 New Audi bhp (112 kW; 152 PS) (Slowly being phased out in New Audi order to make way for TSI engines – see section New Audi below) 2.0 litre turbocharged 4 cylinder 200 bhp (149 kW; New Audi 203 PS) 3.0 litre supercharged v6 300 bhp (224 kW; New Audi 304 PS) - 333 bhp (248 kW; 338 PS) 3.1 New Audi litre V6 265 bhp (198 kW; 269 PS) 4.2 litre New Audi V8 350 bhp (261 kW; 355 PS) 4.2 litre V8 New Audi 414 bhp (309 kW; 420 PS) 5.2 litre V10 435 New Audi bhp (324 kW; 441 PS) - 450 bhp (336 kW; New Audi 456 PS) 5.2 litre biturbo V10 573 bhp (427 kW; New Audi 581 PS) 6.0 litre W12 331 kW (450 PS) Other New Audi engines on sale and featuring in products of the Audi New Audi brand include 1.6 litre 4 cylinder 102 bhp (76 kW; New Audi 103 PS) 1.9 litre TDI 4 cylinder 105 bhp (78 New Audi kW; 106 PS) 2.0 litre TDI 4 cylinder 141 bhp New Audi (105 kW; 143 PS) 2.0 litre TDI 4 cylinder 170 New Audi bhp (127 kW; 172 PS) 2.7 litre TDI V6 180 New Audi bhp (134 kW; 182 PS) 3.0 litre TDI V6 233 New Audi bhp (174 kW; 236 PS) 4.2 Free Auto Price Quotes litre TDI V8 326 New Audi bhp (243 kW; 331 PS) 6.0 litre TDI V12 500 New Audi bhp (373 kW; 507 PS) 1,000 N·m (740 ft·lbf)/1750 rpm New Audi (All TDI models are turbodiesels. [edit] Electric technolog Audi is New Audi planning an alliance TT Model with the Japanese electronic giant Sanyo to New Audi develop a pilot hybrid electric project for the Volkswagen Group. New Audi The alliance could result in Sanyo batteries and other electronic New Audi components being used in future models of the Volkswagen group. New Audi [17 Hybrid electric vehicles includes Audi A1 Sportback Concept.[18] Audi New Audi A4 TDI Concept E.[19] This section requires expansion. [edit] New Audi LED Daytime Running Light Since the end of 2006 Audi New Audi has started using the latest white LED daytime running light New Audi (DRL) technology as their new trademark for their new models. New Audi The style was first introduced in the R8, and is New Audi now being orientated to suit the whole Audi model range. New Audi As of 2009, LED DRLs are available throughout the current New Audi Audi model range [edit] Multi Media Interface (MMI Audi has New Audi recently started offering a computerised control system for its cars New Audi called Multi Media Interface (MMI). This comes amid criticism of New Audi BMW's iDrive control, essentially a rotating control knob designed to New Audi control radio, satellite navigation, TV, heating and car controls with New Audi a screen. MMI was widely reported to be a considerable New Audi improvement on BMW's iDrive, although BMW has since made their New Audi iDrive more user-friendly MMI has been generally well-received, as it New Audi requires less menu-surfing with its mass of buttons around a New Audi central knob, with shortcuts to the radio or phone functions. New Audi The screen, either colour or monochrome, is mounted on the New Audi upright dashboard, and on the A4 (new), A5, A6, A8, New Audi and Q7, the controls are mounted horizontally. However, an "MMI-like" New Audi system is also available on the Audi A3 and A4 New Audi models when equipped with the optional Audi Navigation System Plus New Audi (RNS-E) [edit] Motorsport This section does not cite any New Audi references or sources. Please help improve this article by adding New Audi citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and New Audi removed. (June 2008) Audi has competed in numerous forms of New Audi motorsports. Audi's rich tradition in motorsport began with their former New Audi company Auto Union in the 1930s. In the 1990s, Audi New Audi dominated the Touring and Super Touring categories of motor racing New Audi after success in circuit racing in North America [edit] Rallyin New Audi Walter Rohrl with his Quattro A2 during the 1984 New Audi Rally Portugal.In 1980, Audi released the Quattro, a four-wheel drive New Audi turbocharged car that went on to win rallies and races New Audi worldwide. It is considered one of the most significant rally New Audi cars of all time because it was one of the New Audi first to take advantage of the then-recently changed rules which New Audi allowed the use of four-wheel drive in competition racing. Many New Audi critics doubted the viability of four-wheel drive racers, thinking them New Audi to be too heavy and complex, yet the Quattro was New Audi to become a successful car. Leading its first rally it New Audi went off the road, however the rally world had been New Audi served notice 4WD was the future. The Quattro went on New Audi to achieve much success in the World Rally Championship. It New Audi won the 1983 (Hannu Mikkola) and the 1984 (Stig Blomqvist) New Audi drivers' titles,[20] and brought Audi the manufacturers' title in 1982 New Audi and 1984.