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The history of Audi
The Audi is behind many decisive in automotive engineering, like aerodynamics, front wheel drive, the rotary piston engine and the 5 cylinder engine plus many more things.
Today the company is called AUDI AG, but the company have been renamed several times. The company have been called Audi NSU Auto Union, Horch and Wanderer and NSU Motorenwerken.
1908: August Horch, the founder of Audi, was one of the first designer to tackle the problems of aerodynamic drag. ...
1923: Audi introduced cars with hydraulically operated brakes on all four wheels.
1931: Audi was 40 years before other marquees to launch a car with front wheel drive. ...
1937: Audi was first to drive over 400 km/h on a public road. ...
1969: NSU amalgamated with the Auto Union to form Audi NSU Auto Union AG. ...
1980: The Audi Quattro was launched at the Geneva Motor Show. ...
1985: The company changed name to AUDI AG.
1986: Audi made a fully galvanised body that are so
rust-resistant that they guaranteed it four ten years. ...
In the same year, the Audi quattro won the USA Trans- AM Manufactures and the drivers Championships.
1989: The Audi duo car was introduced, with a 5 cylinder petrol engine driving the front wheels and an electric engine driving the rear wheels. ...
1990: Audi won the German Touring Car Championship with the V8 quattro racing car.
The same year catalytic converters became standard equipment on all Audi cars in countries where lead-free petrol was available.
1991: The entire Audi product range was renewed in just one year. ...
1993: Audi presents the Aluminium Space Frame (ASF).
1994: Audi renames its major product ranges and launches the
new Audi A8, A6 and A4 models. ...
The Audi got a protection against forced entry, if some one use violence against the car, the doors will lock. The ignition lock can not be turned by force, and a new thing is that an electro magnet on the key makes that you can only start an Audi with the right key.
Approximate Word count = 1554
Approximate Pages = 6.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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