Audi AG, Volkswagen Group


Story of a famous German brand Audi began in 1909. Company founder August Horch established his first company to produce cars Horch Werke in 1901, but after eight years because of disagreements with the shareholders had to leave her. When choosing a name for his new company, Horch moved his family name from the German (Horch means "listen") in Latin, and in 1909 opened the company in Zwickau Audi Automobil-Werke. In 1932, Horch and Audi were a part of the combined group Auto Union, and August Horch led the development of a new generation of luxury cars for both brands. The current Audi emblem of the four interlocking rings - reincarnation of the famous "Four Rings» Auto Union 1930.Concern now Audi AG is one of Europe's largest manufacturers of premium automobiles and is a part of Volkswagen Group. Head assembly plants Audi - German plants in Ingolstadt (family A3, A4 and A5) M Neckarsulm (A6, A7, A8 and limited production R8), the Hungarian plant in Gore (build TT and TT Roadster, engine production), Belgian plant in Brussels (assembly A1 and A3), VW plant in Bratislava (Slovakia), where collect Q7, and VW assembly plant in Sarajevo (CKD-assembly A4 and A6). The largest plants outside Europe - Changchun (a joint venture with Dong Feng) in China and Aurangabad in India.

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