[21 Audi Quattro S1 driven at the 2007 New Audi Rallye Deutschland.In 1984, Audi launched the short-wheelbase Sport Quattro which New Audi dominated races in Monte Carlo and Sweden, with Audi taking New Audi all podium places, but succumbed to problems further into WRC New Audi contention. In 1985, after another season mired in mediocre finishes, New Audi Walter Rohrl finished the season in his Sport Quattro S1, New Audi and helped place Audi second in the manufacturers' points. Audi New Audi also received rally honors in the Hong Kong to Beijing New Audi rally in that same year. Michele Mouton, the first and New Audi only female driver to win a round of the World New Audi Rally Championship and a driver for Audi, took the Sport New Audi Quattro S1, now simply called the "S1", and raced in New Audi the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb. The climb race pits New Audi a driver and car to drive up a 4,302 meter New Audi high mountain in Colorado and in 1985, Michele Mouton set New Audi a new record of 11:25.39, and being the first woman New Audi to set a Pikes Peak record. In 1986, Audi formally New Audi left international rally racing following an accident in Portugal involving New Audi driver Joaquim Santos in his Ford RS200. Santos swerved to New Audi avoid hitting spectators in the road, and left the track New Audi into the crowd of spectators on the side, killing three New Audi and injuring 30. Bobby Unser used an Audi in that New Audi same year to claim a new record for the Pikes New Audi Peak Hill Climb at 11:09.22 In 1987, Walter Rohrl claimed New Audi the title for Audi setting a new Pikes Peak International New Audi Hill Climb record of 10:47.85 in his Audi S1 which New Audi he retired from the WRC two years earlier. The Audi New Audi S1 employed Audi's time-tested 5-cylinder turbo charged engine, with the New Audi final version generating 441 kW (600 PS; 591 bhp).[22] The New Audi engine was mated to a 6-speed gearbox and ran on New Audi Audi's famous all-wheel drive system. All of Audi's top drivers New Audi drove this car; Hannu Mikkola, Stig Blomqvist, Walter Rohrl and New Audi Michele Mouton. This Audi S1 started the S-series of cars New Audi for Audi which now represents an increased level of sports New Audi options and quality in the Audi line-up [edit] Motorsports in New Audi the US As Audi moved away from rallying and into New Audi circuit racing, they chose to move first into America with New Audi the Trans-Am in 1988 In 1989, Audi moved to IMSA New Audi GTO with the Audi 90, however as they avoided the New Audi two major endurance events (Daytona and Sebring) despite winning on New Audi a regular basis, they would lose out on the title New Audi [edit] Touring car In 1990, having completed their objective to New Audi market cars in the United States, Audi returned to Europe, New Audi turning first to the Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (DTM) series with New Audi the Audi V8, then in 1993, being unwilling to build New Audi cars for the new formula, they turned their attention to New Audi the fast growing Supertouring series, which took place nationally, first New Audi in the French Supertourisme and Italian Superturismo. In the following New Audi year, Audi would switch to the German Super Tourenwagen (known New Audi as STW) and then to British Touring Car Championship (BTCC) New Audi the year after that The Federation Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), New Audi having difficulty regulating the quattro four wheel drive system, and New Audi the impact it had on the competitors, would eventually ban New Audi all four wheel drive cars from competing in 1998, by New Audi then Audi switched all their works efforts to sports car New Audi racing By 2000, Audi would still compete in the US New Audi with their RS4 for the SCCA Speed World GT Challenge, New Audi through dealer/team Champion Racing competing against Corvettes, Vipers, and smaller New Audi BMWs (where it is one of the few series to New Audi permit 4WD cars). In 2003, Champion Racing entered an RS6. New Audi Once again, the quattro four wheel drive was superior and New Audi Champion Audi won the championship. They returned in 2004 to New Audi defend their title but a newcomer, Cadillac with the new New Audi Omega Chassis CTS-V, gave them a run for their money. New Audi After four victories in a row, the Audis were sanctioned New Audi with several negative changes that deeply affected the car's performance. New Audi Namely, added ballasts and Champion Audi deciding to go with New Audi different tires and backing off the turbos boost pressure In New Audi 2004, after years of competing with the TT-R in the New Audi revitalized DTM series, with privateer team Abt Racing/Christian Abt taking New Audi the 2002 