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