title with Laurent Aiello, Audi returned as a New Audi full factory effort to touring car racing by entering two New Audi factory supported Joest Racing Audi A4s [edit] Sports Car racin New Audi Audi R10 TDIBeginning in 1999, Audi built the Audi New Audi R8R (open-top prototype) and the Audi R8C (GT-Prototype) to compete New Audi in sports car racing, including the Le Mans Prototype LMP900 New Audi class at the 24 Hours of Le Mans. For the New Audi 2000 season, Audi focussed mainly on the new Audi R8, New Audi due to favorable rules for open-top prototypes. The factory-supported Joest New Audi Racing team won at Le Mans three times in a New Audi row with the Audi R8 (2000 — 2002), as well New Audi as winning every race in the American Le Mans Series New Audi in its first year. Audi also sold the car to New Audi customer teams such as Champion Racing In 2003, two Bentley New Audi Speed 8s, with engines designed by Audi, and driven by New Audi Joest drivers loaned to the fellow Volkswagen Group company, competed New Audi in the GTP class, and finished the race in the New Audi top two positions, while the Champion Racing R8 finished third New Audi overall and first in the LMP900 class. Audi returned to New Audi the winner's circle at the 2004 race, with the top New Audi three finishers all driving R8s: Audi Sport Japan Team Goh New Audi finished first, Audi Sport UK Veloqx second, and Champion Racing New Audi third At the 2005 24 Hours of Le Mans, Champion New Audi Racing entered two R8s along with an R8 from the New Audi Audi PlayStation Team Oreca. The R8s (which were built to New Audi old LMP900 regulations) received a narrower air inlet restrictor, reducing New Audi power, and an additional 50 kg (110 lb) of weight New Audi compared to the newer LMP1 chassis. On average, the R8s New Audi were about 2–3 seconds off pace compared to the Pescarolo-Judd. New Audi But with a team of excellent drivers and experience, both New Audi Champion R8s were able to take first and third while New Audi the ORECA team took fourth. The Champion team was also New Audi the first American team to win Le Mans since the New Audi Gulf Ford GT's in 1967. This also ends the long New Audi era of the R8; however, its replacement for 2006, called New Audi the Audi R10 TDI, was unveiled on 13 December 2005 New Audi The R10 TDI employs many new features, including a twin-turbocharged New Audi diesel engine. Its first race was the 2006 12 Hours New Audi of Sebring as a race-test for the 2006 24 Hours New Audi of Le Mans, which it later went on to win. New Audi Audi has been on the forefront of sports car racing, New Audi claiming a historic win in the first ever diesel sports New Audi car at 12 Hours of Sebring. As well as winning New Audi the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 2006 making history, New Audi the R10 TDI has also shown its capabilities by beating New Audi the Peugeot 908 HDi FAP in 2007, and beating Peugeot New Audi again in 2008 [edit] Sponsorship Audi Medcup: sailing regatta located New Audi in Spain, France, Italy, and Portugal. Audi Sydney Harbour Regatta. New Audi Audi Hamilton Island Race. [edit] See als Wikimedia Commons New Audi has media related to: Audi Wikimedia Commons has media New Audi related to: Audi Audi Driving Experience Audi Centre of New Audi Excellence quattro GmbH Audi Channel Volkswagen list of German cars New Audi [edit] Cultural reference In the 1998 Ronin (film) The professional New Audi driver requests an Audi S8 as the Getaway car. In New Audi in the 2004 Layer Cake (film) a 2003 Audi RS6 New Audi Avant (wagon) is used by the primary characters throughout the New Audi film. On August 22 2004 a Black Audi A6/S6 wagon New Audi was used as the getaway car for the Munch Museum New Audi heist where both the Scream and the Madonna paintings were New Audi stolen. The Audi A8 W12 was featured in the 2005 New Audi film Transporter 2 and 2008 film Transporter 3 Taken (film) New Audi has a silver A3 as the rental car of choice New Audi for the main character while he is in France. The New Audi movie I, Robot (film) features a prototype Audi RSQ driven New Audi by actor Will Smith. November 25 2008, an ATM heist New Audi went wrong when the explosives used for the ATM took New Audi out the Thieves Silver late model A6 Getaway car. In New Audi the 2008 movie "Iron Man", Tony Stark drives an Audi New Audi R8 to the Fireman's Benefit dinner. In the 2009 show New Audi airing on BBC and BBC America, Titiled, "Ashes To Ashes", New Audi Philip Glenister,(D.I. Gene Hunt) Drives an Audi Quattro, and signifies New Audi it 
with his famous quote, "Fire up the Quattro!". In New Audi the 2009 movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," the Decepticon, New Audi Sideways, takes the form of form of an